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Work & commute in Oxoboxo River · A commuter town

97% of Oxoboxo River’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Oxoboxo River for work: only 3% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (17%), Montville (14%) and Norwich (8%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Work in town
3%
36 of 1,302 working residents
Typical commute
8 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
25 min
Less than CT (27 min)
Work from home
7%
Less than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
964
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Oxoboxo River?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

17% of working residents work in Groton

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

New London: 86 residents work here (7%)Hartford: 44 residents work here (3%)Norwich: 102 residents work here (8%)Montville: 186 residents work here (14%)Ledyard: 31 residents work here (2%)PlainfieldGriswoldGroton: 216 residents work here (17%)East Lyme: 27 residents work here (2%)Stonington: 26 residents work here (2%)Old Saybrook: 18 residents work here (1%)Waterford: 53 residents work here (4%)Gales FerryOxoboxo RiverGrotonMontvilleNorwichNew LondonWaterfordHartfordOxoboxo River
1
Groton8.4 mi away
17%216
2
Montville2 mi away
14%186
3
Norwich7.4 mi away
8%102
4
New London7.9 mi away
7%86
5
Waterford6.5 mi away
4%53
6
Hartford36.2 mi away
3%44
7
Ledyard5.6 mi away
2%31
8
East Lyme7.9 mi away
2%27
9
Stonington12.5 mi away
2%26
10
Old Saybrook16.9 mi away
1%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
39%513
The top trips

Where Oxoboxo River clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

20% of Oxoboxo River works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Montville (14%). Darker towns draw more of Oxoboxo River’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Oxoboxo River quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,266 residents head out to work, 36 work right here, and 928 people come in from elsewhere.

1,266live here, work elsewhere
36live and work here
928work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,800
Workday2,400
2,800live here− 1,300head out to work+ 930come in to work= 2,400on a workday

About 2,400 people are in Oxoboxo River on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.74jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Oxoboxo River commutes less than 8 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi45 miGroton: 17% · 8.4 miMontville: 14% · 2 miNorwich: 8% · 7.4 miNew London: 7% · 7.9 miWaterford: 4% · 6.5 miHartford: 3% · 36.2 miLedyard: 2% · 5.6 miEast Lyme: 2% · 7.9 miStonington: 2% · 12.5 miOld Saybrook: 1% · 16.9 miGroton 17%Montville 14%Norwich 8%New London 7%Waterford 4%Oxoboxo River
Oxoboxo RiverTop destinations (size = commuters)
55%Under 10 mi715 residents
13%10–24 mi169 residents
24%25–50 mi315 residents
8%Over 50 mi103 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 964 jobs in Oxoboxo River are

964 jobs are based in Oxoboxo River. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Oxoboxo River’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Oxoboxo RiverJobs Oxoboxo River residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms23%24%
Trade, transport & utilities22%18%
Services: health, schools, offices55%58%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less10%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month27%22%
Over $3,333 a month63%68%

Who does it

29 or younger16%20%
30 to 5454%50%
55 and older30%30%
−5%

Jobs based in Oxoboxo River, 2013 → 2023: 1,012 → 964. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Time on the road

About 25 minutes each way, about the CT average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
192 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Oxoboxo River25 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
7%

of Oxoboxo River workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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