Work & commute · Danielson

Work & commute in Danielson, CT

Most working residents leave Danielson for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Killingly (23%), Putnam (8%) and Plainfield (5%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

102 of 1,791 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 1,689 Danielson residents head out of town to work, 102 work right here, and 1,470 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danielson.

1,689live here, work elsewhere

102live and work here

1,470work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danielson goes to work

Killingly2.3 mi away

23%413

Putnam6.8 mi away

8%136

Plainfield8.1 mi away

5%95

Brooklyn4 mi away

3%46

Norwich21 mi away

2%42

Worcester, MA32 mi away

2%40

Hartford41.1 mi away

2%36

Groton32.8 mi away

2%32

Windham16 mi away

2%31

Pomfret6 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%890

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

How far

How far Danielson commutes

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

40%

21%

27%

12%

40%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danielson is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Danielson are

1,572 jobs are based in Danielson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danielson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danielson

1,572 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Danielson residents hold

1,791 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)54%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Danielson, 2013 → 2023: 1,590 → 1,572. 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.