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Work & commute · Deep River

Work & commute in Deep River, CT

Most working residents leave Deep River for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Essex (10%), Chester (7%) and Westbrook (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
232 of 2,184 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
24 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 1,952 Deep River residents head out of town to work, 232 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Deep River.

1,952live here, work elsewhere
232live and work here
966work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Deep River goes to work

New LondonHartfordNew HavenMiddletownWestbrookLymeClintonGrotonOld SaybrookHaddamEssexDeep RiverEast HaddamChesterEssexChesterWestbrookMiddletownNew HavenOld SaybrookHartfordClintonGrotonDeep River
1
Deep River (in town)right here
11%232
2
Essex3.5 mi away
10%213
3
Chester3.1 mi away
7%148
4
Westbrook4.4 mi away
4%95
5
Middletown15.6 mi away
4%93
6
New Haven23.5 mi away
4%90
7
Old Saybrook7.1 mi away
4%90
8
Hartford29.5 mi away
4%84
9
Clinton5.7 mi away
2%49
10
Groton23.2 mi away
2%47
Everywhere elseother towns and states
48%1,043

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

How far

How far Deep River commutes

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

42%Under 10 mi
27%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
7%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Deep River is a commuter town

0.55jobs per working resident
A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Deep River are

1,198 jobs are based in Deep River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Deep River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Deep River

1,198 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)31%
Trade, transport & utilities14%
Services (health, schools, offices…)55%
$1,250 a month or less15%
$1,251–$3,333 a month24%
Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Deep River residents hold

2,184 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)21%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)62%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month18%
Over $3,333 a month69%
−14%

Jobs based in Deep River, 2013 → 2023: 1,388 → 1,198. 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.

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