Work & commute · Coventry

Work & commute in Coventry, CT

Most working residents leave Coventry for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (12%), Manchester (8%) and Mansfield (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

407 of 5,833 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,426 Coventry residents head out of town to work, 407 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Coventry.

5,426live here, work elsewhere

407live and work here

907work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Coventry goes to work

Hartford17.4 mi away

12%712

Manchester9.3 mi away

8%476

Coventry (in town)right here

7%407

Mansfield6 mi away

7%400

East Hartford13.7 mi away

5%303

Windham10.1 mi away

4%242

Windsor18.2 mi away

3%187

South Windsor12.7 mi away

3%167

Vernon7.1 mi away

3%167

Glastonbury12.4 mi away

2%144

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,628

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

How far

How far Coventry commutes

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

30%

51%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Coventry is a commuter town

0.23jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Coventry are

1,314 jobs are based in Coventry. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Coventry

1,314 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Coventry residents hold

5,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−1%

Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 1,332 → 1,314. 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.