Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Wendell works elsewhere
Wendell has 51 jobs for 438 working residents. Hardly any work in Wendell itself; outside it, Greenfield draws the most (11%, 10 miles). Working residents average 33 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Wendell: the gist
Who commutes out of Wendell, and who commutes in
On a workday 434 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 47 people come in from elsewhere.
About 520 people are in Wendell on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
Commuting out of Wendell: the destinations
Where Wendell clocks in
11% 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.
The kinds of work in Wendell
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wendell, 2013 → 2023: 73 → 51. 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 Wendell’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 33 minutes from Wendell
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wendell workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 302 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.
Miles to work from Wendell
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 17% of Wendell’s workers
The biggest share goes to Montague (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Wendell’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 Wendell: questions
What is the median household income in Wendell?
$65,288 (±$13,968) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wendell?
21.3%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wendell?
33 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 17% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wendell work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Greenfield (11%, 10 mi), Montague (7%, 6 mi), Erving (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wendell 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 Wendell, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wendell
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.