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Work & commute in Tariffville · A commuter town

99% of Tariffville’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Tariffville for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Simsbury (16%), Hartford (14%) and Bloomfield (6%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Work in town
1%
9 of 682 working residents
Typical commute
11 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
21 min
Less than CT (27 min)
Work from home
12%
Less than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
125
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Tariffville?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

16% of working residents work in Simsbury

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Hartford: 94 residents work here (14%)GranbyBloomfield: 44 residents work here (6%)Avon: 18 residents work here (3%)East GranbyEnfield: 16 residents work here (2%)Farmington: 34 residents work here (5%)East Hartford: 19 residents work here (3%)SuffieldSimsbury: 106 residents work here (16%)HartlandManchesterWest Hartford: 22 residents work here (3%)Windsor: 32 residents work here (5%)Cheshire: 13 residents work here (2%)Windsor LocksTariffvilleSimsburyHartfordBloomfieldFarmingtonWindsorWest HartfordTariffville
1
Simsbury3.9 mi away
16%106
2
Hartford10.8 mi away
14%94
3
Bloomfield4.6 mi away
6%44
4
Farmington12.9 mi away
5%34
5
Windsor5.4 mi away
5%32
6
West Hartford9.8 mi away
3%22
7
East Hartford13.1 mi away
3%19
8
Avon9.4 mi away
3%18
9
Enfield12.1 mi away
2%16
10
Cheshire28.2 mi away
2%13
Everywhere elseother towns and states
42%284
The top trips

Where Tariffville clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 21 minutes each way, quicker than most of Connecticut

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
162 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Tariffville21 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
12%

of Tariffville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Next door

22% of Tariffville works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Simsbury (16%). Darker towns draw more of Tariffville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Tariffville21 min
Bloomfield23 min
East Granby25 min
Simsbury26 min
Day and night

Tariffville quiets down on a workday

On a workday 673 residents head out to work, 9 work right here, and 116 people come in from elsewhere.

673live here, work elsewhere
9live and work here
116work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,400
Workday860
1,400live here− 670head out to work+ 120come in to work= 860on a workday

About 860 people are in Tariffville on a workday afternoon, 39% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.18jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Tariffville commutes less than 11 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi35 miSimsbury: 16% · 3.9 miHartford: 14% · 10.8 miBloomfield: 6% · 4.6 miFarmington: 5% · 12.9 miWindsor: 5% · 5.4 miWest Hartford: 3% · 9.8 miEast Hartford: 3% · 13.1 miAvon: 3% · 9.4 miEnfield: 2% · 12.1 miCheshire: 2% · 28.2 miSimsbury 16%Hartford 14%Bloomfield 6%Farmington 5%Windsor 5%Tariffville
TariffvilleTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi278 residents
41%10–24 mi280 residents
11%25–50 mi72 residents
8%Over 50 mi52 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in TariffvilleJobs Tariffville residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%12%
Trade, transport & utilities1%15%
Services: health, schools, offices86%72%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less26%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month19%18%
Over $3,333 a month54%71%

Who does it

29 or younger33%20%
30 to 5447%51%
55 and older20%29%
+19%

Jobs based in Tariffville, 2013 → 2023: 105 → 125. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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