Work & commute · Pomfret

Work & commute in Pomfret, CT

Most working residents leave Pomfret for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are Killingly (9%), Putnam (8%) and Woodstock (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

222 of 1,726 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,504 Pomfret residents head out of town to work, 222 work right here, and 1,130 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Pomfret.

1,504live here, work elsewhere

222live and work here

1,130work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Pomfret goes to work

Pomfret (in town)right here

13%222

Killingly6.9 mi away

9%156

Putnam5.9 mi away

8%138

Woodstock7.3 mi away

3%59

Mansfield14.3 mi away

2%41

Hartford37.2 mi away

2%38

Groton36.1 mi away

2%38

Windham14.7 mi away

2%36

Southbridge Town, MA13.6 mi away

2%33

Norwich22.9 mi away

2%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%934

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

How far

How far Pomfret commutes

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

37%

21%

30%

12%

37%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Pomfret is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Pomfret are

1,352 jobs are based in Pomfret. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Pomfret’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Pomfret

1,352 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)37%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs Pomfret residents hold

1,726 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+16%

Jobs based in Pomfret, 2013 → 2023: 1,164 → 1,352. 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.