Work & commute · Sunderland

Work & commute in Sunderland, MA

Most working residents leave Sunderland for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Northampton (12%), Amherst Town (11%) and Springfield (7%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

58 of 1,360 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

17 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,302 Sunderland residents head out of town to work, 58 work right here, and 742 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sunderland.

1,302live here, work elsewhere

58live and work here

742work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sunderland goes to work

Northampton11.6 mi away

12%163

Amherst Town7.4 mi away

11%152

Springfield24.3 mi away

7%93

Whately5.5 mi away

6%81

Greenfield10.5 mi away

5%71

Deerfield4.9 mi away

5%70

Sunderland (in town)right here

4%58

Boston78.8 mi away

4%52

Hadley7.7 mi away

4%48

Holyoke18.3 mi away

3%39

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%533

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

How far

How far Sunderland commutes

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

47%

25%

10%

18%

47%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

18%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sunderland is a commuter town

0.59jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sunderland are

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

Jobs based in Sunderland

800 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Sunderland residents hold

1,360 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month66%

+12%

Jobs based in Sunderland, 2013 → 2023: 716 → 800. 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.