Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 3.0Fewer people are out of work in Hatfield (1.6%) than in 89% of U.S. towns
Hatfield grades A− for jobs and income and B for walkability. About one in ten stay in Hatfield for work; outside it, Northampton is the main destination (18%, 5 miles). Working residents average 20 minutes each way; Massachusetts averages 29, the U.S. 26.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Hatfield stands out on work
Hatfield trades workers with the towns around it
Hatfield has about as many jobs (1,786) as working residents (1,489), but they are mostly different people: 1,317 residents leave for work each day while 1,614 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Hatfield are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
54% of the jobs in Hatfield are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Hatfield are quick
The average trip to work takes 20 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
Most jobs in Hatfield pay over $40,000 a year
72% of the jobs based in Hatfield pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Inside Hatfield’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hatfield is better than 77% of U.S. towns, #165 of 283 in Massachusetts. Unemployment is its strongest input; the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.9%, U.S. 12.5%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hatfield could be anywhere from B− to A.
Who works in Hatfield, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,317 residents head out to work, 172 work right here, and 1,614 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
72% of the jobs in Hatfield pay over $3,333 a month
1,786 jobs are based in Hatfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hatfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,956 → 1,786. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hatfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Hatfield: about 20 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hatfield workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,571 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Massachusetts: 75% drive alone, 8% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The towns that employ Hatfield’s residents
Where Hatfield clocks in
18% of workers
7% of workers
6% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
The distance from Hatfield to work
About 18% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Most of Hatfield commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hatfield is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #184 of 283 in Massachusetts. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 6.0.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,871 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 1.0% of Hatfield households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Hatfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Hatfield is 926th of 4,453 U.S. towns of 2,300 to 4,400 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Princeton MA | 3,618 | $159K | 4.2% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 254 | Millville MA | 3,186 | $127K | 4.6% | 3.0% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 312 | Essex MA | 3,770 | $157K | 8.1% | 1.5% | 15% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 924 | Mayfield OH | 3,296 | $126K | 4.2% | 8.8% | 7% | A− |
| 925 | Summerset SD | 3,030 | $119K | 8.6% | 2.2% | 3% | A− |
| 926 | Hatfield MA | 3,286 | $89K | 8.9% | 1.6% | 12% | A− |
| 927 | Middleton Township OH | 3,244 | $87K | 6.4% | 2.0% | 1% | A− |
| 928 | Seacliff CA | 3,299 | $130K | 5.5% | 4.9% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,453 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Hatfield, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
21% of Hatfield works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hatfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hatfield | – | A− | B | 20 min | $89,005 |
| Hadley | 3% | B+ | A− | 20 min | $119,259 |
| Whately | under 3% | A− | D | 23 min | $116,563 |
| Northampton | 18% | B− | A+ | 21 min | $80,288 |
| Williamsburg | under 3% | A− | A− | 25 min | $104,792 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Northampton. Darker towns draw more of Hatfield’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Hatfield: questions
What is the median household income in Hatfield?
$89,005 (±$24,507) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hatfield?
8.9%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hatfield?
20 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hatfield work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (18%, 5 mi), Springfield (7%, 19 mi), Amherst Town (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hatfield walkable?
Hatfield is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 6.0 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hatfield without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Hatfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hatfield
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.