Work & commute · Norwich

Work & commute in Norwich, CT

Most working residents leave Norwich for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Montville (12%), Groton (9%) and Ledyard (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

3,165 of 17,711 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 14,546 Norwich residents head out of town to work, 3,165 work right here, and 10,921 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwich.

14,546live here, work elsewhere

3,165live and work here

10,921work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwich goes to work

Norwich (in town)right here

18%3,165

Montville6.7 mi away

12%2,111

Groton14.2 mi away

9%1,618

Ledyard8.8 mi away

7%1,153

New London14.9 mi away

3%616

Hartford34.1 mi away

3%503

Waterford13.9 mi away

3%469

Stonington15.7 mi away

2%304

Windham12.2 mi away

2%280

Killingly23.1 mi away

2%279

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%7,213

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

How far

How far Norwich commutes

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

42%

28%

22%

42%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwich is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwich are

14,086 jobs are based in Norwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwich

14,086 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Norwich residents hold

17,711 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month56%

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Jobs based in Norwich, 2013 → 2023: 15,569 → 14,086. 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.