Work & commute · Killingly

Work & commute in Killingly, CT

About one in 4 of Killingly’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Putnam (8%), Plainfield (5%) and Brooklyn (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

1,756 of 7,780 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,024 Killingly residents head out of town to work, 1,756 work right here, and 6,255 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Killingly.

6,024live here, work elsewhere

1,756live and work here

6,255work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Killingly goes to work

Killingly (in town)right here

23%1,756

Putnam5.5 mi away

8%610

Plainfield9.8 mi away

5%379

Brooklyn6.3 mi away

3%202

Norwich23.1 mi away

2%182

Worcester, MA30.4 mi away

2%169

Hartford43.1 mi away

2%151

Groton34.6 mi away

2%151

Windham18.3 mi away

2%137

Pomfret6.9 mi away

2%132

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%3,911

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

How far

How far Killingly commutes

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

39%

23%

26%

12%

39%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Killingly is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Killingly are

8,011 jobs are based in Killingly. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Killingly’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Killingly

8,011 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)34%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)43%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Killingly residents hold

7,780 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)55%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−1%

Jobs based in Killingly, 2013 → 2023: 8,064 → 8,011. 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.