Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Household incomes in Newington are higher than in 79% of U.S. towns
Poverty touches 6.4% of residents, against 10.0% across Connecticut. The two grades for Newington are A for jobs and income and A− for walkability. About one in ten work in Newington itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (16%, 6 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What stands out about work in Newington
Newington trades workers with the towns around it
Newington has about as many jobs (15,836) as working residents (15,347), but they are mostly different people: 13,734 residents leave for work each day while 14,223 people come in. Only 10% of the jobs in Newington are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Newington works one town over
38% of working residents work in a town that borders Newington: Hartford (16%), New Britain (6%) and West Hartford (6%). Next door ↓
Most Newington residents work close to home
64% of working residents have their main job less than 10 miles from home, about two in three. Only 5% work more than 50 miles away. How far ↓
Commutes from Newington are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 46 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.
Why Newington gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Newington is better than 87% of U.S. towns, #53 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 93% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (3.6%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and the poverty rate and unemployment.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Newington could be anywhere from A− to A+.
Who leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 13,734 residents head out to work, 1,613 work right here, and 14,223 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 (1.03 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.
The commute from Newington, by distance
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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Newington
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Newington workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 14,588 commuters (the 14% 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.
Where Newington’s working residents head each day
Where Newington clocks in
16% of workers
6% 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.
What the 15,836 jobs in Newington are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Newington, 2013 → 2023: 15,965 → 15,836. 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 Newington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Newington is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.5% 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 17,038 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 92% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 14% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 16.5 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 97% 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). 6.6% of Newington households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Newington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Newington is 308th of 1,368 U.S. towns of 22,000 to 43,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Upper Dublin Township PA | 27,258 | $168K | 3.2% | 1.9% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Southlake TX | 31,175 | $250K | 1.5% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 27 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 60 | Glastonbury CT | 35,503 | $157K | 3.8% | 2.9% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 66 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 306 | Woodridge IL | 34,028 | $101K | 5.5% | 4.2% | 5% | A |
| 307 | Camas WA | 27,749 | $141K | 5.0% | 4.0% | 13% | A |
| 308 | Newington CT | 31,647 | $103K | 6.4% | 3.6% | 11% | A |
| 309 | Guilderland NY | 38,216 | $112K | 5.9% | 3.2% | 11% | A |
| 310 | Upper Providence Township PA | 24,963 | $141K | 3.9% | 5.6% | 9% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,368 | Barstow CA | 24,804 | $53K | 23.1% | 11.9% | 17% | 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 Newington, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
38% of Newington works in a town next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Newington workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newington | – | A | A− | 21 min | $102,884 |
| Wethersfield | under 3% | A | A− | 21 min | $126,806 |
| New Britain | 6% | C | A | 22 min | $58,613 |
| West Hartford | 6% | A | A | 22 min | $129,890 |
| Berlin | 3% | A+ | B− | 21 min | $113,598 |
| Rocky Hill | 3% | A | B+ | 21 min | $99,941 |
| Hartford | 16% | C− | A+ | 23 min | $46,411 |
| Farmington | 4% | A+ | A− | 24 min | $141,120 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Hartford. Darker towns draw more of Newington’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 Newington: questions
What is the median household income in Newington?
$102,884 (±$5,757) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Newington?
6.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Newington?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Newington work?
11% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (16%, 6 mi), West Hartford (6%, 6 mi), New Britain (6%, 3 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Newington walkable?
Newington is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 11.3 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Newington without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 14% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Newington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Newington
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.