95% of Thompsonville’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Thompsonville for work: only 5% work in town. The top destinations are Enfield (18%), Springfield (8%) and Hartford (7%). Half commute less than 12 miles.
The short version on getting to work from Thompsonville
Thompsonville has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Thompsonville went from 1,408 in 2013 to 2,445 in 2023, +74%. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Thompsonville are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 69 hours a year less on the road than the typical Connecticut worker, and quicker than any town next door (23 to 26 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Nearly all the work in Thompsonville is services
90% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 4% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2,445 jobs are based in Thompsonville. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Thompsonville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Thompsonville, 2013 → 2023: 1,408 → 2,445. 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.
About 18 minutes each way, quicker than most of Connecticut
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Thompsonville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Thompsonville quiets down on a workday
On a workday 3,558 residents head out to work, 169 work right here, and 2,276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 6,600 people are in Thompsonville on a workday afternoon, 16% fewer than live here.
0.66 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.
18% of working residents work in Enfield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Thompsonville clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Thompsonville commutes less than 12 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Thompsonville and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Thompsonville’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
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.
More of Thompsonville
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Thompsonville, from the people who make the trip.
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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.