Photo: Marcbela (Marc N. Belanger) · Public domainMost of Wauregan commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Hardly any work in Wauregan itself; outside it, Killingly draws the most (12%, 6 miles). Employers in Wauregan report 77 jobs, and 636 of its residents work somewhere. 7% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Wauregan
Wauregan is a place people come home to
There are 77 jobs based in Wauregan, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Wauregan has about 490 people in it, 53% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Wauregan than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Wauregan fell from 394 in 2013 to 77 in 2023, −80%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. 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; with 636 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Wauregan on a workday afternoon
On a workday 634 residents head out to work, 2 work right here, and 75 people come in from elsewhere.
About 490 people are in Wauregan on a workday afternoon, 53% 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.
Wauregan works in goods: 45% of its jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Wauregan, 2013 → 2023: 394 → 77. 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 Wauregan’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where Wauregan’s working residents head each day
Where Wauregan clocks in
12% of workers
10% 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.
Commuting from Wauregan: about 31 minutes a trip
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 9.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Wauregan workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 478 commuters (the 7% 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 many miles Wauregan commutes
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.
The towns next door employ 10% of Wauregan
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Wauregan workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wauregan | – | — | — | 31 min | $79,545 |
| Plainfield | 10% | B− | C+ | 27 min | $76,993 |
| Canterbury | under 2% | A− | D | 32 min | $103,198 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Plainfield. Darker towns draw more of Wauregan’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 Wauregan: questions
What is the median household income in Wauregan?
$79,545 (±$18,341) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Wauregan?
3.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Wauregan?
31 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 7% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Wauregan work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Killingly (12%, 6 mi), Plainfield (10%, 4 mi), Norwich (5%, 17 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Wauregan without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Wauregan, from the people who make the trip.
More of Wauregan
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.