Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Riverton has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.4 for each
Working from home is the commute for 66% of workers, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. There are 31 jobs in Riverton; 86 of its residents have a job. Hardly any work in Riverton itself; outside it, Torrington draws the most (12%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
A workday in Riverton: who goes, who stays, who comes
On a workday 86 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 31 people come in from elsewhere.
About 260 people are in Riverton on a workday afternoon, 17% 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 people from Riverton work
Where Riverton clocks in
12% of workers
8% 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.
Jobs in Riverton: what the 31 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Riverton, 2013 → 2023: 23 → 31. 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 Riverton’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Riverton
of Riverton workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 54 commuters (the 66% 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 Riverton, by distance
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 Riverton: questions
What is the median household income in Riverton?
$123,923 (±$29,942) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Riverton?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Riverton work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Torrington (12%, 11 mi), Hartford (8%, 22 mi), Winchester (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Riverton without a car?
0% 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 Riverton, from the people who make the trip.
More of Riverton
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.