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Work & commute · Old Lyme

Work & commute in Old Lyme, CT

Most working residents leave Old Lyme for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (12%), Old Saybrook (7%) and New London (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
11%
311 of 2,739 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
27 min
One way, from the Census survey
Work from home
24%
of workers, from the Census survey
Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,428 Old Lyme residents head out of town to work, 311 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Lyme.

2,428live here, work elsewhere
311live and work here
2,074work here, live elsewhere
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The map

Where Old Lyme goes to work

New LondonHartfordNorwichWestbrookLymeMontvilleClintonGrotonEast LymeOld LymeOld SaybrookEssexWaterfordOld Saybrook CenterGrotonOld SaybrookNew LondonEssexEast LymeWestbrookWaterfordHartfordClintonOld Lyme
1
Groton14.4 mi away
12%318
2
Old Lyme (in town)right here
11%311
3
Old Saybrook4.2 mi away
7%193
4
New London11 mi away
6%152
5
Essex6.2 mi away
5%124
6
East Lyme5.2 mi away
4%119
7
Westbrook9 mi away
3%84
8
Waterford8.7 mi away
3%84
9
Hartford36.9 mi away
3%70
10
Clinton11.7 mi away
2%66
Everywhere elseother towns and states
44%1,218

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

How far

How far Old Lyme commutes

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

37%Under 10 mi
30%10–24 mi
23%25–50 mi
10%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Old Lyme is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Lyme are

2,385 jobs are based in Old Lyme. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Lyme’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Lyme

2,385 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)8%
Trade, transport & utilities26%
Services (health, schools, offices…)65%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month23%
Over $3,333 a month66%

Jobs Old Lyme residents hold

2,739 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)20%
Trade, transport & utilities16%
Services (health, schools, offices…)64%
$1,250 a month or less11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month20%
Over $3,333 a month69%
+2%

Jobs based in Old Lyme, 2013 → 2023: 2,333 → 2,385. 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.

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