Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 4.0Most of Voluntown commutes out: there are 0.3 jobs for every working resident
Household incomes here are higher than in 78% of U.S. towns. Employers in Voluntown report 302 jobs, and 1,166 of its residents work somewhere. The two grades for Voluntown are B− for jobs and income and D for walkability.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Jobs and commuting in Voluntown: the gist
Where Voluntown’s Jobs & income grade comes from
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Voluntown is better than 52% of U.S. towns, #129 of 155 in Connecticut. Household income holds Voluntown’s grade up ($101,964, U.S. $80,734); unemployment pulls it down (5.7%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on the poverty rate.
A rough placement. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Voluntown could be anywhere from C− to A.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Voluntown, 2013 → 2023: 233 → 302. 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 Voluntown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Who commutes out of Voluntown, and who commutes in
On a workday 1,054 residents head out to work, 112 work right here, and 190 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in Voluntown on a workday afternoon, 33% 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.
12% of working residents work in Groton
Where Voluntown clocks in
12% of workers
7% 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.
From Voluntown, about 31 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Voluntown workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,374 commuters (the 9% 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.
How far Voluntown’s workers travel
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.
Most trips from Voluntown start in a car
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Voluntown is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns, #150 of 155 in Connecticut. Both inputs place Voluntown near the same point nationally.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 1,508 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 0% 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 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). 8.8% of Voluntown households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of Voluntown’s commuters take a bus or train.
Voluntown next to U.S. towns of 1,900 to 3,600: 2,136th of 4,797 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kenilworth IL | 2,437 | $250K | 2.1% | 4.0% | 2% | A+ |
| 2 | Chevy Chase Village MD | 1,978 | $250K | 1.2% | 2.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | Belle Meade TN | 2,621 | $250K | 1.4% | 0.3% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 29 | Andover CT | 3,173 | $135K | 1.8% | 0.4% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 153 | Newtown CT | 1,980 | $165K | 2.0% | 3.3% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 164 | Woodmont CT | 2,391 | $91K | 1.9% | 2.8% | <1% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 2,134 | Almont MI | 2,848 | $84K | 8.4% | 6.9% | 6% | B− |
| 2,135 | Columbia City OR | 1,946 | $97K | 9.4% | 3.1% | 1% | B− |
| 2,136 | Voluntown CT | 2,653 | $102K | 7.3% | 5.7% | 10% | B− |
| 2,137 | Holland NY | 3,254 | $66K | 6.6% | 4.2% | 11% | B− |
| 2,138 | Adams Township OH | 3,319 | $69K | 13.6% | 1.9% | 7% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 4,797 | Cibecue AZ | 2,228 | $26K | 57.2% | 13.3% | 12% | 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 Voluntown, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Next door to Voluntown
The biggest share goes to Griswold (3%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Voluntown workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Voluntown | – | B− | D | 31 min | $101,964 |
| Griswold | 3% | B− | A− | 31 min | $78,719 |
| North Stonington | under 3% | A | C | 25 min | $123,938 |
| Sterling | under 3% | B− | C− | 35 min | $102,695 |
| Plainfield | 3% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $76,993 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Voluntown’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 Voluntown: questions
What is the median household income in Voluntown?
$101,964 (±$25,129) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Voluntown?
7.3%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Voluntown?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Voluntown work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Groton (12%, 19 mi), Norwich (7%, 14 mi), Montville (4%, 19 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Voluntown walkable?
Voluntown is more walkable than 13% of U.S. towns (Walkability D): an EPA walkability index of 4.8 out of 20, and 1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Voluntown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 9% of households have no car. 0% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Voluntown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Voluntown
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.