With 0.0 jobs for every working resident, most of Lake Chaffee works elsewhere
5 jobs are based in Lake Chaffee for 104 working residents. Hardly any stay in Lake Chaffee for work; outside it, Mansfield is the main destination (13%, 11 miles). Working residents average 35 minutes each way, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How many people are in Lake Chaffee by day
On a workday 104 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 140 people are in Lake Chaffee on a workday afternoon, 42% 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.
The places Lake Chaffee commutes to
Where Lake Chaffee clocks in
13% of workers
7% 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 kinds of work in Lake Chaffee
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lake Chaffee, 2013 → 2023: 3 → 5. 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 Chaffee’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The daily trip from Lake Chaffee: about 35 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lake Chaffee workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 105 commuters (the 19% 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 Lake Chaffee 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.
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 Chaffee: questions
What is the median household income in Lake Chaffee?
$104,375 (±$20,264) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lake Chaffee?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lake Chaffee?
35 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 19% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lake Chaffee work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (13%, 11 mi), Ashford (7%, 3 mi), Stafford (5%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lake Chaffee 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 Chaffee, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lake Chaffee
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.