Work & commute · Scotland

Work & commute in Scotland, CT

Most working residents leave Scotland for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Windham (12%), Norwich (6%) and Mansfield (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

38 of 631 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 593 Scotland residents head out of town to work, 38 work right here, and 154 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Scotland.

593live here, work elsewhere

38live and work here

154work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Scotland goes to work

Windham4.4 mi away

12%74

Scotland (in town)right here

6%38

Norwich10.3 mi away

6%36

Mansfield9.6 mi away

5%33

Killingly15.3 mi away

5%30

Montville16.5 mi away

3%19

Worcester, MA42 mi away

2%14

Plainfield9.6 mi away

2%13

Groton24.3 mi away

2%13

Putnam18.3 mi away

2%11

Everywhere elseother towns and states

55%350

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

How far

How far Scotland commutes

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

28%

34%

27%

11%

28%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

27%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Scotland is a commuter town

0.30jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Scotland are

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

Jobs based in Scotland

192 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Scotland residents hold

631 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

+19%

Jobs based in Scotland, 2013 → 2023: 161 → 192. 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.