Photo: ScotteKane · CC BY-SA 4.0Turners Falls has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.6 for each
Only 7% work in Turners Falls; the top destination outside it is Greenfield (17%, 2 miles). 1,199 jobs are based in Turners Falls, and 2,150 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers have no commute at all (Massachusetts 19%).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Turners Falls
Commutes from Turners Falls are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 29 across Massachusetts. That’s about 84 hours a year less on the road than the typical Massachusetts worker. Time on the road ↓
Turners Falls and Greenfield trade workers both ways
Greenfield is the top workplace for Turners Falls residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in Turners Falls come from (18% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Massachusetts
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Turners Falls workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,125 commuters (the 7% 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.
Where Turners Falls goes to work
Where Turners Falls clocks in
17% of workers
13% 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.
Turners Falls by day and by night
On a workday 1,998 residents head out to work, 152 work right here, and 1,047 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,200 people are in Turners Falls 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.
What Turners Falls’ employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Turners Falls, 2013 → 2023: 1,128 → 1,199. 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 Turners Falls’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Turners Falls
About 20% 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 19% of Turners Falls’ workers
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Turners Falls workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turners Falls | – | — | — | 18 min | $54,772 |
| Greenfield | 17% | C− | A | 17 min | $55,614 |
| Gill | 2% | B | B+ | 21 min | $90,208 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Greenfield. Darker towns draw more of Turners Falls’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 Turners Falls: questions
What is the median household income in Turners Falls?
$54,772 (±$5,155) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Turners Falls?
12.4%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Turners Falls?
18 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Turners Falls work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (17%, 2 mi), Montague (13%, 3 mi), Amherst Town (6%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Turners Falls without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 16% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Turners Falls, from the people who make the trip.
More of Turners Falls
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.