Work & commute · Glastonbury

Work & commute in Glastonbury, CT

Most working residents leave Glastonbury for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (19%), East Hartford (6%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

2,282 of 15,653 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

24%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,371 Glastonbury residents head out of town to work, 2,282 work right here, and 14,183 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Glastonbury.

13,371live here, work elsewhere

2,282live and work here

14,183work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Glastonbury goes to work

Hartford8.4 mi away

19%2,946

Glastonbury (in town)right here

15%2,282

East Hartford5.5 mi away

6%963

Manchester5.9 mi away

4%653

West Hartford11.7 mi away

3%460

Farmington15.2 mi away

3%458

Middletown11.3 mi away

3%454

Windsor13.9 mi away

3%443

Bloomfield14.3 mi away

2%383

Rocky Hill6.2 mi away

2%377

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%6,234

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

How far

How far Glastonbury commutes

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

53%

29%

11%

53%Under 10 mi

29%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Glastonbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Glastonbury are

16,465 jobs are based in Glastonbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Glastonbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Glastonbury

16,465 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Glastonbury residents hold

15,653 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+3%

Jobs based in Glastonbury, 2013 → 2023: 16,036 → 16,465. 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.