Work & commute · Harwinton

Work & commute in Harwinton, CT

Most working residents leave Harwinton for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (12%), Hartford (6%) and Farmington (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

122 of 2,814 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,692 Harwinton residents head out of town to work, 122 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Harwinton.

2,692live here, work elsewhere

122live and work here

661work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Harwinton goes to work

Torrington6.2 mi away

12%348

Hartford19.5 mi away

6%171

Farmington11.5 mi away

5%137

Waterbury14.1 mi away

5%129

Harwinton (in town)right here

4%122

Bristol8.3 mi away

4%119

Southington14.2 mi away

3%77

New York, NY88.6 mi away

3%71

Litchfield7 mi away

2%62

Plymouth6.9 mi away

2%62

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%1,516

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

How far

How far Harwinton commutes

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

31%

44%

17%

31%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Harwinton is a commuter town

0.28jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Harwinton are

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

Jobs based in Harwinton

783 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)47%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month73%

Jobs Harwinton residents hold

2,814 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+26%

Jobs based in Harwinton, 2013 → 2023: 619 → 783. 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.