Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Glastonbury’s household incomes are higher than in 96% of U.S. towns
24% of workers have no commute at all, against 16% across Connecticut. Poverty touches 3.8% of residents, against 10.0% across Connecticut. Glastonbury grades A+ for jobs and income and C+ for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Glastonbury: the gist
Glastonbury trades workers with the towns around it
Glastonbury has about as many jobs (16,465) as working residents (15,653), but they are mostly different people: 13,371 residents leave for work each day while 14,183 people come in. Only 14% of the jobs in Glastonbury are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Glastonbury works from home
24% of Glastonbury workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Glastonbury draws workers from far and wide
The 16,465 jobs in Glastonbury are filled from a wide area. Glastonbury’s own residents hold 14% and the ten next-biggest home towns 29%; the other 57% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
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.
Breaking down the Jobs & income grade for Glastonbury
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Glastonbury is better than 97% of U.S. towns, #6 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income is its strongest input ($157,192, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.9%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Glastonbury could be anywhere from A to A+.
The workday shuffle in and out of Glastonbury
On a workday 13,371 residents head out to work, 2,282 work right here, and 14,183 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 (1.05 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Glastonbury
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Glastonbury workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,384 commuters (the 24% 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.
19% of working residents work in Hartford
Where Glastonbury clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
The kinds of work in Glastonbury
16,465 jobs are based in Glastonbury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Glastonbury, 2013 → 2023: 16,036 → 16,465. 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 Glastonbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Glastonbury
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.
Few in Glastonbury walk, bike or ride to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Glastonbury is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns, #106 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 18,855 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 26% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 22% 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). 3.1% of Glastonbury households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Glastonbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ranked on jobs and income, Glastonbury is 50th among 1,219 U.S. towns of 25,000 to 48,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 48 | Elk River MN | 27,896 | $109K | 3.4% | 1.6% | 16% | A+ |
| 49 | Northbrook IL | 34,744 | $158K | 4.3% | 3.2% | 12% | A+ |
| 50 | Glastonbury CT | 35,503 | $157K | 3.8% | 2.9% | 15% | A+ |
| 51 | Milton GA | 41,266 | $171K | 4.3% | 2.8% | 5% | A+ |
| 52 | Mequon WI | 25,120 | $144K | 4.2% | 2.6% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 56 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | Farmington CT | 28,632 | $141K | 4.2% | 2.7% | 17% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 109 | Westport CT | 28,301 | $250K | 3.2% | 4.1% | 16% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,219 | 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 Glastonbury, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
12% of Glastonbury works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to East Hartford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Glastonbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glastonbury | – | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $157,192 |
| Manchester | 4% | B | A | 23 min | $86,840 |
| Wethersfield | under 3% | A | A− | 21 min | $126,806 |
| East Hartford | 6% | B− | A | 22 min | $70,778 |
| Rocky Hill | 2% | A | B+ | 21 min | $99,941 |
| Marlborough | under 3% | B+ | C+ | 34 min | $142,105 |
| Portland | under 3% | A | C+ | 28 min | $118,929 |
| East Hampton | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $124,577 |
| Cromwell | under 3% | A | A− | 24 min | $110,596 |
| Bolton | under 3% | A | C+ | 25 min | $126,364 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Glastonbury’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 Glastonbury: questions
What is the median household income in Glastonbury?
$157,192 (±$13,747) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Glastonbury?
3.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Glastonbury?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Glastonbury work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (19%, 8 mi), East Hartford (6%, 6 mi), Manchester (4%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Glastonbury walkable?
Glastonbury is more walkable than 44% of U.S. towns (Walkability C+): an EPA walkability index of 7.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Glastonbury without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 22% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Glastonbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Glastonbury
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.