Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Households in Simsbury earn more than those in 96% of U.S. towns
Working from home is the commute for 27% of workers (Connecticut 16%). Poverty touches 4.8% of residents; Connecticut has 10.0%. About one in seven work in Simsbury itself; outside it, Hartford draws the most (15%, 11 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Simsbury, in brief
Simsbury’s Jobs & income grade, measure by measure
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Simsbury is better than 85% of U.S. towns, #60 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income holds Simsbury’s grade up ($157,907, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.0%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Simsbury could be anywhere from B+ to A+.
About 26 minutes each way, about the CT average
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Simsbury workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 9,166 commuters (the 27% 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.
Who works in Simsbury, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 9,741 residents head out to work, 1,754 work right here, and 6,059 people come in from elsewhere.
About 22,000 people are in Simsbury on a workday afternoon, 14% fewer than live here.
0.68 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Simsbury commutes to
Where Simsbury clocks in
15% of workers
6% 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.
65% of the jobs in Simsbury pay over $3,333 a month
7,813 jobs are based in Simsbury.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Simsbury, 2013 → 2023: 9,237 → 7,813. 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 Simsbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Half of Simsbury commutes less than 11 miles
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.
In Simsbury, the car does most of the work
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Simsbury is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns, #74 of 155 in Connecticut. How people get to work scores higher than the street layout: 4.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, against 7.1% across Connecticut, on an EPA index of 6.9.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 12,576 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 11% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 2.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 69% 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). 3.8% of Simsbury households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 2% of Simsbury’s commuters take a bus or train.
Simsbury next to U.S. towns of 18,000 to 35,000: 425th of 1,576 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | West Springfield VA | 22,532 | $163K | 1.9% | 1.7% | 3% | A+ |
| 2 | Mountain Brook AL | 21,661 | $201K | 3.2% | 1.2% | 8% | A+ |
| 3 | Lake Forest IL | 19,731 | $235K | 3.5% | 1.8% | 12% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 33 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 39 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 75 | South Windsor CT | 27,036 | $145K | 4.9% | 2.4% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 423 | Clive IA | 19,861 | $132K | 7.3% | 4.0% | 7% | A |
| 424 | Stillwater MN | 19,354 | $106K | 7.3% | 3.5% | 15% | A |
| 425 | Simsbury CT | 25,582 | $158K | 4.8% | 5.0% | 15% | A |
| 426 | Morton Grove IL | 24,582 | $111K | 7.3% | 4.4% | 5% | A− |
| 427 | Bloomfield CT | 22,267 | $99K | 5.8% | 3.9% | 12% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 1,576 | Nogales AZ | 19,495 | $43K | 28.0% | 15.7% | 37% | 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 Simsbury, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Simsbury and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Bloomfield (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Simsbury workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simsbury | – | A | B+ | 26 min | $157,907 |
| East Granby | under 2% | A+ | B− | 25 min | $120,938 |
| Avon | 4% | A | B+ | 25 min | $154,058 |
| Bloomfield | 5% | A− | A− | 23 min | $98,725 |
| Canton | under 2% | A | B− | 29 min | $117,991 |
| Granby | under 2% | A+ | C+ | 28 min | $120,275 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Simsbury’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.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Simsbury: questions
What is the median household income in Simsbury?
$157,907 (±$10,516) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Simsbury?
4.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Simsbury?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Simsbury work?
15% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Hartford (15%, 11 mi), Farmington (6%, 10 mi), Windsor (5%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Simsbury walkable?
Simsbury is more walkable than 65% of U.S. towns (Walkability B+): an EPA walkability index of 6.9 out of 20, and 5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Simsbury without a car?
2% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Simsbury, from the people who make the trip.
More of Simsbury
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. 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.