Work & commute · Sutton

Work & commute in Sutton, VT

Most working residents leave Sutton for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are St. Johnsbury (14%), Lyndon (14%) and Hardwick (6%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

5 of 355 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 350 Sutton residents head out of town to work, 5 work right here, and 59 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sutton.

350live here, work elsewhere

5live and work here

59work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sutton goes to work

St. Johnsbury14.2 mi away

14%51

Lyndon7.9 mi away

14%51

Hardwick18.3 mi away

6%22

Derby20.4 mi away

4%15

Newport20.7 mi away

4%13

Danville16.3 mi away

3%11

Burke6.4 mi away

3%9

Barre39.7 mi away

2%7

Barton9.2 mi away

2%7

Montpelier38.2 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%163

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.

20%

43%

17%

19%

20%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

19%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sutton is a commuter town

0.18jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sutton are

64 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

64 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)45%

Trade, transport & utilities0%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Sutton residents hold

355 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

+7%

Jobs based in Sutton, 2013 → 2023: 60 → 64. 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.