Work & commute · Farmington

Work & commute in Farmington, CT

Most working residents leave Farmington for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (15%), New Britain (5%) and West Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

2,008 of 12,024 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 10,016 Farmington residents head out of town to work, 2,008 work right here, and 25,686 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Farmington.

10,016live here, work elsewhere

2,008live and work here

25,686work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Farmington goes to work

Farmington (in town)right here

17%2,008

Hartford8.6 mi away

15%1,833

New Britain4.7 mi away

5%609

West Hartford5.2 mi away

5%564

Bristol6.1 mi away

5%556

East Hartford12.3 mi away

3%327

Bloomfield9.4 mi away

3%325

Avon4 mi away

2%300

Windsor13 mi away

2%251

Plainville3.9 mi away

2%249

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%5,002

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

How far

How far Farmington commutes

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

54%

29%

10%

54%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Farmington is a job hub

2.30jobs per working resident

A job hub

2.3 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Farmington are

27,694 jobs are based in Farmington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Farmington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Farmington

27,694 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month76%

Jobs Farmington residents hold

12,024 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−15%

Jobs based in Farmington, 2013 → 2023: 32,586 → 27,694. 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.