Photo: Dmcoxe · CC BY 3.0Work, pay and getting to work in Niantic
Employers in Niantic report 1,136 jobs, and 1,145 of its residents work somewhere. Only 8% work in Niantic itself; outside it, East Lyme draws the most (17%, 3 miles). A typical one-way commute from Niantic lasts 24 minutes (Connecticut 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What sets Niantic apart on work
Niantic trades workers with the towns around it
Niantic has about as many jobs (1,136) as working residents (1,145), but they are mostly different people: 1,057 residents leave for work each day while 1,048 people come in. Only 8% of the jobs in Niantic are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
Niantic’s workforce skews older
37% of Niantic’s working residents are 55 or older. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Niantic
On a workday 1,057 residents head out to work, 88 work right here, and 1,048 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 (0.99 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 kinds of work in Niantic
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Niantic, 2013 → 2023: 1,060 → 1,136. 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 Niantic’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where the trip to work from Niantic ends
Where Niantic clocks in
17% of workers
11% of workers
8% 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.
About 24 minutes to work from Niantic
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Niantic workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,118 commuters (the 21% 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 Niantic’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.
Next door to Niantic
The biggest share goes to Waterford (7%).
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Niantic’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 Niantic: questions
What is the median household income in Niantic?
$81,250 (±$16,064) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Niantic?
3.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Niantic?
24 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Niantic work?
8% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are East Lyme (17%, 3 mi), Groton (11%, 9 mi), New London (8%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Niantic without a car?
2% 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 Niantic, from the people who make the trip.
More of Niantic
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.