Work & commute · Stafford

Work & commute in Stafford, CT

Most working residents leave Stafford for work: only 16% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (7%), Manchester (5%) and Enfield (5%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

16%

862 of 5,394 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,532 Stafford residents head out of town to work, 862 work right here, and 2,074 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stafford.

4,532live here, work elsewhere

862live and work here

2,074work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stafford goes to work

Stafford (in town)right here

16%862

Hartford24.4 mi away

7%401

Manchester18.2 mi away

5%276

Enfield12.7 mi away

5%275

Windsor20.4 mi away

3%186

Ellington8.6 mi away

3%173

Springfield, MA15 mi away

3%159

East Hartford21.8 mi away

3%147

Vernon12.8 mi away

2%133

Mansfield14 mi away

2%128

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%2,654

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

How far

How far Stafford commutes

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

26%

47%

18%

26%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stafford is a commuter town

0.54jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Stafford are

2,936 jobs are based in Stafford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stafford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stafford

2,936 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)41%

Trade, transport & utilities15%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

Jobs Stafford residents hold

5,394 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−17%

Jobs based in Stafford, 2013 → 2023: 3,555 → 2,936. 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.