A job hub: Mashantucket has 25.4 jobs per working resident, and 4,096 people come in to work
For 5% of workers, the job is at home, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%. Employers in Mashantucket report 4,160 jobs, against 164 working residents. About two in five stay in Mashantucket for work; outside it, Ledyard is the main destination (42%, 3 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who leaves Mashantucket for work, and who comes in
On a workday 100 residents head out to work and 64 work right here.
About 4,100 people are in Mashantucket on a workday afternoon, 4647% more 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.
Where Mashantucket’s workers come from
Where Mashantucket clocks in
42% of workers
15% of workers
4% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Mashantucket
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Mashantucket, 2013 → 2023: 857 → 4,160. 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 Mashantucket’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A commute of about 7 minutes in Mashantucket
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 2.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Mashantucket workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 40 commuters (the 5% 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 Mashantucket’s workers travel
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.
Mashantucket and the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Mashantucket workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mashantucket | – | — | — | 7 min | $125,000 |
| Preston | under 2% | A− | D | 22 min | $116,648 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Mashantucket’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 Mashantucket: questions
What is the median household income in Mashantucket?
$125,000 (±$75,254) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Mashantucket?
2.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Mashantucket?
7 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 5% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Mashantucket work?
39% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ledyard (42%, 3 mi), Groton (15%, 9 mi), Norwich (4%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Mashantucket without a car?
2% 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 Mashantucket, from the people who make the trip.
More of Mashantucket
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.