Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Bozrah’s household incomes are higher than in 83% of U.S. towns
8% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Connecticut. Below the poverty line: 11.7% of residents; Connecticut has 10.0%. For jobs and income Bozrah is better than 76% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (C−).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Bozrah
Bozrah trades workers with the towns around it
Bozrah has about as many jobs (1,293) as working residents (1,185), but they are mostly different people: 1,109 residents leave for work each day while 1,217 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Bozrah are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Bozrah makes and builds things
44% of the jobs based in Bozrah are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Bozrah residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 19%. The jobs ↓
Bozrah has added jobs fast
Jobs based in Bozrah went from 956 in 2013 to 1,293 in 2023, +35%. 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; a jump in jobs can partly be a big employer changing how it reports its locations.
The four measures behind Bozrah’s grade
Household income holds Bozrah’s grade up ($108,516, U.S. $80,734); the poverty rate pulls it down. It also does well on unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Bozrah could be anywhere from B− to A.
How many people are in Bozrah by day
On a workday 1,109 residents head out to work, 76 work right here, and 1,217 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.
Goods, not services: 44% of the jobs in Bozrah
1,293 jobs are based in Bozrah.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Bozrah, 2013 → 2023: 956 → 1,293. 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 Bozrah’s own residents hold wherever they work.
13% of working residents work in Norwich
Where Bozrah clocks in
13% of workers
9% of workers
7% 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.
Each way, about 29 minutes from Bozrah
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Bozrah workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,017 commuters (the 7% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Bozrah
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.
Most trips from Bozrah start in a car
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,099 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 2.4% of Bozrah households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Bozrah’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 5,207 U.S. towns of 1,700 to 3,300, Bozrah comes 964th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 28 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
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| 161 | Newtown CT | 1,980 | $165K | 2.0% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
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| 170 | Woodmont CT | 2,391 | $91K | 1.9% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 962 | Shadow Lake WA | 2,465 | $153K | 11.9% | 3.6% | <1% | A− |
| 963 | New Carlisle IN | 1,884 | $67K | 4.5% | 1.9% | 6% | A− |
| 964 | Bozrah CT | 2,417 | $109K | 11.7% | 2.4% | 6% | A− |
| 965 | Perry Township OH | 1,733 | $92K | 2.6% | 5.7% | 1% | A− |
| 966 | Heidelberg Township PA | 1,770 | $85K | 7.1% | 2.5% | 2% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 5,207 | Lame Deer MT | 1,872 | $24K | 55.8% | 42.2% | 60% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Bozrah, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Bozrah and its neighbors: 23% work next door
The biggest share goes to Norwich (13%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Bozrah workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozrah | – | A− | C− | 29 min | $108,516 |
| Montville | 7% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $96,454 |
| Norwich | 13% | C | A | 24 min | $65,024 |
| Lebanon | under 3% | A | D | 31 min | $109,135 |
| Salem | under 3% | A | C+ | 32 min | $123,245 |
| Franklin | 3% | B | B− | 27 min | $105,000 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Bozrah’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
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 Bozrah: questions
What is the median household income in Bozrah?
$108,516 (±$11,382) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Bozrah?
11.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Bozrah?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 8% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Bozrah work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwich (13%, 4 mi), Groton (9%, 16 mi), Montville (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Bozrah walkable?
Bozrah is more walkable than 20% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.2 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Bozrah without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Bozrah, from the people who make the trip.
More of Bozrah
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.