Work & commute · East Lyme

Work & commute in East Lyme, CT

Most working residents leave East Lyme for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (16%), New London (8%) and Waterford (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,098 of 7,336 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,238 East Lyme residents head out of town to work, 1,098 work right here, and 3,525 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Lyme.

6,238live here, work elsewhere

1,098live and work here

3,525work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Lyme goes to work

Groton10.2 mi away

16%1,154

East Lyme (in town)right here

15%1,098

New London7 mi away

8%560

Waterford4.2 mi away

6%476

Norwich15 mi away

4%276

Montville8.2 mi away

4%266

Old Lyme5.2 mi away

3%196

Old Saybrook9.3 mi away

3%192

Hartford36.7 mi away

2%176

Stonington16.4 mi away

2%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%2,805

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

How far

How far East Lyme commutes

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

49%

22%

20%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Lyme is a commuter town

0.63jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in East Lyme are

4,623 jobs are based in East Lyme. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Lyme’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Lyme

4,623 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs East Lyme residents hold

7,336 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in East Lyme, 2013 → 2023: 4,500 → 4,623. 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.