Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0North Granby has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
39% of workers have no commute at all; Connecticut has 16%. North Granby has 87 jobs, against 796 working residents. Hardly any work in North Granby; the top destination outside it is Hartford (13%, 19 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in North Granby
North Granby is a place people come home to
There are 87 jobs based in North Granby, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday North Granby has about 740 people in it, 49% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in North Granby
39% of North Granby workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Three in four North Granby workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of North Granby’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey; with 796 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
How many people are in North Granby by day
On a workday 792 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 83 people come in from elsewhere.
About 740 people are in North Granby on a workday afternoon, 49% 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 2024, primary jobs.
About 28 minutes each way, about the CT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Granby workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 442 commuters (the 39% 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.
Goods jobs make up 28% of work in North Granby
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Granby, 2014 → 2024: 47 → 87. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Granby’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where people from North Granby work
Where North Granby clocks in
13% of workers
10% of workers
7% 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.
How far it is to work from North Granby
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
The towns around North Granby
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Granby workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Granby | – | — | — | 28 min | $110,741 |
| Hartland | under 3% | A | D | 35 min | $113,375 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Granby’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 2024, 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 North Granby: questions
What is the median household income in North Granby?
$110,741 (±$38,319) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Granby?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Granby?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 39% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Granby work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (13%, 19 mi), Granby (10%, 3 mi), Simsbury (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around North Granby without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Granby, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Granby
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.