Photo: Sphilbrick · CC BY-SA 3.0Work and commuting in Plantsville
Working from home is the commute for 2% of workers; Connecticut has 16%. The trip to work takes 19 minutes on average (Connecticut 27, U.S. 26). Only 2% work in Plantsville; the top destination outside it is Southington (16%, 2 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Plantsville
Commutes from Plantsville are quick
The average trip to work takes 19 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 61 hours a year less on the road than the typical Connecticut worker. Time on the road ↓
Few Plantsville workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Plantsville makes and builds things
36% of the jobs based in Plantsville are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Plantsville residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 17%. 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 933 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
The trip to work from Plantsville: about 19 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plantsville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,448 commuters (the 2% 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.
In Plantsville, 36% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
1,292 jobs are based in Plantsville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plantsville, 2013 → 2023: 1,124 → 1,292. 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 Plantsville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who works in Plantsville, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 912 residents head out to work, 21 work right here, and 1,271 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,600 people are in Plantsville on a workday afternoon, 16% more than live here.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.38 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 places Plantsville commutes to
Where Plantsville clocks in
16% of workers
7% of workers
5% 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 Plantsville
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 Plantsville: questions
What is the median household income in Plantsville?
$113,299 (±$21,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plantsville?
6.5%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plantsville?
19 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plantsville work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Southington (16%, 2 mi), Hartford (7%, 17 mi), Farmington (5%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Plantsville 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 Plantsville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plantsville
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.