Work & commute · Meriden

Work & commute in Meriden, CT

Most working residents leave Meriden for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Wallingford (10%), New Haven (6%) and Middletown (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

4,599 of 27,593 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

23 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 22,994 Meriden residents head out of town to work, 4,599 work right here, and 15,829 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Meriden.

22,994live here, work elsewhere

4,599live and work here

15,829work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Meriden goes to work

Meriden (in town)right here

17%4,599

Wallingford5.4 mi away

10%2,788

New Haven17 mi away

6%1,793

Middletown7.2 mi away

5%1,310

North Haven11.2 mi away

4%1,222

Hartford16.9 mi away

4%1,072

Southington6.5 mi away

3%780

Cheshire5.9 mi away

3%767

New Britain9.7 mi away

3%756

Waterbury12.6 mi away

3%738

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%11,768

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

How far

How far Meriden commutes

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

48%

38%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Meriden is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Meriden are

20,428 jobs are based in Meriden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Meriden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Meriden

20,428 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Meriden residents hold

27,593 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month60%

−4%

Jobs based in Meriden, 2013 → 2023: 21,362 → 20,428. 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.