Work & commute · Wallingford

Work & commute in Wallingford, CT

About one in 5 of Wallingford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Haven (11%), North Haven (6%) and Meriden (5%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

4,396 of 21,279 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 16,883 Wallingford residents head out of town to work, 4,396 work right here, and 21,088 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wallingford.

16,883live here, work elsewhere

4,396live and work here

21,088work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wallingford goes to work

Wallingford (in town)right here

21%4,396

New Haven12 mi away

11%2,425

North Haven6 mi away

6%1,224

Meriden5.4 mi away

5%1,057

Hamden7.4 mi away

4%825

Hartford22.2 mi away

3%736

Cheshire6.3 mi away

3%622

Middletown9.9 mi away

3%558

Waterbury13.9 mi away

2%435

Branford12.4 mi away

2%352

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%8,649

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

How far

How far Wallingford commutes

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

43%

10%

43%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wallingford is balanced between jobs and homes

1.20jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.20 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Wallingford are

25,484 jobs are based in Wallingford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wallingford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wallingford

25,484 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Wallingford residents hold

21,279 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−4%

Jobs based in Wallingford, 2013 → 2023: 26,426 → 25,484. 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.