Work & commute · Willington

Work & commute in Willington, CT

Most working residents leave Willington for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Mansfield (13%), Hartford (7%) and Manchester (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

210 of 2,514 working residents

Typical commute

19 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,304 Willington residents head out of town to work, 210 work right here, and 1,588 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Willington.

2,304live here, work elsewhere

210live and work here

1,588work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Willington goes to work

Mansfield7.6 mi away

13%334

Willington (in town)right here

8%210

Hartford23.9 mi away

7%187

Manchester16.4 mi away

4%112

East Hartford20.6 mi away

4%91

Stafford6.6 mi away

3%86

Windham13.3 mi away

3%81

Windsor21.8 mi away

3%73

Tolland5.6 mi away

3%73

South Windsor17.3 mi away

3%69

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%1,198

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

How far

How far Willington commutes

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

31%

42%

18%

31%Under 10 mi

42%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Willington is a commuter town

0.72jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Willington are

1,798 jobs are based in Willington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Willington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Willington

1,798 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities63%

Services (health, schools, offices…)29%

$1,250 a month or less25%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month43%

Jobs Willington residents hold

2,514 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+21%

Jobs based in Willington, 2013 → 2023: 1,482 → 1,798. 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.