Photo: Daderot · CC BY-SA 3.0Households in Rocky Hill earn more than those in 77% of U.S. towns
The two grades for Rocky Hill are A for jobs and income and B+ for walkability. Poverty touches 4.8% of residents, next to 10.0% for Connecticut as a whole. About one in ten work in Rocky Hill itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (20%, 8 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Where Rocky Hill stands out on work
Rocky Hill is where the jobs are
Rocky Hill has 15,168 jobs, 1.6 for every working resident. Day and night ↓
Rocky Hill draws workers from far and wide
The 15,168 jobs in Rocky Hill are filled from a wide area. Rocky Hill’s own residents hold 6% and the ten next-biggest home towns 33%; the other 61% come from many towns beyond those. The commute map ↓
Commutes from Rocky Hill are quick
The average trip to work takes 21 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 46 hours a year less on the road than the typical Connecticut worker. Time on the road ↓
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 Rocky Hill earns its Jobs & income grade
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Rocky Hill is better than 93% of U.S. towns, #22 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car is its strongest input (ahead of 91% of U.S. towns); unemployment ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (2.8%, U.S. 5.2%). 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, Rocky Hill could be anywhere from A− to A+.
The daily flow of workers through Rocky Hill
On a workday 8,550 residents head out to work, 846 work right here, and 14,322 people come in from elsewhere.
About 27,000 people are in Rocky Hill on a workday afternoon, 27% more than live here.
1.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than 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 Rocky Hill’s workers come from
Where Rocky Hill clocks in
20% of workers
4% of workers
3% 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.
Each way, about 21 minutes from Rocky Hill
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 6.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Rocky Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,679 commuters (the 16% 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.
70% of the jobs in Rocky Hill pay over $3,333 a month
15,168 jobs are based in Rocky Hill.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Rocky Hill, 2014 → 2024: 15,585 → 15,168. 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 Rocky Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Rocky Hill’s commute, mile by mile
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.
Driving is how Rocky Hill gets around
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Rocky Hill is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns, #63 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.0% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 10,337 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 78% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 60% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 7.2 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 90% 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). 8.1% of Rocky Hill households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Rocky Hill’s commuters take a bus or train.
Rocky Hill is 224th of 1,787 U.S. towns of 15,000 to 29,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Wolf Trap VA | 15,858 | $250K | 3.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 44 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 15% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 52 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 94 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 222 | Niskayuna NY | 24,211 | $137K | 4.3% | 3.0% | 11% | A |
| 223 | Parole MD | 17,229 | $120K | 5.7% | 3.0% | 15% | A |
| 224 | Rocky Hill CT | 21,575 | $100K | 4.8% | 2.8% | 9% | A |
| 225 | Verona Township NJ | 15,107 | $162K | 5.3% | 4.3% | 6% | A |
| 226 | Ripon CA | 16,140 | $133K | 5.4% | 2.7% | 11% | A |
| … | |||||||
| 1,787 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | 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 Rocky Hill, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
The towns around Rocky Hill
The biggest share goes to Wethersfield (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Rocky Hill workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rocky Hill | – | A | B+ | 21 min | $99,941 |
| Wethersfield | 3% | A | A− | 21 min | $126,806 |
| Glastonbury | 3% | A+ | C+ | 24 min | $157,192 |
| Cromwell | under 3% | A | A− | 24 min | $110,596 |
| Berlin | under 3% | A+ | B− | 21 min | $113,598 |
| Newington | 3% | A | A− | 21 min | $102,884 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Rocky Hill’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 Rocky Hill: questions
What is the median household income in Rocky Hill?
$99,941 (±$8,909) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Rocky Hill?
4.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Rocky Hill?
21 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 16% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Rocky Hill work?
9% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (20%, 8 mi), East Hartford (4%, 8 mi), Newington (3%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is Rocky Hill walkable?
Rocky Hill is more walkable than 73% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 11.1 out of 20, and 2% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Rocky Hill without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. 60% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Rocky Hill, from the people who make the trip.
More of Rocky Hill
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.