Work & commute · Canterbury

Work & commute in Canterbury, CT

Most working residents leave Canterbury for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Norwich (10%), Plainfield (6%) and Killingly (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

196 of 2,178 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,982 Canterbury residents head out of town to work, 196 work right here, and 450 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Canterbury.

1,982live here, work elsewhere

196live and work here

450work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Canterbury goes to work

Norwich10.9 mi away

10%208

Canterbury (in town)right here

9%196

Plainfield5.6 mi away

6%122

Killingly12.5 mi away

5%118

Windham8.4 mi away

4%96

Putnam16.4 mi away

3%75

Montville17.6 mi away

3%71

Mansfield13.1 mi away

3%55

Ledyard18.2 mi away

2%53

Hartford35 mi away

2%50

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,134

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

How far

How far Canterbury commutes

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

26%

38%

27%

10%

26%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Canterbury is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Canterbury are

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

Jobs based in Canterbury

646 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Canterbury residents hold

2,178 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+23%

Jobs based in Canterbury, 2013 → 2023: 524 → 646. 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.