Most of Tashua commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Tashua has 239 jobs, against 1,798 working residents. Hardly any work in Tashua itself; outside it, Bridgeport draws the most (10%, 7 miles). A typical one-way commute lasts 32 minutes (Connecticut 27, U.S. 26).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The work figures that set Tashua apart
Tashua is a place people come home to
There are 239 jobs based in Tashua, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Tashua has about 2,200 people in it, 41% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Tashua workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 32 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 245 hours of commuting, 38 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
Three in four Tashua workers earn over $40,000 a year
76% of Tashua’s working residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, the top earnings band in the Census data. 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.
How a workday changes Tashua
On a workday 1,794 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 235 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,200 people are in Tashua on a workday afternoon, 41% fewer 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.
About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Tashua workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,254 commuters (the 18% 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.
Mostly health care, schools and offices in Tashua
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Tashua, 2013 → 2023: 129 → 239. 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 Tashua’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Tashua’s working residents head each day
Where Tashua clocks in
10% of workers
10% 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.
Close to home or a long way: work trips from Tashua
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.
Around Tashua: the bordering towns
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Tashua workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tashua | – | — | — | 32 min | $213,971 |
| Long Hill | under 4% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Easton | under 4% | A− | B | 33 min | $222,604 |
| Stepney | under 4% | — | — | 37 min | — |
| Monroe | under 4% | A | B+ | 34 min | $157,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Long Hill and Stepney: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Tashua’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 Tashua: questions
What is the median household income in Tashua?
$213,971 (±$43,190) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Tashua?
6.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Tashua?
32 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 18% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Tashua work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Bridgeport (10%, 7 mi), Trumbull (10%, 2 mi), Stamford (8%, 20 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Tashua without a car?
3% of commuters take transit and 2% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Tashua, from the people who make the trip.
More of Tashua
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.