Work & commute · Vernon

Work & commute in Vernon, CT

Most working residents leave Vernon for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (12%), Manchester (9%) and East Hartford (5%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

1,506 of 14,590 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 13,084 Vernon residents head out of town to work, 1,506 work right here, and 5,899 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Vernon.

13,084live here, work elsewhere

1,506live and work here

5,899work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Vernon goes to work

Hartford12.5 mi away

12%1,809

Vernon (in town)right here

10%1,506

Manchester5.5 mi away

9%1,308

East Hartford9.3 mi away

5%736

Windsor11.4 mi away

4%608

South Windsor6.1 mi away

4%595

Mansfield12.3 mi away

3%474

Bloomfield14.5 mi away

3%405

Enfield11.3 mi away

2%364

Ellington5.3 mi away

2%349

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%6,436

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

How far

How far Vernon commutes

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

35%

48%

10%

35%Under 10 mi

48%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Vernon is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Vernon are

7,405 jobs are based in Vernon. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Vernon’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Vernon

7,405 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month29%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Vernon residents hold

14,590 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−13%

Jobs based in Vernon, 2013 → 2023: 8,464 → 7,405. 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.