Work & commute · New London

Work & commute in New London, CT

Most working residents leave New London for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (17%), Waterford (8%) and Montville (5%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

1,911 of 10,594 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

19 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,683 New London residents head out of town to work, 1,911 work right here, and 9,228 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New London.

8,683live here, work elsewhere

1,911live and work here

9,228work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New London goes to work

New London (in town)right here

18%1,911

Groton3.5 mi away

17%1,750

Waterford2.9 mi away

8%804

Montville9.6 mi away

5%501

Norwich14.9 mi away

4%433

Stonington9.8 mi away

3%343

Ledyard7.8 mi away

3%330

East Lyme7 mi away

3%310

Hartford42.6 mi away

2%236

New Haven43 mi away

2%207

Everywhere elseother towns and states

36%3,769

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

How far

How far New London commutes

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

53%

16%

20%

10%

53%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New London is balanced between jobs and homes

1.05jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.05 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in New London are

11,139 jobs are based in New London. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New London’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New London

11,139 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs New London residents hold

10,594 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month55%

−13%

Jobs based in New London, 2013 → 2023: 12,739 → 11,139. 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.