Photo: Jtvoyager · CC BY-SA 4.0How Rockville works: jobs, income and commuting
Only 5% stay in Rockville for work; outside it, Vernon is the main destination (11%, 2 miles). Home is the office for 7% of workers, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. A typical one-way commute from Rockville lasts 28 minutes (Connecticut 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Rockville, in brief
Health, schools and offices: most of the jobs in Rockville
2,384 jobs are based in Rockville.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rockville, 2014 → 2024: 2,626 → 2,384. 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 Rockville’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rockville on a workday afternoon
On a workday 3,497 residents head out to work, 182 work right here, and 2,202 people come in from elsewhere.
About 5,800 people are in Rockville on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.65 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Where the trip to work from Rockville ends
Where Rockville clocks in
11% of workers
10% of workers
9% 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.
The trip to work from Rockville: about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rockville workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,911 commuters (the 7% 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.
How far Rockville’s workers travel
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.
Rockville and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Ellington (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
Darker towns draw more of Rockville’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 Rockville: questions
What is the median household income in Rockville?
$51,232 (±$6,256) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rockville?
30.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rockville?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rockville work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Vernon (11%, 2 mi), Hartford (10%, 14 mi), Manchester (9%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Rockville without a car?
7% of commuters take transit and 19% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rockville, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rockville
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.