Sudbury is a somewhat small town located in the state of Massachusetts. With a population of 16,841 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Sudbury is the 110th largest community in Massachusetts.

Sudbury is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 93.90% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Sudbury is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sudbury who work in management occupations (22.25%), business and financial occupations (10.86%), and sales jobs (10.71%).

Also of interest is that Sudbury has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

In addition, Sudbury is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Sudbury is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Sudbury a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Sudbury has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Sudbury's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One downside of living in Sudbury is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Sudbury, the average commute to work is 33.23 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Sudbury does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Sudbury Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Sudbury, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Sudbury is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 71.89% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Sudbury in 2000 was $53,285, which is wealthy relative to Massachusetts and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $213,140 for a family of four. However, Sudbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Sudbury home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Sudbury is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Sudbury include Irish, English, Italian, German, Russian, Polish, and Scottish.

The most common language spoken in Sudbury is English.