Work & commute · Groton

Work & commute in Groton, CT

About one in 4 of Groton’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Groton (36%), New London (8%) and Stonington (4%). Half commute less than 6 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

999 of 4,300 working residents

Typical commute

6 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

18 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 3,301 Groton residents head out of town to work, 999 work right here, and 16,925 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Groton.

3,301live here, work elsewhere

999live and work here

16,925work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Groton goes to work

Groton2.4 mi away

36%1,539

New London1.6 mi away

8%333

Stonington8.5 mi away

4%189

Waterford4.5 mi away

4%176

Norwich15.5 mi away

4%163

Ledyard7.7 mi away

4%155

Montville10.6 mi away

3%140

Hartford44 mi away

2%102

East Lyme8.6 mi away

2%76

New Haven44.5 mi away

2%75

Everywhere elseother towns and states

31%1,352

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

How far

How far Groton commutes

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

57%

16%

18%

57%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Groton is a job hub

4.17jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Groton are

17,924 jobs are based in Groton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Groton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Groton

17,924 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)90%

Trade, transport & utilities2%

Services (health, schools, offices…)8%

$1,250 a month or less2%

$1,251–$3,333 a month3%

Over $3,333 a month95%

Jobs Groton residents hold

4,300 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)27%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+40%

Jobs based in Groton, 2013 → 2023: 12,805 → 17,924. 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.