Work & commute · Lisbon

Work & commute in Lisbon, CT

Most working residents leave Lisbon for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Norwich (13%), Groton (12%) and Montville (7%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

129 of 2,065 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 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 1,936 Lisbon residents head out of town to work, 129 work right here, and 1,274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Lisbon.

1,936live here, work elsewhere

129live and work here

1,274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Lisbon goes to work

Norwich5.5 mi away

13%272

Groton17.6 mi away

12%245

Montville12.1 mi away

7%139

Lisbon (in town)right here

6%129

Ledyard11.9 mi away

4%85

New London19.1 mi away

4%83

Waterford18.7 mi away

3%52

Plainfield8.5 mi away

2%51

Hartford36.3 mi away

2%48

Griswold4.9 mi away

2%48

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%913

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

How far

How far Lisbon commutes

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

34%

38%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Lisbon is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Lisbon are

1,403 jobs are based in Lisbon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lisbon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Lisbon

1,403 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)3%

Trade, transport & utilities61%

Services (health, schools, offices…)36%

$1,250 a month or less22%

$1,251–$3,333 a month46%

Over $3,333 a month32%

Jobs Lisbon residents hold

2,065 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

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Jobs based in Lisbon, 2013 → 2023: 1,399 → 1,403. 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.