Work & commute · Thompson

Work & commute in Thompson, CT

Most working residents leave Thompson for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Putnam (8%), Killingly (7%) and Webster (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

397 of 3,915 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,518 Thompson residents head out of town to work, 397 work right here, and 909 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Thompson.

3,518live here, work elsewhere

397live and work here

909work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Thompson goes to work

Thompson (in town)right here

10%397

Putnam5.7 mi away

8%312

Killingly11.1 mi away

7%268

Webster, MA4.2 mi away

6%236

Dudley, MA5.6 mi away

4%145

Oxford, MA9.5 mi away

3%120

Southbridge Town, MA9.8 mi away

3%119

Worcester, MA19.5 mi away

2%94

Groton45.2 mi away

2%84

Hartford44.7 mi away

2%81

Everywhere elseother towns and states

53%2,059

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

How far

How far Thompson commutes

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

38%

25%

13%

38%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

25%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Thompson is a commuter town

0.33jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Thompson are

1,306 jobs are based in Thompson. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thompson’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Thompson

1,306 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities8%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Thompson residents hold

3,915 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−12%

Jobs based in Thompson, 2013 → 2023: 1,481 → 1,306. 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.