Work & commute · Suffield

Work & commute in Suffield, CT

Most working residents leave Suffield for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (10%), Springfield (8%) and Windsor (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

736 of 7,150 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,414 Suffield residents head out of town to work, 736 work right here, and 2,841 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Suffield.

6,414live here, work elsewhere

736live and work here

2,841work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Suffield goes to work

Suffield (in town)right here

10%736

Hartford16.2 mi away

10%699

Springfield, MA10.7 mi away

8%538

Windsor8.9 mi away

7%506

Enfield6.4 mi away

7%476

Bloomfield11.3 mi away

3%244

Windsor Locks5 mi away

3%221

East Hartford16.9 mi away

2%164

Agawam Town, MA4.6 mi away

2%157

Westfield, MA10.4 mi away

2%137

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,272

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

How far

How far Suffield commutes

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

40%

41%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

41%10–24 mi

9%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Suffield is a commuter town

0.50jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Suffield are

3,577 jobs are based in Suffield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Suffield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Suffield

3,577 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Suffield residents hold

7,150 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−2%

Jobs based in Suffield, 2013 → 2023: 3,636 → 3,577. 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.