Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Worthington commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Worthington has 148 jobs; 503 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Worthington B−; getting around on foot earns it B−. Home is the office for 28% of workers; Massachusetts has 19%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Worthington apart on work
Worthington workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 41 minutes each way, against 29 across Massachusetts. Over a year that’s about 314 hours of commuting, 92 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Worthington is a place people come home to
There are 148 jobs based in Worthington, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Worthington has about 810 people in it, 30% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Worthington works from home
28% of Worthington workers work from home, against 19% across Massachusetts. Time on the road ↓
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; with 503 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Where Worthington’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty and job access, Worthington is better than 53% of U.S. towns. The poverty rate holds Worthington’s grade up (4.5%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 2% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income.
Unemployment (3.6%) is left out: Worthington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Worthington could be anywhere from C+ to B.
From Worthington, about 41 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Worthington workers work from home, vs 19% across Massachusetts. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 359 commuters (the 28% 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 a workday changes Worthington
On a workday 482 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 127 people come in from elsewhere.
About 810 people are in Worthington on a workday afternoon, 30% 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.
13% of working residents work in Northampton
Where Worthington clocks in
13% of workers
7% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Worthington
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Worthington, 2013 → 2023: 158 → 148. 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 Worthington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How many miles Worthington commutes
About 19% 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.
The commute in Worthington is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Worthington is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 6.4% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 14.1% across Massachusetts, on an EPA index of 4.5.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 500 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 3.4% of Worthington households have no vehicle (Massachusetts 11.7%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Worthington’s commuters take a bus or train.
For jobs and income, Worthington is 1,325th of 4,312 U.S. towns of 800 to 1,600
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 541 | Blandford MA | 1,212 | $92K | 5.5% | 0.3% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 671 | New Marlborough MA | 1,500 | $117K | 2.5% | 3.5% | 12% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 710 | Monterey MA | 1,093 | $152K | 4.1% | 9.4% | 9% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,323 | Okarche OK | 1,196 | $94K | 11.8% | 0.8% | 5% | B− |
| 1,324 | South Homer Township IL | 1,446 | $84K | 9.1% | 3.0% | 4% | B− |
| 1,325 | Worthington MA | 1,166 | $92K | 4.5% | 3.6% | 4% | B− |
| 1,326 | Glen Ellen CA | 1,078 | $202K | 26.0% | 4.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,327 | Dortches NC | 1,103 | $75K | 9.4% | 1.5% | <1% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,312 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Worthington, the top three, the last and three more from Massachusetts.
Around Worthington: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Cummington (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Worthington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Worthington | – | B− | B− | 41 min | $91,667 |
| Middlefield | under 3% | — | — | 30 min | — |
| Chesterfield | under 3% | B+ | C− | 31 min | $103,967 |
| Chester | under 3% | B | C− | 32 min | $89,390 |
| Peru | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Cummington | 4% | — | — | 39 min | — |
| Huntington | under 3% | B | C− | 34 min | $94,398 |
Same-state neighbors only. Middlefield, Peru and Cummington: fewer than 1,000 residents, not graded. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Worthington’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 Worthington: questions
What is the median household income in Worthington?
$91,667 (±$17,029) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $103,960 across Massachusetts and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Worthington?
4.5%, against 10.0% across Massachusetts and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Worthington?
41 minutes each way on average, against 29 across Massachusetts and 26 nationally. 28% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Worthington work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Northampton (13%, 15 mi), Pittsfield (7%, 17 mi), Cummington (4%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Worthington walkable?
Worthington is more walkable than 48% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 4.5 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Worthington without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Worthington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Worthington
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.