Work & commute · Rocky Hill

Work & commute in Rocky Hill, CT

Most working residents leave Rocky Hill for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (20%), East Hartford (4%) and Middletown (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

988 of 9,363 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,375 Rocky Hill residents head out of town to work, 988 work right here, and 14,852 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Rocky Hill.

8,375live here, work elsewhere

988live and work here

14,852work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Rocky Hill goes to work

Hartford7.6 mi away

20%1,844

Rocky Hill (in town)right here

11%988

East Hartford7.7 mi away

4%344

Middletown7.5 mi away

4%339

West Hartford9 mi away

4%331

Newington4.1 mi away

3%304

Glastonbury6.2 mi away

3%278

New Britain6.6 mi away

3%275

Farmington10.6 mi away

3%250

Wethersfield3.2 mi away

3%242

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%4,168

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

How far

How far Rocky Hill commutes

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

60%

24%

11%

60%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Rocky Hill is a job hub

1.69jobs per working resident

A job hub

1.7 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Rocky Hill are

15,840 jobs are based in Rocky Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Rocky Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Rocky Hill

15,840 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Rocky Hill residents hold

9,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+16%

Jobs based in Rocky Hill, 2013 → 2023: 13,629 → 15,840. 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.