East Plymouth Historic District · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ, M.D. · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Plymouth commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Plymouth itself; outside it, Bristol draws the most (10%, 4 miles). There are 1,766 jobs in Plymouth; 6,231 of its residents have a job. Jobs and income earn Plymouth A−; getting around on foot earns it C.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Plymouth: the figures worth knowing
Plymouth is a place people come home to
There are 1,766 jobs based in Plymouth, about three for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Plymouth has about 7,400 people in it, 38% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Plymouth makes and builds things
38% of the jobs based in Plymouth are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Plymouth residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 22%. 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.
How the Jobs & income grade adds up in Plymouth
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Plymouth is better than 76% of U.S. towns, #93 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 81% of U.S. towns); the poverty rate ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (8.5%, U.S. 12.5%). 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, Plymouth could be anywhere from B to A.
How many people are in Plymouth by day
On a workday 5,779 residents head out to work, 452 work right here, and 1,314 people come in from elsewhere.
About 7,400 people are in Plymouth on a workday afternoon, 38% 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.
A place that makes things: 38% of Plymouth’s jobs are in goods
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Plymouth, 2014 → 2024: 2,077 → 1,766. 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 Plymouth’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that employ Plymouth’s residents
Where Plymouth clocks in
10% 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.
Time on the road from Plymouth: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Plymouth workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,580 commuters (the 13% 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.
The commute from Plymouth, by distance
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.
Most trips from Plymouth start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Plymouth is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns, #123 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Plymouth near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,446 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 5.3% of Plymouth households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Plymouth’s commuters take a bus or train.
Plymouth places 956th of 2,695 on jobs and income among U.S. towns of 8,000 to 16,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Ladue MO | 8,934 | $250K | 1.1% | 1.7% | 5% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 159 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 173 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 183 | Oxford CT | 13,311 | $129K | 4.0% | 2.3% | 9% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 954 | Carpinteria CA | 12,734 | $101K | 7.0% | 3.6% | 17% | A− |
| 955 | Archdale NC | 12,254 | $65K | 5.2% | 2.5% | 8% | A− |
| 956 | Plymouth CT | 11,902 | $95K | 8.5% | 3.7% | 7% | A− |
| 957 | North Lebanon Township PA | 12,366 | $84K | 8.4% | 2.1% | 6% | A− |
| 958 | Hampden ME | 8,078 | $112K | 7.5% | 2.4% | 10% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,695 | Roma TX | 11,543 | $25K | 37.1% | 12.4% | 19% | 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 Plymouth, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
20% of Plymouth works in a bordering town
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Plymouth workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Plymouth | – | A− | C | 29 min | $94,514 |
| Bristol | 10% | B− | B+ | 24 min | $79,076 |
| Thomaston | 3% | A− | B+ | 27 min | $103,218 |
| Harwinton | under 3% | A | C | 26 min | $129,643 |
| Wolcott | under 3% | A | C | 30 min | $110,850 |
| Waterbury | 7% | C− | A | 28 min | $51,886 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Bristol. Darker towns draw more of Plymouth’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 Plymouth: questions
What is the median household income in Plymouth?
$94,514 (±$13,668) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Plymouth?
8.5%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Plymouth?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 13% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Plymouth work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bristol (10%, 4 mi), Waterbury (7%, 8 mi), Hartford (5%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Plymouth walkable?
Plymouth is more walkable than 30% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 5.6 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Plymouth without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Plymouth, from the people who make the trip.
More of Plymouth
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. 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.