Work & commute · Bolton

Work & commute in Bolton, CT

Most working residents leave Bolton for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (13%), Manchester (13%) and East Hartford (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

124 of 2,308 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,184 Bolton residents head out of town to work, 124 work right here, and 984 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bolton.

2,184live here, work elsewhere

124live and work here

984work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bolton goes to work

Hartford12.6 mi away

13%305

Manchester4.5 mi away

13%295

East Hartford8.8 mi away

6%139

Bolton (in town)right here

5%124

South Windsor8.8 mi away

5%116

Glastonbury7.8 mi away

4%86

Windsor14.3 mi away

3%77

Bloomfield16.6 mi away

3%60

Mansfield10.9 mi away

2%54

West Hartford16.4 mi away

2%51

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,001

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

How far

How far Bolton commutes

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

34%

50%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

50%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bolton is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bolton are

1,108 jobs are based in Bolton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bolton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Bolton

1,108 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)40%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)49%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Bolton residents hold

2,308 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−9%

Jobs based in Bolton, 2013 → 2023: 1,221 → 1,108. 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.