Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.5 jobs for every working resident, most of Deep River works elsewhere
Deep River grades B+ for jobs and income and A− for walkability. 1,198 jobs are based in Deep River, against 2,184 working residents. For a town this walkable, transit is thin: about 1.8 trips an hour at the evening peak near the typical resident, next to 31.8 in Stamford.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Deep River: the figures worth knowing
Jobs & income in Deep River: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Deep River is better than 74% of U.S. towns, #98 of 155 in Connecticut. All four inputs sit close together, so no single one decides Deep River’s grade. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Deep River could be anywhere from C+ to A.
Deep River works in goods: 31% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Deep River, 2013 → 2023: 1,388 → 1,198. 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 Deep River’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Deep River, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,952 residents head out to work, 232 work right here, and 966 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,500 people are in Deep River on a workday afternoon, 22% 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 Essex
Where Deep River clocks in
10% of workers
7% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Deep River
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Deep River workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,132 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.
Deep River’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.
Good to walk, short on transit: Deep River
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Deep River is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #45 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 3.2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,513 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 54% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 54% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.8 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 67% 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). 9.5% of Deep River households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Deep River’s commuters take a bus or train.
Deep River next to U.S. towns of 3,100 to 6,000: 1,065th of 4,000 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 36 | Bethany CT | 5,339 | $166K | 2.3% | 1.1% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 49 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 136 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,063 | Fairbury IL | 3,597 | $71K | 2.1% | 0.9% | 18% | B+ |
| 1,064 | Magnolia NJ | 4,415 | $101K | 6.9% | 6.2% | 2% | B+ |
| 1,065 | Deep River CT | 4,468 | $90K | 8.2% | 3.1% | 11% | B+ |
| 1,066 | Benton Township IN | 3,203 | $90K | 6.8% | 2.0% | 3% | B+ |
| 1,067 | New Gloucester ME | 5,964 | $109K | 4.3% | 5.1% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 4,000 | 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 Deep River, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Bordering towns draw 21% of Deep River’s workers
The biggest share goes to Essex (10%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Deep River workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Deep River | – | B+ | A− | 24 min | $90,253 |
| Chester | 7% | B | A− | 28 min | $109,191 |
| Lyme | under 3% | A | B | 31 min | $135,000 |
| Essex | 10% | A | A | 27 min | $104,395 |
| Chester Center | under 3% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Westbrook | 4% | A− | A | 21 min | $91,202 |
| Essex Village | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Chester Center and Essex Village: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Deep River’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 Deep River: questions
What is the median household income in Deep River?
$90,253 (±$18,732) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Deep River?
8.2%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Deep River?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Deep River work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Essex (10%, 4 mi), Chester (7%, 3 mi), Westbrook (4%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Deep River walkable?
Deep River is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.7 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Deep River without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 10% of households have no car. 54% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Deep River, from the people who make the trip.
More of Deep River
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.