Work & commute · Colebrook

Work & commute in Colebrook, CT

Most working residents leave Colebrook for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (12%), Winchester (7%) and Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20 of 721 working residents

Typical commute

23 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 701 Colebrook residents head out of town to work, 20 work right here, and 557 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Colebrook.

701live here, work elsewhere

20live and work here

557work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Colebrook goes to work

Torrington12.4 mi away

12%89

Winchester5.9 mi away

7%49

Hartford25.7 mi away

5%39

North Canaan11.9 mi away

4%26

Waterbury30.9 mi away

3%23

Farmington22.2 mi away

3%21

Colebrook (in town)right here

3%20

New Hartford11.9 mi away

3%19

New York, NY103.3 mi away

2%18

Barkhamsted6.7 mi away

2%15

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%402

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

How far

How far Colebrook commutes

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

16%

40%

31%

13%

16%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

31%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Colebrook is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Colebrook are

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

Jobs based in Colebrook

577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities3%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month35%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Colebrook residents hold

721 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+425%

Jobs based in Colebrook, 2013 → 2023: 110 → 577. 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.