Work & commute · Haddam

Work & commute in Haddam, CT

Most working residents leave Haddam for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (12%), Hartford (6%) and New Haven (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

291 of 4,101 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

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,810 Haddam residents head out of town to work, 291 work right here, and 982 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Haddam.

3,810live here, work elsewhere

291live and work here

982work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Haddam goes to work

Middletown7.3 mi away

12%492

Haddam (in town)right here

7%291

Hartford20.9 mi away

6%266

New Haven22.8 mi away

5%198

Chester5.7 mi away

3%110

East Hartford19.6 mi away

2%95

Meriden13.3 mi away

2%89

Wallingford13.3 mi away

2%87

Killingworth7.5 mi away

2%79

Old Saybrook15.5 mi away

2%76

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%2,318

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

How far

How far Haddam commutes

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

26%

55%

14%

26%Under 10 mi

55%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Haddam is a commuter town

0.31jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Haddam are

1,273 jobs are based in Haddam. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Haddam’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Haddam

1,273 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less20%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Haddam residents hold

4,101 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+4%

Jobs based in Haddam, 2013 → 2023: 1,227 → 1,273. 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.