Photo: Zeete · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Mount Washington commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Mount Washington report 25 jobs, against 48 working residents. Hardly any stay in Mount Washington for work; outside it, Great Barrington is the main destination (15%, 11 miles). 30% of workers work from home, next to 19% for Massachusetts as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Mount Washington by day and by night
On a workday 48 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 25 people come in from elsewhere.
About 130 people are in Mount Washington on a workday afternoon, 15% 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.
Where Mount Washington’s working residents head each day
Where Mount Washington clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 28% of the jobs in Mount Washington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mount Washington, 2013 → 2023: 12 → 25. 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 Mount Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 31 minutes each way for Mount Washington’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mount Washington workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 65 commuters (the 30% 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.
Mount Washington’s commute, mile by mile
About 46% 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.
Work in the towns next to Mount Washington
The biggest share goes to Egremont (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mount Washington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Washington | – | — | — | 31 min | $142,500 |
| Sheffield | under 3% | B | B | 21 min | $92,120 |
| Egremont | 6% | B | B− | 44 min | $101,458 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mount Washington’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 Mount Washington: questions
What is the median household income in Mount Washington?
$142,500 (±$26,393) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mount Washington?
2.1%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mount Washington?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mount Washington work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Great Barrington (15%, 11 mi), Pittsfield (6%, 27 mi), Boston (6%, 127 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mount Washington without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Mount Washington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mount Washington
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.