Rev. Samuel Gay House · Photo: User:Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Hubbardston earn more than those in 90% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 4.3% of residents; Massachusetts has 10.0%. The two grades for Hubbardston are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability. Only 5% stay in Hubbardston for work; outside it, Worcester is the main destination (13%, 18 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Hubbardston, in a few figures
Hubbardston is a place people come home to
There are 404 jobs based in Hubbardston, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Hubbardston has about 2,800 people in it, 37% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Hubbardston workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Hubbardston
67% of Hubbardston residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 46% of the jobs based in Hubbardston pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. 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.
The four measures behind Hubbardston’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Hubbardston is better than 83% of U.S. towns, #137 of 283 in Massachusetts. Household income holds Hubbardston’s grade up ($123,500, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 41% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Hubbardston could be anywhere from B to A.
Hubbardston on a workday afternoon
On a workday 1,944 residents head out to work, 95 work right here, and 309 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,800 people are in Hubbardston on a workday afternoon, 37% fewer than live here.
0.20 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 36 minutes to work from Hubbardston
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Hubbardston workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,040 commuters (the 14% 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.
Jobs in Hubbardston: what the 404 are
404 jobs are based in Hubbardston.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Hubbardston, 2013 → 2023: 380 → 404. 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 Hubbardston’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Hubbardston goes to work
Where Hubbardston clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
5% 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.
How far it is to work from Hubbardston
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.
Few in Hubbardston walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Hubbardston is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns, #282 of 283 in Massachusetts. Both inputs place Hubbardston near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,371 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 Hubbardston households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Hubbardston’s commuters take a bus or train.
707th of 4,000: where Hubbardston ranks among U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
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| 108 | West Newbury MA | 4,709 | $180K | 1.6% | 2.4% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 116 | Wenham MA | 4,952 | $195K | 3.7% | 2.6% | 14% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 139 | Avon MA | 4,861 | $131K | 4.6% | 2.5% | 8% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 705 | Sugarloaf Township PA | 4,068 | $103K | 4.0% | 3.2% | 7% | A− |
| 706 | Tierra Verde FL | 4,108 | $151K | 2.2% | 5.2% | 7% | A− |
| 707 | Hubbardston MA | 4,460 | $124K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5% | A− |
| 708 | Harmony Township OH | 3,623 | $96K | 4.9% | 2.8% | 3% | A− |
| 709 | Middle Paxton Township PA | 5,114 | $80K | 5.3% | 0.9% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Hubbardston, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Work next door: 15% of Hubbardston’s workers
The biggest share goes to Gardner (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Hubbardston workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hubbardston | – | A− | D | 36 min | $123,500 |
| Princeton | 2% | A+ | B− | 37 min | $158,750 |
| Barre | 2% | B+ | B | 36 min | $107,727 |
| Gardner | 8% | C | A | 31 min | $67,518 |
| Westminster | 3% | A | C | 27 min | $106,331 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Hubbardston’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 Hubbardston: questions
What is the median household income in Hubbardston?
$123,500 (±$23,524) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Hubbardston?
4.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Hubbardston?
36 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Hubbardston work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Worcester (13%, 18 mi), Gardner (8%, 6 mi), Leominster (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Hubbardston walkable?
Hubbardston is more walkable than 8% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Hubbardston without a car?
0% 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 Hubbardston, from the people who make the trip.
More of Hubbardston
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.