Work & commute · Hartford

Work & commute in Hartford, CT

About one in 4 of Hartford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Windsor (6%), Bloomfield (6%) and West Hartford (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

11,364 of 42,789 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 31,425 Hartford residents head out of town to work, 11,364 work right here, and 93,722 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hartford.

31,425live here, work elsewhere

11,364live and work here

93,722work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hartford goes to work

Hartford (in town)right here

27%11,364

Windsor7.3 mi away

6%2,502

Bloomfield6.2 mi away

6%2,401

West Hartford3.8 mi away

6%2,399

East Hartford3.8 mi away

4%1,910

Manchester8.1 mi away

4%1,536

Farmington8.6 mi away

3%1,232

Newington6 mi away

3%1,124

New Britain8.2 mi away

3%1,088

Rocky Hill7.6 mi away

2%961

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%16,272

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

How far

How far Hartford commutes

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

68%

16%

10%

68%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hartford is a job hub

2.46jobs per working resident

A job hub

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hartford are

105,086 jobs are based in Hartford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hartford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hartford

105,086 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)89%

$1,250 a month or less7%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month78%

Jobs Hartford residents hold

42,789 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month49%

−10%

Jobs based in Hartford, 2013 → 2023: 116,616 → 105,086. 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.