Work & commute · Winchester

Work & commute in Winchester, CT

Most working residents leave Winchester for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Torrington (14%), New Hartford (4%) and Hartford (4%). Half commute less than 19 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

486 of 4,939 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

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,453 Winchester residents head out of town to work, 486 work right here, and 1,834 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Winchester.

4,453live here, work elsewhere

486live and work here

1,834work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Winchester goes to work

Torrington6.5 mi away

14%716

Winchester (in town)right here

10%486

New Hartford8.2 mi away

4%195

Hartford24.7 mi away

4%182

New York, NY97.4 mi away

3%165

North Canaan11.5 mi away

3%157

Farmington19.4 mi away

3%146

Waterbury25.8 mi away

2%123

Canton11.6 mi away

2%105

Litchfield13.6 mi away

2%90

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,574

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

How far

How far Winchester commutes

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

30%

35%

23%

12%

30%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

12%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Winchester is a commuter town

0.47jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Winchester are

2,320 jobs are based in Winchester. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Winchester’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Winchester

2,320 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)30%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Winchester residents hold

4,939 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)59%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month62%

−12%

Jobs based in Winchester, 2013 → 2023: 2,644 → 2,320. 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.