Work & commute · Sturbridge

Work & commute in Sturbridge, MA

Most working residents leave Sturbridge for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (14%), Southbridge Town (6%) and Boston (5%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

702 of 4,587 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

38 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,885 Sturbridge residents head out of town to work, 702 work right here, and 4,264 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sturbridge.

3,885live here, work elsewhere

702live and work here

4,264work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sturbridge goes to work

Sturbridge (in town)right here

15%702

Worcester18.3 mi away

14%643

Southbridge Town4.2 mi away

6%291

Boston57.2 mi away

5%239

Charlton6.5 mi away

3%157

Auburn14 mi away

3%130

Framingham36.2 mi away

2%107

Marlborough32.4 mi away

2%95

Webster13 mi away

2%74

Westborough26.8 mi away

2%71

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,078

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

How far

How far Sturbridge commutes

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

28%

31%

24%

17%

28%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

17%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sturbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

1.08jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.08 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sturbridge are

4,966 jobs are based in Sturbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sturbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sturbridge

4,966 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Sturbridge residents hold

4,587 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+19%

Jobs based in Sturbridge, 2013 → 2023: 4,167 → 4,966. 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.