Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Griswold works elsewhere
Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.8 in Stamford. Employers in Griswold report 1,412 jobs, and 5,490 of its residents work somewhere. Griswold grades B− for jobs and income and A− for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Griswold: the figures worth knowing
The figures behind Griswold’s Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Griswold is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #128 of 155 in Connecticut. The poverty rate holds Griswold’s grade up (7.6%, U.S. 12.5%); unemployment pulls it down (5.4%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Griswold could be anywhere from C to A−.
The workday shuffle in and out of Griswold
On a workday 5,046 residents head out to work, 444 work right here, and 968 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,600 people are in Griswold on a workday afternoon, 35% 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 Groton
Where Griswold clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
The kinds of work in Griswold
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Griswold, 2013 → 2023: 1,174 → 1,412. 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 Griswold’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 31 minutes from Griswold
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Griswold workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,287 commuters (the 9% 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 far Griswold goes to work
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.
Griswold is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Griswold is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns, #46 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Griswold 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 5,810 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 41% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 60% 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). 6.1% of Griswold households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Griswold’s commuters take a bus or train.
Among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000, Griswold ranks 1,562nd of 2,695 on jobs and income
| # | 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 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Oxford CT | 13,311 | $129K | 4.0% | 2.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,560 | Flat Rock MI | 10,218 | $82K | 10.3% | 7.3% | 5% | B− |
| 1,561 | West Carrollton OH | 12,963 | $62K | 16.0% | 3.1% | 5% | B− |
| 1,562 | Griswold CT | 11,690 | $79K | 7.6% | 5.4% | 8% | B− |
| 1,563 | Whitefish MT | 9,358 | $74K | 9.4% | 2.4% | 37% | B− |
| 1,564 | Soddy-Daisy TN | 13,474 | $75K | 7.4% | 6.0% | 5% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 22% | 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 Griswold, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Griswold and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Plainfield (4%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Griswold workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Griswold | – | B− | A− | 31 min | $78,719 |
| Lisbon | under 3% | B+ | B | 32 min | $92,708 |
| Jewett City | under 3% | C | A+ | 24 min | $55,530 |
| Voluntown | under 3% | B− | D | 31 min | $101,964 |
| Preston | under 3% | A− | D | 22 min | $116,648 |
| Plainfield | 4% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $76,993 |
| North Stonington | under 3% | A | C | 25 min | $123,938 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Griswold’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 Griswold: questions
What is the median household income in Griswold?
$78,719 (±$11,234) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Griswold?
7.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Griswold?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Griswold work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (10%, 17 mi), Norwich (10%, 9 mi), Montville (6%, 15 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Griswold walkable?
Griswold is more walkable than 78% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 8.0 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Griswold without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Griswold, from the people who make the trip.
More of Griswold
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.