Photo: Brian Zbriger · CC BY-SA 2.5Leverett has 0.2 jobs for every working resident, so most commute out
For jobs and income Leverett is better than 62% of U.S. towns (B); for walkability it is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (C+). 143 jobs are based in Leverett, against 844 working residents. Measured by household income, Leverett is ahead of 80% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Leverett, in brief
Leverett is a place people come home to
There are 143 jobs based in Leverett, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Leverett has about 1,100 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Leverett works from home
29% of Leverett workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
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; with 844 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The four measures behind Leverett’s grade
Household income holds Leverett’s grade up ($104,688, U.S. $80,734); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 44% of U.S. towns).
Unemployment (9.7%) is left out: Leverett’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Leverett could be anywhere from B− to A−.
The daily flow of workers through Leverett
On a workday 826 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 125 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,100 people are in Leverett on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
From Leverett, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leverett workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 561 commuters (the 29% 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.
16% of working residents work in Amherst Town
Where Leverett clocks in
16% of workers
7% 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.
The kinds of work in Leverett
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leverett, 2013 → 2023: 145 → 143. 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 Leverett’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Leverett
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.
For most of Leverett, work means a drive
How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 3.9% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 4.7.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 785 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). 1.3% of Leverett households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Leverett’s commuters take a bus or train.
Leverett next to U.S. towns of 1,300 to 2,500: 1,560th of 5,656 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 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Plandome NY | 1,482 | $250K | 0.9% | 1.4% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 577 | Whately MA | 1,622 | $117K | 5.4% | 4.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 666 | Williamsburg MA | 2,445 | $105K | 2.3% | 3.7% | 6% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 693 | Otis MA | 1,610 | $109K | 1.2% | 6.2% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,558 | Loda Township IL | 1,388 | $94K | 5.0% | 1.4% | 3% | B |
| 1,559 | Superior Township KS | 1,651 | $75K | 3.9% | 3.2% | 5% | B |
| 1,560 | Leverett MA | 1,850 | $105K | 10.0% | 9.7% | 2% | B |
| 1,561 | Cornish NH | 1,646 | $92K | 4.7% | 4.8% | 4% | B |
| 1,562 | North Newton KS | 1,791 | $87K | 4.8% | 6.5% | 6% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 5,656 | Paraje NM | 1,333 | $33K | 61.7% | 0.0% | 0% | 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 Leverett, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
The towns next door employ 16% of Leverett
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leverett workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leverett | – | B | C+ | 27 min | $104,688 |
| Sunderland | under 3% | B− | A | 17 min | $68,083 |
| Amherst Town | 16% | B+ | A+ | 18 min | $66,968 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Amherst Town. Darker towns draw more of Leverett’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 Leverett: questions
What is the median household income in Leverett?
$104,688 (±$18,205) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leverett?
10.0%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leverett?
27 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leverett work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Amherst Town (16%, 7 mi), Northampton (7%, 14 mi), Greenfield (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Leverett walkable?
Leverett is more walkable than 40% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 4.7 out of 20, and 4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Leverett 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 Leverett, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leverett
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.