Photo: Kenneth C. Zirkel · CC BY-SA 4.0Danielson has some of the highest unemployment in the country: 17.1%
Home is the office for 7% of workers, against 16% across Connecticut. The two grades for Danielson are D for jobs and income and B for walkability. Only 6% work in Danielson itself; outside it, Killingly draws the most (23%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Danielson in brief
Danielson trades workers with the towns around it
Danielson has about as many jobs (1,572) as working residents (1,791), but they are mostly different people: 1,689 residents leave for work each day while 1,470 people come in. Only 6% of the jobs in Danielson are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Danielson and Killingly trade workers both ways
Killingly is the top workplace for Danielson residents (23%) and also where the most people who work in Danielson come from (29% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Danielson is services
87% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 10% are in factories, building or farms. 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.
Inside Danielson’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Danielson is better than 14% of U.S. towns, #155 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car holds Danielson’s grade up (ahead of 49% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Danielson could be anywhere from D to C.
Danielson by day and by night
On a workday 1,689 residents head out to work, 102 work right here, and 1,470 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 (0.88 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.
Out of Danielson to work: where people go
Where Danielson clocks in
23% of workers
8% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Danielson
1,572 jobs are based in Danielson.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Danielson, 2013 → 2023: 1,590 → 1,572. 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 Danielson’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Danielson spends getting to work: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Danielson workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,083 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.
Danielson’s commute, mile by mile
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 of Danielson commutes by car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Danielson is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns, #82 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Danielson 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 2,229 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). 11.1% of Danielson households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Danielson’s commuters take a bus or train.
Out of 4,039 U.S. towns of 3,000 to 5,800, Danielson comes 3,536th on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Riverwoods IL | 3,766 | $249K | 0.7% | 0.7% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Mission Hills KS | 3,522 | $250K | 1.2% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| 3 | Ho-Ho-Kus NJ | 4,313 | $250K | 0.0% | 1.7% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 35 | Bethany CT | 5,339 | $166K | 2.3% | 1.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 50 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 140 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 3,534 | Montpelier OH | 3,884 | $41K | 15.7% | 5.8% | 21% | D |
| 3,535 | Thomasville AL | 3,545 | $43K | 20.2% | 3.1% | 25% | D |
| 3,536 | Danielson CT | 4,265 | $64K | 21.1% | 17.1% | 6% | D |
| 3,537 | Tupper Lake NY | 3,288 | $57K | 22.5% | 3.6% | 30% | D |
| 3,538 | San Carlos TX | 3,678 | $49K | 23.1% | 21.0% | 1% | D |
| … | |||||||
| 4,039 | 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 Danielson, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Danielson and its neighbors: 26% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Danielson workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danielson | – | D | B | 28 min | $64,050 |
| East Brooklyn | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Killingly | 23% | C | C | 28 min | $84,350 |
| Brooklyn | 3% | B+ | C− | 27 min | $96,207 |
Same-state neighbors only. East Brooklyn: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Killingly. Darker towns draw more of Danielson’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 Danielson: questions
What is the median household income in Danielson?
$64,050 (±$15,279) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Danielson?
21.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Danielson?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Danielson work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Killingly (23%, 2 mi), Putnam (8%, 7 mi), Plainfield (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Danielson walkable?
Danielson is more walkable than 62% of U.S. towns (Walkability B): an EPA walkability index of 7.9 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Danielson without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 11% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Danielson, from the people who make the trip.
More of Danielson
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.