Work & commute · Enfield

Work & commute in Enfield, CT

Most working residents leave Enfield for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (8%), Springfield (7%) and Windsor (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,506 of 20,542 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 17,036 Enfield residents head out of town to work, 3,506 work right here, and 12,244 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Enfield.

17,036live here, work elsewhere

3,506live and work here

12,244work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Enfield goes to work

Enfield (in town)right here

17%3,506

Hartford16.4 mi away

8%1,697

Springfield, MA9.1 mi away

7%1,511

Windsor9.9 mi away

6%1,231

East Windsor5.5 mi away

3%600

Bloomfield13.6 mi away

3%560

Windsor Locks6.5 mi away

3%534

East Hartford15.7 mi away

3%524

Manchester14.5 mi away

2%504

South Windsor10.1 mi away

2%495

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%9,380

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

How far

How far Enfield commutes

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

41%

39%

10%

41%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Enfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Enfield are

15,750 jobs are based in Enfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Enfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Enfield

15,750 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Enfield residents hold

20,542 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−8%

Jobs based in Enfield, 2013 → 2023: 17,104 → 15,750. 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.