Work & commute · Bantam

Work & commute in Bantam, CT

Most working residents leave Bantam for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Litchfield (15%), Torrington (8%) and Waterbury (4%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12 of 306 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 294 Bantam residents head out of town to work, 12 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bantam.

294live here, work elsewhere

12live and work here

321work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bantam goes to work

Litchfield2.8 mi away

15%45

Torrington9.5 mi away

8%23

Waterbury15.6 mi away

4%12

New Milford12.6 mi away

4%12

Watertown9.9 mi away

4%11

New York, NY81.8 mi away

3%10

Hartford29 mi away

3%9

Danbury25.6 mi away

3%8

Brookfield19.3 mi away

2%7

Washington5.3 mi away

2%6

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%163

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

How far

How far Bantam commutes

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

25%

38%

26%

11%

25%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bantam is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Bantam are

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

Jobs based in Bantam

333 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)41%

$1,250 a month or less27%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month47%

Jobs Bantam residents hold

306 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+12%

Jobs based in Bantam, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 333. 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.