Work & commute · Wolcott

Work & commute in Wolcott, CT

Most working residents leave Wolcott for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (14%), Cheshire (4%) and Southington (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

719 of 8,575 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 7,856 Wolcott residents head out of town to work, 719 work right here, and 2,041 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Wolcott.

7,856live here, work elsewhere

719live and work here

2,041work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Wolcott goes to work

Waterbury4.3 mi away

14%1,167

Wolcott (in town)right here

8%719

Cheshire6.7 mi away

4%378

Southington4.7 mi away

4%364

Bristol6.1 mi away

4%354

New Haven19.8 mi away

3%264

Hartford18.9 mi away

3%260

Farmington11.4 mi away

3%241

New York, NY81.8 mi away

3%239

Watertown7.7 mi away

3%224

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%4,365

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

How far

How far Wolcott commutes

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

45%

35%

14%

45%Under 10 mi

35%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Wolcott is a commuter town

0.32jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Wolcott are

2,760 jobs are based in Wolcott. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Wolcott’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Wolcott

2,760 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)25%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)57%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Wolcott residents hold

8,575 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+11%

Jobs based in Wolcott, 2013 → 2023: 2,490 → 2,760. 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.