Work & commute · New Britain

Work & commute in New Britain, CT

Most working residents leave New Britain for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (10%), Farmington (5%) and Newington (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

4,440 of 30,302 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 25,862 New Britain residents head out of town to work, 4,440 work right here, and 19,342 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Britain.

25,862live here, work elsewhere

4,440live and work here

19,342work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Britain goes to work

New Britain (in town)right here

15%4,440

Hartford8.2 mi away

10%3,146

Farmington4.7 mi away

5%1,594

Newington2.9 mi away

4%1,254

Berlin4.9 mi away

4%1,133

West Hartford6.4 mi away

4%1,123

Bristol8 mi away

3%955

Middletown11.1 mi away

3%933

East Hartford10.9 mi away

3%890

Southington6.8 mi away

3%805

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%14,029

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

How far

How far New Britain commutes

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

60%

25%

10%

60%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Britain is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New Britain are

23,782 jobs are based in New Britain. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Britain’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Britain

23,782 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs New Britain residents hold

30,302 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month55%

+2%

Jobs based in New Britain, 2013 → 2023: 23,336 → 23,782. 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.