Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0Ledyard has lower unemployment (1.9%) than 86% of U.S. towns
Measured by household income, Ledyard is ahead of 82% of U.S. towns. Jobs and income earn Ledyard A; getting around on foot earns it C−. About one in ten work in Ledyard; the top destination outside it is Groton (25%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Ledyard
Ledyard trades workers with the towns around it
Ledyard has about as many jobs (6,340) as working residents (6,812), but they are mostly different people: 6,036 residents leave for work each day while 5,564 people come in. Only 12% of the jobs in Ledyard are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Ledyard works one town over
37% of working residents work in a town that borders Ledyard: Groton (25%), Stonington (5%) and Montville (4%). Next door ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Ledyard than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Ledyard fell from 10,368 in 2013 to 6,340 in 2023, −39%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Ledyard are quick
The average trip to work takes 22 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 38 hours a year less on the road than the typical Connecticut 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.
Jobs & income in Ledyard: the grade in detail
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ledyard is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #50 of 155 in Connecticut. Unemployment is its strongest input; job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 60% of U.S. towns). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ledyard could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
Who commutes out of Ledyard, and who commutes in
On a workday 6,036 residents head out to work, 776 work right here, and 5,564 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 (0.93 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.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
6,340 jobs are based in Ledyard.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ledyard, 2013 → 2023: 10,368 → 6,340. 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 Ledyard’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 22 minutes from Ledyard
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ledyard workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 6,741 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.
The places Ledyard commutes to
Where Ledyard clocks in
25% of workers
5% 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.
Miles to work from Ledyard
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 Ledyard, most people drive to work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ledyard is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns, #138 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.6% 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 7,422 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 14% 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 0.6 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 51% 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). 2.9% of Ledyard households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). <1% of Ledyard’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ledyard is 465th of 2,109 U.S. towns of 11,000 to 21,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 11% | A+ |
| 2 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 67 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 121 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| 122 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 463 | East Cocalico Township PA | 11,124 | $97K | 4.4% | 3.2% | 14% | A |
| 464 | Northlake TX | 12,036 | $123K | 6.3% | 4.2% | 1% | A |
| 465 | Ledyard CT | 15,601 | $108K | 5.7% | 1.9% | 11% | A |
| 466 | Clinton Township NJ | 13,412 | $167K | 2.3% | 5.3% | 7% | A |
| 467 | Brunswick Hills Township OH | 11,536 | $94K | 7.2% | 2.0% | 2% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 2,109 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | 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 Ledyard, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Next door is work for 37% of Ledyard
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ledyard workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ledyard | – | A | C− | 22 min | $107,975 |
| Stonington | 5% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $114,797 |
| Preston | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $116,648 |
| North Stonington | under 2% | A | C | 25 min | $123,938 |
| Montville | 4% | B+ | C+ | 25 min | $96,454 |
| Groton | 25% | B | A | 19 min | $88,284 |
| Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | under 2% | — | — | 14 min | — |
| Oxoboxo River | under 2% | — | — | 25 min | — |
| Waterford | 3% | B+ | B | 22 min | $104,820 |
| Old Mystic | under 2% | — | — | 26 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, Oxoboxo River and Old Mystic: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Groton. Darker towns draw more of Ledyard’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 Ledyard: questions
What is the median household income in Ledyard?
$107,975 (±$9,893) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ledyard?
5.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ledyard?
22 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ledyard work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (25%, 6 mi), New London (5%, 8 mi), Stonington (5%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ledyard walkable?
Ledyard is more walkable than 24% of U.S. towns (Walkability C−): an EPA walkability index of 6.3 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ledyard without a car?
<1% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ledyard, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ledyard
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.