Work & commute · Sutton

Work & commute in Sutton, MA

Most working residents leave Sutton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Worcester (19%), Boston (6%) and Millbury (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

412 of 4,600 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

23%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,188 Sutton residents head out of town to work, 412 work right here, and 3,178 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutton.

4,188live here, work elsewhere

412live and work here

3,178work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutton goes to work

Worcester9.9 mi away

19%875

Sutton (in town)right here

9%412

Boston40.2 mi away

6%253

Millbury4.4 mi away

4%164

Marlborough18.3 mi away

3%140

Westborough11.7 mi away

3%119

Northbridge4.8 mi away

3%115

Auburn6.7 mi away

2%110

Grafton6.8 mi away

2%105

Shrewsbury10.7 mi away

2%104

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,203

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

How far

How far Sutton commutes

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

40%

30%

26%

40%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutton is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutton are

3,590 jobs are based in Sutton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Sutton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Sutton

3,590 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)33%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)42%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Sutton residents hold

4,600 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+72%

Jobs based in Sutton, 2013 → 2023: 2,082 → 3,590. 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.