Photo: Em8310 · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Sandisfield commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Employers in Sandisfield report 188 jobs for 363 working residents. Only 5% work in Sandisfield itself; outside it, Otis draws the most (13%, 7 miles). The trip to work takes 31 minutes on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Sandisfield on a workday afternoon
On a workday 345 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 170 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Sandisfield on a workday afternoon, 18% 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.
The towns that employ Sandisfield’s residents
Where Sandisfield clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
7% 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.
What Sandisfield’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sandisfield, 2013 → 2023: 180 → 188. 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 Sandisfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Sandisfield: about 31 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sandisfield workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 450 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.
How far Sandisfield goes to work
About 27% 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.
Sandisfield and its neighbors: 15% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sandisfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandisfield | – | — | — | 31 min | $91,111 |
| Tolland | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Otis | 13% | A− | B− | 34 min | $108,898 |
| Monterey | under 3% | B+ | B | 23 min | $152,353 |
| New Marlborough | 2% | B+ | B− | 28 min | $117,188 |
Same-state neighbors only. Tolland: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Otis. Darker towns draw more of Sandisfield’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 Sandisfield: questions
What is the median household income in Sandisfield?
$91,111 (±$22,815) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sandisfield?
3.2%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sandisfield?
31 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sandisfield work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Otis (13%, 7 mi), Great Barrington (8%, 14 mi), Pittsfield (7%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sandisfield without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Sandisfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sandisfield
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.