Work & commute · Newington

Work & commute in Newington, CT

Most working residents leave Newington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (16%), West Hartford (6%) and New Britain (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

1,613 of 15,347 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 13,734 Newington residents head out of town to work, 1,613 work right here, and 14,223 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Newington.

13,734live here, work elsewhere

1,613live and work here

14,223work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Newington goes to work

Hartford6 mi away

16%2,423

Newington (in town)right here

11%1,613

West Hartford5.6 mi away

6%899

New Britain2.9 mi away

6%876

Farmington6.5 mi away

4%668

Rocky Hill4.1 mi away

3%485

East Hartford8.1 mi away

3%480

Berlin6.1 mi away

3%447

Middletown10.3 mi away

3%444

Manchester12.3 mi away

2%374

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%6,638

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

How far

How far Newington commutes

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

64%

21%

11%

64%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Newington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Newington are

15,836 jobs are based in Newington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Newington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Newington

15,836 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Newington residents hold

15,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)70%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−1%

Jobs based in Newington, 2013 → 2023: 15,965 → 15,836. 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.