Work & commute · Dudley

Work & commute in Dudley, MA

Most working residents leave Dudley for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (16%), Webster (8%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

454 of 6,001 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,547 Dudley residents head out of town to work, 454 work right here, and 2,317 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Dudley.

5,547live here, work elsewhere

454live and work here

2,317work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Dudley goes to work

Worcester16.3 mi away

16%935

Webster4.6 mi away

8%490

Dudley (in town)right here

8%454

Boston51 mi away

5%294

Oxford6.2 mi away

5%271

Auburn11 mi away

4%242

Charlton5.8 mi away

4%225

Southbridge Town5.1 mi away

3%200

Westborough22.2 mi away

2%111

Shrewsbury19.6 mi away

2%106

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,673

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Dudley commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

31%

35%

27%

31%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Dudley is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Dudley are

2,771 jobs are based in Dudley. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Dudley’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Dudley

2,771 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Dudley residents hold

6,001 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+4%

Jobs based in Dudley, 2013 → 2023: 2,673 → 2,771. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.