Work & commute · Voluntown

Work & commute in Voluntown, CT

Most working residents leave Voluntown for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Groton (12%), Norwich (7%) and Montville (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

112 of 1,166 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

31 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 1,054 Voluntown residents head out of town to work, 112 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Voluntown.

1,054live here, work elsewhere

112live and work here

190work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Voluntown goes to work

Groton19.1 mi away

12%140

Voluntown (in town)right here

10%112

Norwich13.5 mi away

7%83

Montville18.6 mi away

4%51

Stonington15.5 mi away

4%44

Plainfield8.7 mi away

3%38

Westerly, RI17.7 mi away

3%37

Griswold4.7 mi away

3%35

Ledyard14.2 mi away

3%32

Killingly17.3 mi away

3%31

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%563

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

How far

How far Voluntown commutes

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

20%

51%

16%

13%

20%Under 10 mi

51%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

13%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Voluntown is a commuter town

0.26jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Voluntown are

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

Jobs based in Voluntown

302 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month36%

Over $3,333 a month38%

Jobs Voluntown residents hold

1,166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+30%

Jobs based in Voluntown, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 302. 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.