Most of Poplar Plains commutes out: there are 0.2 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 57% of workers, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%. 86 jobs are based in Poplar Plains, and 444 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Poplar Plains for work; outside it, New York City is the main destination (20%, 46 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Poplar Plains in brief
A lot of Poplar Plains works from home
57% of Poplar Plains workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Poplar Plains’ biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Poplar Plains is New York City, NY, 46 miles away as the crow flies. 20% of working residents (88) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Poplar Plains workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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 444 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Poplar Plains’ commute takes about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Poplar Plains workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 222 commuters (the 57% 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.
Where in the region Poplar Plains works
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Poplar Plains
On a workday 440 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 82 people come in from elsewhere.
About 780 people are in Poplar Plains on a workday afternoon, 31% 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 2023, primary jobs.
Where Poplar Plains’ working residents head each day
Where Poplar Plains clocks in
20% of workers
16% 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.
70% of the jobs in Poplar Plains pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Poplar Plains, 2013 → 2023: 70 → 86. 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 Poplar Plains’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Around Poplar Plains: the bordering towns
The biggest share goes to Norwalk (7%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Poplar Plains workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Poplar Plains | – | — | — | 43 min | $178,816 |
| Coleytown | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Weston | under 3% | A | B | 47 min | $250,000+ |
| Old Hill | under 3% | — | — | 42 min | — |
| Norwalk | 7% | B+ | A | 27 min | $107,616 |
| Wilton | 2% | A | A− | 36 min | $242,199 |
Same-state neighbors only. Coleytown and Old Hill: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Poplar Plains’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.
- Two counts of out-of-state work. The Census survey asks workers where they work: 8% of Poplar Plains workers work outside Connecticut. The job records count 20% at employers in other states. The records use the address the employer reports and skip the self-employed, so the two can differ.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Poplar Plains: questions
What is the median household income in Poplar Plains?
$178,816 (±$67,686) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Poplar Plains?
1.9%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Poplar Plains?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 57% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Poplar Plains work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New York City (20%, 46 mi), Westport (16%, 4 mi), Stamford (8%, 11 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Poplar Plains without a car?
18% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Poplar Plains, from the people who make the trip.
More of Poplar Plains
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.