Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Lake Bungee has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Employers in Lake Bungee report 14 jobs, against 277 working residents. Only 1% work in Lake Bungee; the top destination outside it is Woodstock (13%, 2 miles). For 0% of workers, the job is at home, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Lake Bungee apart on work
Lake Bungee is a place people come home to
There are 14 jobs based in Lake Bungee, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lake Bungee has about 280 people in it, 48% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Few Lake Bungee workers work from home
Only 0% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Lake Bungee workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 34 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 261 hours of commuting, 54 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 277 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Who commutes out of Lake Bungee, and who commutes in
On a workday 274 residents head out to work, 3 work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 280 people are in Lake Bungee on a workday afternoon, 48% 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.
Time on the road from Lake Bungee: about 34 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Bungee workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 378 commuters (the 0% 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.
Where people from Lake Bungee work
Where Lake Bungee clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
8% 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.
Lake Bungee is a services town
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Bungee, 2013 → 2023: 10 → 14. 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 Lake Bungee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Lake Bungee commutes less than 14 miles
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.
How Lake Bungee compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lake Bungee workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Bungee | – | — | — | 34 min | $88,369 |
| Witches Woods | under 3% | — | — | — | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Witches Woods: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Lake Bungee’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 Lake Bungee: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Bungee?
$88,369 (±$6,493) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Bungee?
8.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Bungee?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Bungee work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Woodstock (13%, 2 mi), Killingly (8%, 14 mi), Putnam (8%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Bungee without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lake Bungee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Bungee
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.