Work & commute · Simsbury

Work & commute in Simsbury, CT

Most working residents leave Simsbury for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (15%), Farmington (6%) and Windsor (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,754 of 11,495 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

27%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 9,741 Simsbury residents head out of town to work, 1,754 work right here, and 6,059 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Simsbury.

9,741live here, work elsewhere

1,754live and work here

6,059work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Simsbury goes to work

Hartford10.6 mi away

15%1,772

Simsbury (in town)right here

15%1,754

Farmington9.9 mi away

6%643

Windsor7.9 mi away

5%590

Bloomfield4.9 mi away

5%576

West Hartford8.2 mi away

5%529

Avon6 mi away

4%416

East Hartford13.7 mi away

2%272

Bristol14.4 mi away

2%214

New Britain13.7 mi away

2%187

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,542

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

How far

How far Simsbury commutes

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

46%

36%

10%

46%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Simsbury is a commuter town

0.68jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Simsbury are

7,813 jobs are based in Simsbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Simsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Simsbury

7,813 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Simsbury residents hold

11,495 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−15%

Jobs based in Simsbury, 2013 → 2023: 9,237 → 7,813. 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.