Photo: ToddC4176 · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of New Ashford works elsewhere
Working residents average 31 minutes each way (Massachusetts 29, U.S. 26). Employers in New Ashford report 12 jobs for 92 working residents. Only 1% work in New Ashford itself; outside it, Pittsfield draws the most (25%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves New Ashford for work, and who comes in
On a workday 91 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 170 people are in New Ashford on a workday afternoon, 33% 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 2024, primary jobs.
Commuting out of New Ashford: the destinations
Where New Ashford clocks in
25% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in New Ashford
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in New Ashford, 2014 → 2024: 18 → 12. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Ashford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Commuting from New Ashford: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of New Ashford workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 116 commuters (the 17% 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 commute from New Ashford, by distance
About 15% 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 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
12% of New Ashford works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Hancock (8%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | New Ashford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Ashford | – | — | — | 31 min | $102,188 |
| Cheshire | under 4% | C+ | A | 29 min | $69,803 |
| Hancock | 8% | — | — | 22 min | — |
| Lanesborough | 4% | B+ | B− | 22 min | $86,219 |
| Adams | under 4% | C− | B− | 24 min | $58,929 |
Same-state neighbors only. Hancock: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of New Ashford’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 2024, 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 New Ashford: questions
What is the median household income in New Ashford?
$102,188 (±$29,877) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in New Ashford?
5.8%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from New Ashford?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in New Ashford work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Pittsfield (25%, 11 mi), Hancock (8%, 7 mi), Lee (5%, 21 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around New Ashford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from New Ashford, from the people who make the trip.
More of New Ashford
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.