Work & commute · East Haddam

Work & commute in East Haddam, CT

Most working residents leave East Haddam for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (6%), Hartford (6%) and Groton (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

545 of 4,260 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 3,715 East Haddam residents head out of town to work, 545 work right here, and 978 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Haddam.

3,715live here, work elsewhere

545live and work here

978work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Haddam goes to work

East Haddam (in town)right here

13%545

Middletown14.6 mi away

6%272

Hartford25 mi away

6%258

Groton20.7 mi away

3%130

Colchester6.1 mi away

3%126

New Haven29.9 mi away

3%124

Chester6.7 mi away

3%121

East Hartford22.6 mi away

3%113

Old Saybrook12.7 mi away

2%100

Essex8.8 mi away

2%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

56%2,372

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

How far

How far East Haddam commutes

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

25%

48%

20%

25%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Haddam is a commuter town

0.36jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Haddam are

1,523 jobs are based in East Haddam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Haddam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Haddam

1,523 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs East Haddam residents hold

4,260 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+9%

Jobs based in East Haddam, 2013 → 2023: 1,403 → 1,523. 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.