Photo: Jerry Dougherty · CC BY 2.5Noank at work: jobs, income and the commute
Working residents average 25 minutes each way, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S. Only 3% work in Noank itself; outside it, Groton draws the most (27%, 2 miles). Employers in Noank report 378 jobs, against 604 working residents.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Noank, in brief
Most jobs in Noank pay over $40,000 a year
75% of the jobs based in Noank pay over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year), the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Noank’s workforce skews older
36% of Noank’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; with 604 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Most jobs in Noank are in services
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Noank, 2013 → 2023: 330 → 378. 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 Noank’s own residents hold wherever they work.
A workday in Noank: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 585 residents head out to work, 19 work right here, and 359 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Noank on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.
0.63 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.
Where the trip to work from Noank ends
Where Noank clocks in
27% of workers
9% 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.
A commute of about 25 minutes in Noank
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 7.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Noank workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 906 commuters (the 15% 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 many miles Noank commutes
About 15% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Around Noank: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Stonington (9%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Noank workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noank | – | — | — | 25 min | $143,583 |
| Poquonock Bridge | under 2% | — | — | 16 min | — |
| Stonington | 9% | A− | B+ | 24 min | $114,797 |
Same-state neighbors only. Poquonock Bridge: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Noank’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 Noank: questions
What is the median household income in Noank?
$143,583 (±$38,353) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Noank?
3.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Noank?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 15% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Noank work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (27%, 2 mi), Stonington (9%, 5 mi), New London (6%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Noank without a car?
3% 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 Noank, from the people who make the trip.
More of Noank
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.