Work & commute · Wethersfield

Work & commute in Wethersfield, CT

Most working residents leave Wethersfield for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (21%), Rocky Hill (4%) and Newington (4%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

809 of 13,226 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,417 Wethersfield residents head out of town to work, 809 work right here, and 7,375 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wethersfield.

12,417live here, work elsewhere

809live and work here

7,375work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wethersfield goes to work

Hartford4.4 mi away

21%2,810

Wethersfield (in town)right here

6%809

Rocky Hill3.2 mi away

4%584

Newington3.3 mi away

4%527

West Hartford6.2 mi away

4%517

East Hartford5.1 mi away

4%484

Farmington9.1 mi away

4%475

Glastonbury6.1 mi away

3%441

Windsor11.6 mi away

3%405

New Britain6.3 mi away

3%404

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%5,770

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

How far

How far Wethersfield commutes

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

62%

23%

10%

62%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

10%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wethersfield is a commuter town

0.62jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wethersfield are

8,184 jobs are based in Wethersfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wethersfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wethersfield

8,184 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Wethersfield residents hold

13,226 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−7%

Jobs based in Wethersfield, 2013 → 2023: 8,812 → 8,184. 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.