Work & commute · Barkhamsted

Work & commute in Barkhamsted, CT

Most working residents leave Barkhamsted for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (10%), Hartford (8%) and Winchester (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

93 of 1,812 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,719 Barkhamsted residents head out of town to work, 93 work right here, and 408 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Barkhamsted.

1,719live here, work elsewhere

93live and work here

408work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Barkhamsted goes to work

Torrington10.8 mi away

10%175

Hartford19 mi away

8%136

Winchester7 mi away

6%101

Barkhamsted (in town)right here

5%93

Canton6.5 mi away

5%82

Farmington15.7 mi away

4%67

New Hartford6.7 mi away

3%55

New York, NY101.2 mi away

3%54

Simsbury8.6 mi away

3%53

Bristol17.6 mi away

2%45

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%951

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

How far

How far Barkhamsted commutes

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

24%

48%

16%

12%

24%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Barkhamsted is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Barkhamsted are

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

Jobs based in Barkhamsted

501 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)29%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Barkhamsted residents hold

1,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−16%

Jobs based in Barkhamsted, 2013 → 2023: 595 → 501. 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.