Work & commute · Griswold

Work & commute in Griswold, CT

Most working residents leave Griswold for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (10%), Norwich (10%) and Montville (6%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

444 of 5,490 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,046 Griswold residents head out of town to work, 444 work right here, and 968 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Griswold.

5,046live here, work elsewhere

444live and work here

968work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Griswold goes to work

Groton17.3 mi away

10%573

Norwich9.1 mi away

10%562

Griswold (in town)right here

8%444

Montville14.7 mi away

6%309

Ledyard11.8 mi away

5%278

Plainfield7.6 mi away

4%234

New London19.6 mi away

3%179

Killingly17.3 mi away

3%174

Hartford41.2 mi away

3%138

Waterford19.9 mi away

2%133

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%2,466

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

How far

How far Griswold commutes

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

29%

42%

19%

10%

29%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Griswold is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Griswold are

1,412 jobs are based in Griswold. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Griswold’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Griswold

1,412 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Griswold residents hold

5,490 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+20%

Jobs based in Griswold, 2013 → 2023: 1,174 → 1,412. 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.