Work & commute · Chaplin

Work & commute in Chaplin, CT

Most working residents leave Chaplin for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Windham (12%), Mansfield (10%) and Killingly (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

55 of 890 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

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 835 Chaplin residents head out of town to work, 55 work right here, and 134 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Chaplin.

835live here, work elsewhere

55live and work here

134work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Chaplin goes to work

Windham5.7 mi away

12%105

Mansfield5.1 mi away

10%87

Chaplin (in town)right here

6%55

Killingly14.7 mi away

4%37

Worcester, MA37 mi away

3%26

Hartford28.5 mi away

3%24

Norwich16.9 mi away

2%19

Columbia11.3 mi away

2%17

Putnam15.6 mi away

2%16

Groton31 mi away

1%12

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%492

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

How far

How far Chaplin commutes

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

34%

26%

30%

10%

34%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Chaplin is a commuter town

0.21jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Chaplin are

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

Jobs based in Chaplin

189 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less21%

$1,251–$3,333 a month38%

Over $3,333 a month41%

Jobs Chaplin residents hold

890 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−18%

Jobs based in Chaplin, 2013 → 2023: 230 → 189. 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.