Work & commute · Sudbury

Work & commute in Sudbury, VT

Most working residents leave Sudbury for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Rutland (12%), Rutland (8%) and Middlebury (8%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

2 of 252 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

50 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 250 Sudbury residents head out of town to work, 2 work right here, and 16 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sudbury.

250live here, work elsewhere

2live and work here

16work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sudbury goes to work

Rutland16.3 mi away

12%29

Rutland15.3 mi away

8%21

Middlebury14.3 mi away

8%19

Castleton10.1 mi away

6%14

Fair Haven13 mi away

5%12

Burlington48.1 mi away

3%8

Brandon5 mi away

3%7

Benson8.8 mi away

2%6

Vergennes25.8 mi away

2%5

Shoreham9.9 mi away

2%5

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%126

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.

12%

50%

23%

15%

12%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sudbury is a commuter town

0.07jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sudbury are

18 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

18 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)39%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less33%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month50%

Jobs Sudbury residents hold

252 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

+38%

Jobs based in Sudbury, 2013 → 2023: 13 → 18. 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.