Photo: ToddC4176 · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of Leyden commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Only 1% stay in Leyden for work; outside it, Greenfield is the main destination (21%, 6 miles). Employers in Leyden report 197 jobs, against 362 working residents. Home is the office for 11% of workers, against 19% across Massachusetts.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Leyden stands out on work
The towns that employ Leyden’s residents
Where Leyden clocks in
21% 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.
Leyden on a workday afternoon
On a workday 358 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 193 people come in from elsewhere.
About 560 people are in Leyden on a workday afternoon, 23% 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.
Goods jobs make up 91% of work in Leyden
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Leyden, 2013 → 2023: 197 → 197. 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 Leyden’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Leyden takes about 33 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Leyden workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 282 commuters (the 11% 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.
How many miles Leyden commutes
About 19% 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.
Bordering towns draw 26% of Leyden’s workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Leyden workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leyden | – | — | — | 33 min | $105,893 |
| Colrain | under 3% | C+ | D | 34 min | $80,673 |
| Bernardston | 5% | B+ | D | 20 min | $81,940 |
| Greenfield | 21% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,614 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenfield. Darker towns draw more of Leyden’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 Leyden: questions
What is the median household income in Leyden?
$105,893 (±$13,309) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Leyden?
10.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Leyden?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 11% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Leyden work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (21%, 6 mi), Montague (7%, 11 mi), Deerfield (6%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Leyden without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Leyden, from the people who make the trip.
More of Leyden
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.