Work & commute · East Hampton

Work & commute in East Hampton, CT

Most working residents leave East Hampton for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (11%), Middletown (7%) and East Hartford (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

591 of 6,328 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,737 East Hampton residents head out of town to work, 591 work right here, and 1,341 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Hampton.

5,737live here, work elsewhere

591live and work here

1,341work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Hampton goes to work

Hartford16.3 mi away

11%680

East Hampton (in town)right here

9%591

Middletown7.7 mi away

7%465

East Hartford14.3 mi away

4%263

Glastonbury8.9 mi away

4%233

New Haven27.9 mi away

3%201

Rocky Hill10 mi away

3%171

Portland4.7 mi away

2%142

Meriden14.9 mi away

2%138

New Britain16.1 mi away

2%136

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%3,308

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

How far

How far East Hampton commutes

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

26%

54%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

54%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Hampton is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Hampton are

1,932 jobs are based in East Hampton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Hampton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Hampton

1,932 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs East Hampton residents hold

6,328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+15%

Jobs based in East Hampton, 2013 → 2023: 1,678 → 1,932. 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.