Work & commute · Marlborough

Work & commute in Marlborough, CT

Most working residents leave Marlborough for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (15%), East Hartford (6%) and Glastonbury (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

189 of 2,692 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,503 Marlborough residents head out of town to work, 189 work right here, and 1,076 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Marlborough.

2,503live here, work elsewhere

189live and work here

1,076work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Marlborough goes to work

Hartford15 mi away

15%408

Marlborough (in town)right here

7%189

East Hartford11.9 mi away

6%157

Glastonbury6.6 mi away

6%154

Middletown12.3 mi away

5%128

Manchester10.4 mi away

4%95

Farmington21.3 mi away

3%72

Rocky Hill11 mi away

3%72

West Hartford18.2 mi away

2%62

Bloomfield20.8 mi away

2%59

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,296

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

How far

How far Marlborough commutes

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

22%

60%

11%

22%Under 10 mi

60%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Marlborough is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Marlborough are

1,265 jobs are based in Marlborough. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Marlborough’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Marlborough

1,265 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Marlborough residents hold

2,692 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+30%

Jobs based in Marlborough, 2013 → 2023: 973 → 1,265. 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.