Making a living in Salmon Brook
A typical one-way commute lasts 28 minutes, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S. Home is the office for 30% of workers, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. Only 5% work in Salmon Brook; the top destination outside it is Hartford (13%, 14 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Salmon Brook
Salmon Brook trades workers with the towns around it
Salmon Brook has about as many jobs (1,252) as working residents (1,090), but they are mostly different people: 1,031 residents leave for work each day while 1,193 people come in. Only 5% of the jobs in Salmon Brook are held by people who live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Salmon Brook works from home
31% of Salmon Brook workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
The better-paid jobs are outside Salmon Brook
73% of Salmon Brook residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 55% of the jobs based in Salmon Brook pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 95% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
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.
Who works in Salmon Brook, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 1,031 residents head out to work, 59 work right here, and 1,193 people come in from elsewhere.
About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.
About as many jobs as working residents (1.15 per resident).
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Each way, about 28 minutes from Salmon Brook
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Salmon Brook workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 785 commuters (the 30% 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.
Inside Salmon Brook’s 1,252 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Salmon Brook, 2013 → 2023: 1,173 → 1,252. 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 Salmon Brook’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Salmon Brook’s working residents head each day
Where Salmon Brook clocks in
13% of workers
8% of workers
6% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Salmon Brook
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 Salmon Brook: questions
What is the median household income in Salmon Brook?
$74,375 (±$24,731) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Salmon Brook?
3.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Salmon Brook?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 30% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Salmon Brook work?
5% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (13%, 14 mi), Granby (8%, 2 mi), Simsbury (6%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Salmon Brook without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Salmon Brook, from the people who make the trip.
More of Salmon Brook
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.