Work & commute · Thomaston

Work & commute in Thomaston, CT

Most working residents leave Thomaston for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (12%), Watertown (5%) and Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

385 of 3,973 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,588 Thomaston residents head out of town to work, 385 work right here, and 2,293 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thomaston.

3,588live here, work elsewhere

385live and work here

2,293work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thomaston goes to work

Waterbury8 mi away

12%471

Thomaston (in town)right here

10%385

Watertown3.5 mi away

5%203

Hartford22.5 mi away

5%196

Torrington11.8 mi away

4%172

Plymouth3.6 mi away

4%153

Bristol8.1 mi away

4%152

New York, NY82 mi away

3%117

Litchfield7.2 mi away

2%93

Farmington13.8 mi away

2%88

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%1,943

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

How far

How far Thomaston commutes

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

41%

38%

14%

41%Under 10 mi

38%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thomaston is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thomaston are

2,678 jobs are based in Thomaston. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thomaston’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thomaston

2,678 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)53%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)34%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Thomaston residents hold

3,973 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)22%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+7%

Jobs based in Thomaston, 2013 → 2023: 2,502 → 2,678. 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.