Work & commute · Eastford

Work & commute in Eastford, CT

Most working residents leave Eastford for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Putnam (7%), Killingly (7%) and Windham (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

56 of 707 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 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 651 Eastford residents head out of town to work, 56 work right here, and 539 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Eastford.

651live here, work elsewhere

56live and work here

539work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Eastford goes to work

Eastford (in town)right here

8%56

Putnam11.5 mi away

7%50

Killingly13.3 mi away

7%46

Windham13.1 mi away

5%32

Mansfield10.1 mi away

4%25

Woodstock6.1 mi away

3%24

Hartford31.6 mi away

3%22

Stafford12.6 mi away

3%22

Groton38 mi away

3%21

Worcester, MA29.7 mi away

3%18

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%391

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

How far

How far Eastford commutes

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

24%

34%

30%

11%

24%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Eastford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.84jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.84 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Eastford are

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

Jobs based in Eastford

595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)69%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)14%

$1,250 a month or less6%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Eastford residents hold

707 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+34%

Jobs based in Eastford, 2013 → 2023: 444 → 595. 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.