Work & commute · North Stonington

Work & commute in North Stonington, CT

Most working residents leave North Stonington for work: only 7% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (19%), Stonington (11%) and Westerly (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

177 of 2,374 working residents

Typical commute

14 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 2,197 North Stonington residents head out of town to work, 177 work right here, and 1,195 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Stonington.

2,197live here, work elsewhere

177live and work here

1,195work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Stonington goes to work

Groton11.8 mi away

19%443

Stonington7.7 mi away

11%268

North Stonington (in town)right here

7%177

Westerly, RI10.8 mi away

7%158

New London15 mi away

4%97

Ledyard8.1 mi away

4%87

Norwich12.4 mi away

4%84

Hartford46.5 mi away

3%81

Waterford16.4 mi away

2%55

East Hartford42.9 mi away

1%32

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%892

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

How far

How far North Stonington commutes

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

30%

38%

17%

15%

30%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

17%25–50 mi

15%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Stonington is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.58 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in North Stonington are

1,372 jobs are based in North Stonington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Stonington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Stonington

1,372 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)35%

Trade, transport & utilities6%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs North Stonington residents hold

2,374 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)26%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

−7%

Jobs based in North Stonington, 2013 → 2023: 1,468 → 1,372. 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.