Work & commute · Sudbury

Work & commute in Sudbury, MA

Most working residents leave Sudbury for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Boston (20%), Cambridge (8%) and Waltham (7%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

650 of 8,517 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,867 Sudbury residents head out of town to work, 650 work right here, and 5,252 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sudbury.

7,867live here, work elsewhere

650live and work here

5,252work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sudbury goes to work

Boston21.1 mi away

20%1,736

Sudbury (in town)right here

8%650

Cambridge15.4 mi away

8%645

Waltham9.2 mi away

7%566

Framingham5.3 mi away

3%285

Newton11.4 mi away

3%262

Marlborough6.8 mi away

3%221

Concord6.2 mi away

2%207

Burlington13.9 mi away

2%197

Natick7.7 mi away

2%184

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,564

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

How far

How far Sudbury commutes

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

31%

59%

31%Under 10 mi

59%10–24 mi

6%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sudbury is a commuter town

0.69jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sudbury are

5,902 jobs are based in Sudbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sudbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sudbury

5,902 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Sudbury residents hold

8,517 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month10%

Over $3,333 a month79%

−15%

Jobs based in Sudbury, 2013 → 2023: 6,975 → 5,902. 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.