Work & commute · Windham

Work & commute in Windham, CT

About one in 4 of Windham’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Mansfield (9%), Norwich (4%) and Hartford (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

23%

2,145 of 9,476 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 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 7,331 Windham residents head out of town to work, 2,145 work right here, and 6,580 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Windham.

7,331live here, work elsewhere

2,145live and work here

6,580work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Windham goes to work

Windham (in town)right here

23%2,145

Mansfield6 mi away

9%889

Norwich12.2 mi away

4%335

Hartford26.7 mi away

3%287

Killingly18.3 mi away

2%215

Lebanon6.7 mi away

2%206

Worcester, MA42.6 mi away

2%203

Groton26.3 mi away

2%189

Manchester18.8 mi away

2%176

Montville17.3 mi away

2%146

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%4,685

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

How far

How far Windham commutes

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

38%

26%

11%

38%Under 10 mi

26%10–24 mi

26%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Windham is balanced between jobs and homes

0.92jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.92 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Windham are

8,725 jobs are based in Windham. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Windham’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Windham

8,725 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month55%

Jobs Windham residents hold

9,476 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month31%

Over $3,333 a month57%

−3%

Jobs based in Windham, 2013 → 2023: 8,988 → 8,725. 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.