Photo: JJBers · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.2 jobs for every working resident, most of Moosup works elsewhere
At home: 9% of workers have no commute at all (Connecticut 16%). Moosup has 305 jobs; 1,409 of its residents have a job. Only 2% stay in Moosup for work; outside it, Plainfield is the main destination (14%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Moosup at work: what stands out
Moosup is a place people come home to
There are 305 jobs based in Moosup, about two for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Moosup has about 1,800 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
45% of the jobs in Moosup are in trade, transport and utilities, against 23% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
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.
Who works in Moosup, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,380 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 276 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Moosup on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
Jobs in Moosup: what the 305 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Moosup, 2013 → 2023: 318 → 305. 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 Moosup’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The places Moosup commutes to
Where Moosup clocks in
14% of workers
12% 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.
Moosup’s commute takes about 27 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Moosup workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,460 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.
Moosup’s commute, mile by mile
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 Moosup: questions
What is the median household income in Moosup?
$73,024 (±$17,738) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Moosup?
14.5%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Moosup?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Moosup work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Plainfield (14%, 2 mi), Killingly (12%, 8 mi), Putnam (6%, 13 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Moosup without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Moosup, from the people who make the trip.
More of Moosup
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.