Work & commute · Torrington

Work & commute in Torrington, CT

About one in 4 of Torrington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (4%), Hartford (4%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 18 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

25%

4,405 of 17,678 working residents

Typical commute

18 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 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 13,273 Torrington residents head out of town to work, 4,405 work right here, and 8,651 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Torrington.

13,273live here, work elsewhere

4,405live and work here

8,651work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Torrington goes to work

Torrington (in town)right here

25%4,405

Waterbury19.7 mi away

4%765

Hartford23.6 mi away

4%670

New York, NY91.2 mi away

3%573

Litchfield7.2 mi away

3%511

Winchester6.5 mi away

3%450

Bristol14.4 mi away

2%424

Farmington16.6 mi away

2%378

North Canaan15.4 mi away

2%284

Danbury35 mi away

2%279

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%8,939

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

How far

How far Torrington commutes

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

34%

37%

20%

34%Under 10 mi

37%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Torrington is a commuter town

0.74jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Torrington are

13,056 jobs are based in Torrington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Torrington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Torrington

13,056 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Torrington residents hold

17,678 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−10%

Jobs based in Torrington, 2013 → 2023: 14,559 → 13,056. 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.