Photo: John Phelan · CC BY 4.0Work, pay and getting to work in Moodus
Only 6% work in Moodus; the top destination outside it is East Haddam (13%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, where Connecticut has 27 and the U.S. 26. Employers in Moodus report 584 jobs for 980 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
How a workday changes Moodus
On a workday 921 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 525 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Moodus on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
0.60 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.
The places Moodus commutes to
Where Moodus clocks in
13% of workers
6% 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 Moodus
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moodus, 2013 → 2023: 508 → 584. 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 Moodus’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Moodus: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moodus workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 982 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.
Miles to work from Moodus
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 Moodus: questions
What is the median household income in Moodus?
$103,457 (±$20,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moodus?
1.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moodus?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moodus work?
6% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Haddam (13%, 3 mi), Middletown (7%, 12 mi), Hartford (6%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moodus without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 1% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moodus, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moodus
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.