Work & commute · Montville

Work & commute in Montville, CT

Most working residents leave Montville for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (16%), Norwich (7%) and New London (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

1,365 of 8,340 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 6,975 Montville residents head out of town to work, 1,365 work right here, and 8,071 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Montville.

6,975live here, work elsewhere

1,365live and work here

8,071work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Montville goes to work

Montville (in town)right here

16%1,365

Groton10.3 mi away

16%1,327

Norwich6.7 mi away

7%610

New London9.6 mi away

6%527

Waterford7.8 mi away

4%374

Hartford34.3 mi away

3%261

East Lyme8.2 mi away

3%232

Ledyard7.4 mi away

3%229

Stonington14.4 mi away

2%158

East Hartford31.1 mi away

1%97

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%3,160

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

How far

How far Montville commutes

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

50%

21%

22%

50%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Montville is balanced between jobs and homes

1.13jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.13 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Montville are

9,436 jobs are based in Montville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Montville’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Montville

9,436 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)87%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Montville residents hold

8,340 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−20%

Jobs based in Montville, 2013 → 2023: 11,835 → 9,436. 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.