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Work & commute · Kent

Work & commute in Kent, CT

About one in 3 of Kent’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Milford (6%), Danbury (4%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
34%
398 of 1,163 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
20 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
22%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 765 Kent residents head out of town to work, 398 work right here, and 784 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Kent.

765live here, work elsewhere
398live and work here
784work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Kent goes to work

HartfordNew HavenDanburyTorringtonWaterburyNew YorkBrookfieldWarrenWashingtonCornwallGoshenKentShermanLitchfieldNew MilfordSharonNewtownDoverNew MilfordDanburyNew YorkWashingtonBrookfieldWaterburyNew HavenTorringtonHartfordKent
1
Kent (in town)right here
34%398
2
New Milford9 mi away
6%75
3
Danbury22.9 mi away
4%46
4
New York, NY77.9 mi away
4%46
5
Washington8.9 mi away
2%26
6
Brookfield18.2 mi away
2%22
7
Waterbury24.6 mi away
2%18
8
New Haven39.8 mi away
1%16
9
Torrington18.1 mi away
1%15
10
Hartford39.9 mi away
1%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%487

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

How far

How far Kent commutes

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

41%Under 10 mi
25%10–24 mi
22%25–50 mi
12%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Kent is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Kent are

1,182 jobs are based in Kent. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Kent’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Kent

1,182 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities11%
Services (health, schools, offices…)82%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Kent residents hold

1,163 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)11%
Trade, transport & utilities18%
Services (health, schools, offices…)71%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month67%
+5%

Jobs based in Kent, 2013 → 2023: 1,125 → 1,182. 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.

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