Jason Skinner House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Harwinton’s household incomes are higher than in 91% of U.S. towns
Harwinton grades A for jobs and income and C for walkability. Below the poverty line: 4.8% of residents (Connecticut 10.0%). Only 4% work in Harwinton itself; outside it, Torrington draws the most (12%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Harwinton: the figures worth knowing
Harwinton is a place people come home to
There are 783 jobs based in Harwinton, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Harwinton has about 3,700 people in it, 35% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Harwinton makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Harwinton are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Harwinton residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 20%. The jobs ↓
Most jobs in Harwinton pay over $40,000 a year
73% of the jobs based in Harwinton pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
What drives the Jobs & income grade in Harwinton
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Harwinton is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #61 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income is its strongest input ($129,643, U.S. $80,734); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (4.0%, 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, Harwinton could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Harwinton
On a workday 2,692 residents head out to work, 122 work right here, and 661 people come in from elsewhere.
About 3,700 people are in Harwinton on a workday afternoon, 35% fewer than live here.
0.28 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Harwinton makes things: 37% of its jobs are in goods
783 jobs are based in Harwinton.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Harwinton, 2013 → 2023: 619 → 783. 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 Harwinton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Harwinton commutes to
Where Harwinton clocks in
12% of workers
6% 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.
The daily trip from Harwinton: about 26 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Harwinton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,572 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Harwinton, by distance
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.
In Harwinton, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Harwinton is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns, #127 of 155 in Connecticut. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 1.7% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across Connecticut, on an EPA index of 5.3.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 2,972 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). 5.3% of Harwinton households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Harwinton’s commuters take a bus or train.
Harwinton is 603rd of 3,527 U.S. towns of 4,000 to 7,800 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Huntington Woods MI | 6,274 | $190K | 2.2% | 0.9% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Glendale MO | 6,060 | $171K | 2.0% | 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+ |
| … | |||||||
| 134 | East Granby CT | 5,432 | $121K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 7% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 228 | Bolton CT | 4,875 | $126K | 7.2% | 1.3% | 5% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 601 | Johnstown OH | 5,476 | $92K | 7.7% | 2.2% | 9% | A |
| 602 | Prairie du Sac WI | 4,316 | $101K | 7.7% | 0.7% | 12% | A |
| 603 | Harwinton CT | 5,751 | $130K | 4.8% | 4.0% | 4% | A |
| 604 | Warrington Township PA | 4,681 | $78K | 3.8% | 1.8% | 3% | A |
| 605 | Friendship Heights Village MD | 4,002 | $119K | 10.1% | 3.5% | 3% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 3,527 | 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 Harwinton, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
16% of Harwinton works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Harwinton workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harwinton | – | A | C | 26 min | $129,643 |
| Litchfield | 2% | B+ | B+ | 25 min | $102,609 |
| Burlington | under 3% | A | C | 29 min | $165,120 |
| Torrington | 12% | C+ | A− | 25 min | $70,856 |
| Plymouth | 2% | A− | C | 29 min | $94,514 |
| New Hartford | under 3% | A | B | 30 min | $109,695 |
| Thomaston | under 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $103,218 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Torrington. Darker towns draw more of Harwinton’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 Harwinton: questions
What is the median household income in Harwinton?
$129,643 (±$17,970) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Harwinton?
4.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Harwinton?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Harwinton work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Torrington (12%, 6 mi), Hartford (6%, 20 mi), Farmington (5%, 12 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Harwinton walkable?
Harwinton is more walkable than 28% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Harwinton without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Harwinton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Harwinton
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.