Enfield Town Meetinghouse · Photo: Jerry Dougherty · CC BY 2.5Households in Enfield earn more than those in 68% of U.S. towns
About one in five work in Enfield itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (8%, 16 miles). 8.3% of residents live below the poverty line (Connecticut 10.0%). The two grades for Enfield are B+ for jobs and income and B− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Enfield
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Enfield is better than 72% of U.S. towns, #109 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 79% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.1%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Enfield could be anywhere from B to A−.
The daily commute in and out of Enfield
On a workday 17,036 residents head out to work, 3,506 work right here, and 12,244 people come in from elsewhere.
About 36,000 people are in Enfield on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 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.
Where the trip to work from Enfield ends
Where Enfield clocks in
8% of workers
7% of workers
6% 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.
What Enfield’s employers do
15,750 jobs are based in Enfield.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Enfield, 2013 → 2023: 17,104 → 15,750. 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 Enfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.
About 24 minutes each way, quicker than most of Connecticut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Enfield workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 17,651 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.
How many miles Enfield commutes
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.
The commute in Enfield is mostly behind the wheel
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Enfield is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns, #91 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 1.3% 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 20,655 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 30% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 10% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.7 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 66% 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). 6.0% of Enfield households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Enfield’s commuters take a bus or train.
Enfield places 475th of 1,037 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 29,000 to 56,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | McLean VA | 49,627 | $250K | 2.9% | 2.3% | 6% | A+ |
| 2 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 3 | Leawood KS | 34,093 | $186K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 34 | Glastonbury CT | 35,503 | $157K | 3.8% | 2.9% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 123 | Southington CT | 44,242 | $124K | 4.9% | 3.4% | 17% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 170 | Cheshire CT | 30,983 | $147K | 5.0% | 4.1% | 13% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 473 | Warwick NY | 31,685 | $119K | 7.9% | 3.8% | 21% | B+ |
| 474 | Charlottesville VA | 44,388 | $75K | 19.6% | 3.7% | 34% | B+ |
| 475 | Enfield CT | 41,142 | $90K | 8.3% | 4.1% | 17% | B+ |
| 476 | French Valley CA | 45,269 | $149K | 4.9% | 6.5% | 4% | B+ |
| 477 | Temple City CA | 35,125 | $104K | 8.7% | 6.4% | 6% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,037 | Bullhead City AZ | 43,987 | $51K | 18.7% | 11.5% | 26% | 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 Enfield, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
The towns around Enfield
The biggest share goes to East Windsor (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Enfield workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | – | B+ | B− | 24 min | $90,404 |
| East Windsor | 3% | A− | C+ | 22 min | $96,250 |
| Suffield | under 3% | A− | C− | 26 min | $119,472 |
| Somers | under 3% | A | C | 28 min | $124,705 |
| Windsor Locks | 3% | B | B+ | 22 min | $81,205 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Enfield’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 Enfield: questions
What is the median household income in Enfield?
$90,404 (±$4,833) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Enfield?
8.3%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Enfield?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Enfield work?
17% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (8%, 16 mi), Springfield (7%, 9 mi), Windsor (6%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Enfield walkable?
Enfield is more walkable than 55% of U.S. towns (Walkability B−): an EPA walkability index of 8.4 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Enfield without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 10% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Enfield, from the people who make the trip.
More of Enfield
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.