Work & commute · Niantic

Work & commute in Niantic, CT

Most working residents leave Niantic for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are East Lyme (17%), Groton (11%) and New London (8%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

88 of 1,145 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,057 Niantic residents head out of town to work, 88 work right here, and 1,048 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Niantic.

1,057live here, work elsewhere

88live and work here

1,048work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Niantic goes to work

East Lyme3.3 mi away

17%191

Groton9.2 mi away

11%131

New London5.6 mi away

8%95

Waterford3.9 mi away

7%80

Norwich17.2 mi away

5%57

Montville10.6 mi away

4%41

Old Lyme5.4 mi away

3%33

Hartford39.9 mi away

3%31

Old Saybrook9.5 mi away

2%26

Stonington15.5 mi away

2%22

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%438

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

How far

How far Niantic commutes

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

46%

23%

20%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Niantic is balanced between jobs and homes

0.99jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.99 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Niantic are

1,136 jobs are based in Niantic. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Niantic’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Niantic

1,136 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Niantic residents hold

1,145 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

+7%

Jobs based in Niantic, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 1,136. 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.