Work & commute · Southington

Work & commute in Southington, CT

Most working residents leave Southington for work: only 17% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (9%), Bristol (5%) and New Britain (4%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

17%

3,584 of 21,271 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,687 Southington residents head out of town to work, 3,584 work right here, and 13,601 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southington.

17,687live here, work elsewhere

3,584live and work here

13,601work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southington goes to work

Southington (in town)right here

17%3,584

Hartford15 mi away

9%1,830

Bristol6.1 mi away

5%989

New Britain6.8 mi away

4%951

Farmington8.7 mi away

4%882

Waterbury8.8 mi away

4%830

Cheshire6.7 mi away

4%817

Meriden6.5 mi away

3%714

Wallingford11 mi away

3%678

Middletown12.2 mi away

2%506

Everywhere elseother towns and states

45%9,490

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

How far

How far Southington commutes

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

48%

38%

48%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

8%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southington is balanced between jobs and homes

0.81jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southington are

17,185 jobs are based in Southington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southington

17,185 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Southington residents hold

21,271 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+22%

Jobs based in Southington, 2013 → 2023: 14,062 → 17,185. 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.