Work & commute · Berlin

Work & commute in Berlin, CT

Most working residents leave Berlin for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (12%), New Britain (7%) and Farmington (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,035 of 9,197 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,162 Berlin residents head out of town to work, 1,035 work right here, and 10,160 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Berlin.

8,162live here, work elsewhere

1,035live and work here

10,160work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Berlin goes to work

Hartford12.2 mi away

12%1,103

Berlin (in town)right here

11%1,035

New Britain4.9 mi away

7%668

Farmington9.2 mi away

5%443

Newington6.1 mi away

5%424

Middletown7.4 mi away

4%371

Meriden4.8 mi away

4%330

Rocky Hill7 mi away

3%281

West Hartford11.2 mi away

3%277

Southington5.2 mi away

3%276

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,989

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

How far

How far Berlin commutes

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

55%

33%

55%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Berlin is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Berlin are

11,195 jobs are based in Berlin. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Berlin’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Berlin

11,195 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)28%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Berlin residents hold

9,197 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−6%

Jobs based in Berlin, 2013 → 2023: 11,950 → 11,195. 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.