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We’re on a mission at Zippia to criss-cross the country looking for the best and worst places for jobs.
Today, we set our sites on the worst cities to find a job in Connecticut after looking at the best places in Connecticut a short while ago.
These cities did not have the grit needed to make it to the big leagues and get that big promotion we all hope to get.
After looking at the data for the 100 biggest cities in Connecticut, the ten worst cities to find a job in the Constitution State are:
New London Waterbury Windham Hartford Norwich New Britain Griswold Torrington East Hartford Willimantic
Read on to see how we did it.
For more CT reading, check out:
How We Determined The Worst Places For Jobs In The Constitution State
After getting the data for every place in Connecticut, we ultimately decided to limit our analysis to the biggest places with over 5,000 people.
That left us with 100 cities.
We then ranked each place across a number of criteria from one to 100, with 1 being the worst in any given category.
Finally, we took the average rank across all criteria, with the place posting the lowest overall score gaining the title “Worst City In Connecticut To Find A Job”.
The criteria we looked at were:
1. New London
Population: 27,613Recent Job Growth: -1.27%Future Job Growth: 29.00%
2. Waterbury
Population: 110,074Recent Job Growth: 0.41%Future Job Growth: 29.50%
3. Windham
Population: 25,178 Recent Job Growth: -1.01%Future Job Growth: 29.50%
4. Hartford
Population: 124,879Recent Job Growth: 0.79%Future Job Growth: 29.20%
5. Norwich
Population: 40,322Recent Job Growth: -1.27%Future Job Growth: 29.50%
6. New Britain
Population: 73,122Recent Job Growth: 0.79%Future Job Growth: 32.30%
7. Griswold
Population: 11,907 Recent Job Growth: -1.26%Future Job Growth: 29.80%
8. Torrington
Population: 36,239Recent Job Growth: 0.41%Future Job Growth: 33.30%
9. East Hartford
Population: 51,171 Recent Job Growth: 0.79%Future Job Growth: 33.20%
10. Willimantic
Population: 17,281 Recent Job Growth: 0.48%Future Job Growth: 33.60%
Wrapping It Up With Friday Night Drinks
After crunching all the numbers, New London took the “top” spot as the worst city in Connecticut for a job.
So while the economy continues to improve and jobs become available across the state of Connecticut, these cities lag behind.
Hopefully they can catch up before they miss their next bonus.
Detailed List Of Worst Places In Connecticut To Get A Job
City
Rank
Population
Recent Job Growth
Future Job Growth
new london 1
27,613
-1.27%
29.00%
waterbury 2
110,074
0.41%
29.50%
windham 3
25,178
-1.01%
29.50%
hartford 4
124,879
0.79%
29.20%
norwich 5
40,322
-1.27%
29.50%
new britain 6
73,122
0.79%
32.30%
griswold 7
11,907
-1.26%
29.80%
torrington 8
36,239
0.41%
33.30%
east hartford 9
51,171
0.79%
33.20%
willimantic 10
17,281
0.48%
33.60%
naugatuck 11
31,795
0.41%
32.70%
conning towers nautilus park 12
9,913
-1.08%
31.10%
montville 13
19,587
-1.27%
30.90%
new haven 14
129,898
1.22%
33.10%
bristol 15
60,502
0.79%
34.40%
waterford 16
19,499
-1.27%
31.40%
bridgeport 17
144,446
1.74%
33.30%
killingly 18
17,345
1.02%
33.60%
bloomfield 19
20,470
0.79%
33.90%
waterford 20
19,499
-1.27%
31.40%
plainfield 21
15,358
1.02%
33.40%
stafford 22
12,058
0.79%
34.40%
meriden 23
60,674
1.22%
34.10%
middletown 24
47,530
0.79%
35.00%
plymouth 25
12,193
0.80%
33.40%
west haven 26
55,386
1.22%
34.90%
watertown 27
22,449
0.42%
34.10%
vernon 28
29,188
0.79%
35.20%
watertown 29
22,449
0.42%
34.10%
east lyme 30
19,168
-1.26%
31.70%
winchester 31
11,189
1.08%
34.90%
wolcott 32
16,638
0.43%
34.30%
wallingford center 33
18,164
1.16%
35.00%
manchester 34
58,078
0.79%
35.30%
ledyard 35
15,046
-1.27%
31.80%
plainville 36
17,726
0.80%
35.10%
danbury 37
81,057
0.29%
35.20%
manchester 38
58,078
0.79%
35.30%
ansonia 39
19,188
1.74%
35.40%
windsor locks 40
12,500
1.02%
35.20%
windsor 41
29,067
0.79%
35.20%
east haven 42
29,188
1.22%
35.30%
storrs 43
14,031
0.80%
36.00%
milford 44
52,826
1.16%
35.00%
wethersfield 45
26,670
0.79%
35.50%
derby 46
12,858
1.75%
36.00%
newington 47
30,520
0.79%
36.00%
cromwell 48
14,059
0.79%
35.70%
enfield 49
44,699
1.01%
36.00%
stratford 50
51,440
1.75%
36.20%
colchester 51
16,044
0.78%
36.10%
southington 52
43,038
0.79%
36.10%
berlin 53
19,974
0.79%
36.00%
colchester 54
16,044
0.78%
36.10%
somers 55
11,451
1.01%
35.60%
east windsor 56
11,196
1.03%
36.30%
brookfield 57
16,487
0.29%
35.50%
hamden 58
60,735
1.23%
36.40%
wallingford 59
45,047
1.22%
36.20%
somers 60
11,451
1.01%
35.60%
mansfield 61
26,182
0.79%
36.50%
new fairfield 62
13,932
0.29%
35.80%
seymour 63
16,487
1.75%
36.50%
rocky hill 64
19,631
0.79%
36.50%
canton 65
10,243
0.79%
36.20%
ellington 66
15,549
0.78%
36.60%
coventry 67
12,445
0.79%
36.20%
granby 68
11,243
0.78%
36.50%
branford 69
28,062
1.22%
36.70%
farmington 70
25,329
0.79%
36.30%
north haven 71
24,037
1.22%
36.40%
south windsor 72
25,684
0.78%
36.70%
west hartford 73
63,157
0.79%
36.60%
suffield 74
15,692
1.01%
36.50%
north branford 75
14,369
1.23%
36.70%
norwalk 76
85,853
1.74%
37.70%
southbury 77
19,841
1.75%
38.00%
simsbury 78
23,535
0.78%
37.00%
shelton 79
39,641
1.74%
37.50%
woodbury 80
9,925
1.09%
37.30%
stamford 81
122,878
1.74%
38.00%
tolland 82
14,980
0.79%
36.70%
old saybrook 83
10,268
1.24%
37.40%
glastonbury 84
34,401
0.79%
37.10%
monroe 85
19,529
1.74%
37.40%
orange 86
13,919
1.21%
37.40%
cheshire 87
29,253
1.23%
37.20%
avon 88
18,049
0.79%
37.50%
oxford 89
12,602
1.73%
38.30%
guilford 90
22,353
1.23%
37.90%
madison 91
18,264
1.22%
37.80%
trumbull 92
36,008
1.75%
38.20%
fairfield 93
59,562
1.74%
38.50%
westport 94
26,516
1.74%
38.90%
wilton 95
18,201
1.74%
39.40%
greenwich 96
61,428
1.75%
39.10%
darien 97
20,758
1.75%
39.00%
new canaan 98
19,794
1.74%
39.50%
greenwich 99
61,428
1.75%
39.10%
weston 100
10,203
1.74%
39.60%
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