Work & commute · Ellington

Work & commute in Ellington, CT

Most working residents leave Ellington for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (13%), Manchester (6%) and Vernon (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

847 of 8,069 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 7,222 Ellington residents head out of town to work, 847 work right here, and 3,020 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ellington.

7,222live here, work elsewhere

847live and work here

3,020work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ellington goes to work

Hartford15.9 mi away

13%1,057

Ellington (in town)right here

10%847

Manchester10.4 mi away

6%453

Vernon5.3 mi away

6%447

South Windsor8.6 mi away

4%346

East Hartford13.5 mi away

4%345

Enfield7.4 mi away

4%324

Windsor12.2 mi away

4%321

Bloomfield16 mi away

3%246

Springfield, MA14.7 mi away

2%196

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%3,487

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

How far

How far Ellington commutes

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

35%

47%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ellington is a commuter town

0.48jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Ellington are

3,867 jobs are based in Ellington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ellington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ellington

3,867 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)31%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month59%

Jobs Ellington residents hold

8,069 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+32%

Jobs based in Ellington, 2013 → 2023: 2,930 → 3,867. 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.