Storrs has 3.1 jobs for every working resident: 8,453 people commute in to work
About one in five work in Storrs; the top destination outside it is Mansfield (21%, 2 miles). There are 8,963 jobs in Storrs, against 2,846 working residents. Home is the office for 33% of workers, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Storrs: the figures worth knowing
Storrs has far more jobs than workers
Storrs has 8,963 jobs, 3.2 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 21,000 people are in town, 40% more than the 15,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Home offices are common in Storrs
33% of Storrs workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
No single place dominates Storrs’ commute
The biggest draw, Windham, gets only 5% of working residents, and 59% work outside the top ten towns entirely. Storrs residents fan out across the region. The commute map ↓
Nearly all the work in Storrs is services
96% of the jobs based here are in services, such as health care, schools and offices. Only 1% are in factories, building or farms. The jobs ↓
Commutes from Storrs are quick
The average trip to work takes 18 minutes, against 27 across Connecticut. That’s about 69 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 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Storrs on a workday afternoon
On a workday 2,336 residents head out to work and 510 work right here.
About 21,000 people are in Storrs on a workday afternoon, 40% more than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
A commute of about 18 minutes in Storrs
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 5.8 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Storrs workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 3,709 commuters (the 33% 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.
Where the people who work in Storrs live
Where Storrs clocks in
21% of workers
5% of workers
4% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Storrs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Storrs, 2013 → 2023: 8,204 → 8,963. 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 Storrs’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The distance from Storrs to work
About 22% 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.
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 Storrs: questions
What is the median household income in Storrs?
$37,839 (±$17,701) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Storrs?
44.7%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Storrs?
18 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 33% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Storrs work?
18% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Mansfield (21%, 2 mi), Windham (5%, 8 mi), Hartford (4%, 22 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Storrs without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Storrs, from the people who make the trip.
More of Storrs
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.