Work & commute · Ledyard

Work & commute in Ledyard, CT

Most working residents leave Ledyard for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (25%), New London (5%) and Stonington (5%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

776 of 6,812 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 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 6,036 Ledyard residents head out of town to work, 776 work right here, and 5,564 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ledyard.

6,036live here, work elsewhere

776live and work here

5,564work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ledyard goes to work

Groton5.8 mi away

25%1,711

Ledyard (in town)right here

11%776

New London7.8 mi away

5%365

Stonington7.3 mi away

5%364

Norwich8.8 mi away

5%352

Montville7.4 mi away

4%298

Waterford8.5 mi away

3%231

Hartford41.3 mi away

3%228

Westerly, RI13.5 mi away

1%83

East Lyme11.8 mi away

1%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%2,323

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

How far

How far Ledyard commutes

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

59%

12%

21%

59%Under 10 mi

12%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ledyard is balanced between jobs and homes

0.93jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.93 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ledyard are

6,340 jobs are based in Ledyard. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ledyard’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ledyard

6,340 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)84%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Ledyard residents hold

6,812 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−39%

Jobs based in Ledyard, 2013 → 2023: 10,368 → 6,340. 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.