Photo: Unknown authorUnknown author · Public domainWork and commuting in Bantam
At 27 minutes each way, commutes from Bantam run about the Connecticut average. Only 4% work in Bantam; the top destination outside it is Litchfield (15%, 3 miles). Bantam has 333 jobs, and 306 of its residents work somewhere.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Bantam
Bantam and Litchfield trade workers both ways
Litchfield is the top workplace for Bantam residents (15%) and also where the most people who work in Bantam come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Bantam
69% of Bantam residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 47% of the jobs based in Bantam pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 96% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Many jobs in Bantam pay little
27% of the jobs based in Bantam pay $1,250 a month or less, under $15,000 a year. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 306 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The towns that employ Bantam’s residents
Where Bantam clocks in
15% of workers
8% of workers
4% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Goods, not services: 29% of the jobs in Bantam
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bantam, 2013 → 2023: 298 → 333. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Bantam’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily flow of workers through Bantam
On a workday 294 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 321 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Bantam’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bantam workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 299 commuters (the 16% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
How far Bantam’s workers travel
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Bantam: questions
What is the poverty rate in Bantam?
14.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bantam?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bantam work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Litchfield (15%, 3 mi), Torrington (8%, 10 mi), Waterbury (4%, 16 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Bantam without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bantam, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bantam
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.