Work & commute · Tolland

Work & commute in Tolland, CT

Most working residents leave Tolland for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (12%), Manchester (7%) and East Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

608 of 7,087 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

32 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,479 Tolland residents head out of town to work, 608 work right here, and 2,749 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Tolland.

6,479live here, work elsewhere

608live and work here

2,749work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Tolland goes to work

Hartford18.5 mi away

12%867

Tolland (in town)right here

9%608

Manchester11.3 mi away

7%510

East Hartford15.3 mi away

5%339

Mansfield9.3 mi away

4%316

Vernon6 mi away

4%309

South Windsor11.7 mi away

4%264

Windsor16.3 mi away

3%248

Ellington5 mi away

3%184

Bloomfield19.8 mi away

3%183

Everywhere elseother towns and states

46%3,259

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

How far

How far Tolland commutes

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

27%

51%

14%

27%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Tolland is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Tolland are

3,357 jobs are based in Tolland. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Tolland’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Tolland

3,357 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Tolland residents hold

7,087 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

−2%

Jobs based in Tolland, 2013 → 2023: 3,415 → 3,357. 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.