Photo: Cathy Cline · CC BY-SA 3.0Canterbury has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.3 for each
Household incomes here are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns. Employers in Canterbury report 646 jobs; 2,178 of its residents have a job. The two grades for Canterbury are A− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Canterbury at work: what stands out
The four measures behind Canterbury’s grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Canterbury is better than 78% of U.S. towns, #88 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate holds Canterbury’s grade up (4.9%, U.S. 12.5%); job access by car pulls it down (ahead of 36% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Canterbury could be anywhere from B to A.
About 32 minutes to work from Canterbury
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Canterbury workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,221 commuters (the 15% 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.
Who commutes out of Canterbury, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,982 residents head out to work, 196 work right here, and 450 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Canterbury on a workday afternoon, 29% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
10% of working residents work in Norwich
Where Canterbury clocks in
10% of workers
6% of workers
5% 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.
Jobs in Canterbury: what the 646 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Canterbury, 2013 → 2023: 524 → 646. 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 Canterbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far Canterbury goes to work
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 Canterbury start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Canterbury is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns, #149 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Canterbury near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,603 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). 2.8% of Canterbury households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Canterbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Canterbury is 909th among 3,582 U.S. towns of 3,700 to 7,100
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
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| 42 | Bethany CT | 5,339 | $166K | 2.3% | 1.1% | 7% | A+ |
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| 146 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
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| 241 | Bolton CT | 4,875 | $126K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
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| 907 | Brisbane CA | 4,656 | $156K | 5.5% | 8.7% | 6% | A− |
| 908 | Indian Wells CA | 4,992 | $163K | 3.2% | 6.1% | 5% | A− |
| 909 | Canterbury CT | 5,251 | $103K | 4.9% | 2.5% | 9% | A− |
| 910 | Rochelle Park Township NJ | 5,972 | $110K | 5.4% | 8.1% | 4% | A− |
| 911 | Fort Shawnee OH | 6,209 | $90K | 6.3% | 2.0% | 4% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 3,582 | Lake Isabella CA | 4,059 | $27K | 40.7% | 8.6% | 18% | 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 Canterbury, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Around Canterbury: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Plainfield (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Canterbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canterbury | – | A− | D | 32 min | $103,198 |
| Plainfield | 6% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $76,993 |
| Scotland | under 3% | A− | C− | 33 min | $99,881 |
| Wauregan | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
| Hampton | under 3% | A− | D | 29 min | $109,167 |
| Brooklyn | under 3% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $96,207 |
Same-state neighbors only. Wauregan: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Canterbury’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 Canterbury: questions
What is the median household income in Canterbury?
$103,198 (±$6,437) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Canterbury?
4.9%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Canterbury?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Canterbury work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Norwich (10%, 11 mi), Plainfield (6%, 6 mi), Killingly (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Canterbury walkable?
Canterbury is more walkable than 14% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 5.0 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Canterbury without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Canterbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Canterbury
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.