Photo: Pi.1415926535 · CC BY-SA 3.0Stonington has higher household incomes than 83% of U.S. towns
26% of workers have no commute at all, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. 5.1% of residents live below the poverty line, next to 10.0% for Connecticut as a whole. The two grades for Stonington are A− for jobs and income and A for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Stonington: the figures worth knowing
The better-paid jobs are outside Stonington
73% of Stonington residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 48% of the jobs based in Stonington pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stonington’s workforce skews older
41% of Stonington’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
A lot of Stonington works from home
26% of Stonington workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
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; with 375 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Jobs & income in Stonington: the grade in detail
On income, poverty and job access, Stonington is better than 81% of U.S. towns. Household income is its strongest input ($109,167, U.S. $80,734); job access by car ranks lowest, though still above most U.S. towns (ahead of 50% of U.S. towns). It also does well on the poverty rate and job access by car.
Unemployment (5.4%) is left out: Stonington’s labor force is under 1,000, too few workers for a steady figure.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income and poverty, Stonington could be anywhere from B to A.
Jobs in Stonington: what the 322 are
322 jobs are based in Stonington.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Stonington, 2013 → 2023: 264 → 322. 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 Stonington’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Time on the road from Stonington: about 29 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.4 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Stonington workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 322 commuters (the 25% 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 leaves, who stays, who comes in
On a workday 365 residents head out to work, 10 work right here, and 312 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 (0.86 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.
19% of working residents work in Groton
Where Stonington clocks in
19% of workers
19% of workers
8% 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.
How many miles Stonington commutes
About 20% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
Stonington is more walkable than most U.S. towns, with limited transit
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Stonington is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 5.6% 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 432 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). Nearly all residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 0% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about under 0.1 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 20% 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). 2.0% of Stonington households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Stonington’s commuters take a bus or train.
Stonington next to U.S. towns of 700 to 1,400: 253rd of 3,133 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Somerset MD | 1,151 | $250K | 1.9% | 2.3% | <1% | A+ |
| 2 | Bellerose NY | 1,169 | $232K | 1.6% | 6.1% | 1% | A+ |
| 3 | Baxter Estates NY | 1,014 | $154K | 1.0% | 3.1% | 1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 197 | Litchfield CT | 1,220 | $110K | 6.1% | 6.5% | 3% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 251 | Rafter J Ranch WY | 1,293 | $161K | 0.0% | 0.0% | 1% | A− |
| 252 | Prairie Township IN | 1,084 | $101K | 0.0% | 1.5% | 1% | A− |
| 253 | Stonington CT | 1,017 | $109K | 5.1% | 5.4% | 3% | A− |
| 254 | Ship Bottom NJ | 1,126 | $109K | 3.7% | 2.3% | 9% | A− |
| 255 | Mitchell IL | 1,092 | $60K | 1.8% | 1.9% | 0% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 435 | Warren CT | 1,389 | $135K | 6.7% | 2.8% | 8% | B+ |
| … | |||||||
| 717 | Colebrook CT | 1,388 | $111K | 8.3% | 1.8% | 3% | B |
| … | |||||||
| 3,133 | Oglala SD | 1,071 | $21K | 68.8% | 26.5% | 0% | 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 Stonington, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
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 Stonington: questions
What is the median household income in Stonington?
$109,167 (±$23,377) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Stonington?
5.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Stonington?
29 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Stonington work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (19%, 7 mi), Stonington (19%, 2 mi), Westerly (8%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Stonington walkable?
Stonington is more walkable than 94% of U.S. towns (Walkability A): an EPA walkability index of 16.7 out of 20, and 6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Stonington without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Stonington, from the people who make the trip.
More of Stonington
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.