Photo: Mal2172 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Coventry works elsewhere
Coventry has 1,314 jobs, against 5,833 working residents. Jobs and income earn Coventry A; getting around on foot earns it C−. Household incomes here are higher than in 82% of U.S. towns.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Coventry
What’s behind Coventry’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Coventry is better than 89% of U.S. towns, #40 of 155 in Connecticut. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Coventry’s grade. It also does well on the poverty rate and unemployment and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Coventry could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Coventry
On a workday 5,426 residents head out to work, 407 work right here, and 907 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,900 people are in Coventry on a workday afternoon, 36% 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.
12% of working residents work in Hartford
Where Coventry clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
The kinds of work in Coventry
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Coventry, 2013 → 2023: 1,332 → 1,314. 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 Coventry’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Coventry’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 Coventry workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,173 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.
Where in the region Coventry works
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.
In Coventry, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Coventry is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns, #143 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Coventry 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 6,130 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 3.6% of Coventry households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Coventry’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Coventry is 426th among 2,354 U.S. towns of 9,000 to 17,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 141 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 154 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 424 | Piedmont OK | 9,427 | $104K | 2.6% | 3.3% | 8% | A |
| 425 | Helotes TX | 10,387 | $133K | 3.1% | 5.0% | 2% | A |
| 426 | Coventry CT | 12,446 | $108K | 5.1% | 3.0% | 7% | A |
| 427 | Upper Township NJ | 12,355 | $112K | 2.7% | 2.6% | 12% | A |
| 428 | Douglass Township PA | 11,292 | $118K | 2.0% | 4.4% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,354 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Coventry, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Coventry and its neighbors: 14% work next door
The biggest share goes to Mansfield (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Coventry workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coventry | – | A | C− | 27 min | $108,213 |
| Mansfield | 7% | A− | A | 21 min | $72,393 |
| Columbia | under 3% | B+ | C− | 32 min | $127,000 |
| Willimantic | under 3% | — | — | 23 min | — |
| Windham | 4% | C− | A | 24 min | $55,736 |
| Andover | under 3% | A+ | C | 25 min | $134,632 |
| Tolland | under 3% | A+ | C− | 32 min | $133,264 |
| Vernon | 3% | B− | A− | 27 min | $85,356 |
Same-state neighbors only. Willimantic: 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 Coventry’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 Coventry: questions
What is the median household income in Coventry?
$108,213 (±$5,147) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Coventry?
5.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Coventry?
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 Coventry work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (12%, 17 mi), Manchester (8%, 9 mi), Mansfield (7%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Coventry walkable?
Coventry is more walkable than 19% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 5.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Coventry without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Coventry, from the people who make the trip.
More of Coventry
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.