Work & commute · Avon

Work & commute in Avon, CT

Most working residents leave Avon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (17%), Farmington (8%) and West Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

762 of 7,976 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

34%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,214 Avon residents head out of town to work, 762 work right here, and 7,170 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Avon.

7,214live here, work elsewhere

762live and work here

7,170work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Avon goes to work

Hartford8.9 mi away

17%1,387

Avon (in town)right here

10%762

Farmington4 mi away

8%676

West Hartford5.2 mi away

5%400

Bloomfield6.9 mi away

4%321

Simsbury6 mi away

3%266

Windsor10.8 mi away

3%263

Bristol8.6 mi away

3%253

New Britain8.4 mi away

3%206

East Hartford12.7 mi away

3%203

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,239

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

How far

How far Avon commutes

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

49%

33%

11%

49%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Avon is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Avon are

7,932 jobs are based in Avon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Avon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Avon

7,932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Avon residents hold

7,976 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

+15%

Jobs based in Avon, 2013 → 2023: 6,922 → 7,932. 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.