Work & commute · Ansonia

Work & commute in Ansonia, CT

Most working residents leave Ansonia for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (9%), Shelton (8%) and Stratford (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

354 of 8,267 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,913 Ansonia residents head out of town to work, 354 work right here, and 2,026 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ansonia.

7,913live here, work elsewhere

354live and work here

2,026work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ansonia goes to work

New Haven7.9 mi away

9%768

Shelton4.5 mi away

8%676

Stratford10 mi away

7%541

Derby1.4 mi away

5%379

Ansonia (in town)right here

4%354

Bridgeport12.7 mi away

4%336

North Haven11.4 mi away

3%260

Trumbull8.9 mi away

3%215

Hartford35.4 mi away

2%202

Orange4.7 mi away

2%196

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%4,340

Lines run between town centers; a thicker line means more commuters. The top 10 towns each way.

How far

How far Ansonia commutes

Straight-line distance from home to work, for every working resident. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

49%

31%

14%

49%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ansonia is a commuter town

0.29jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Ansonia are

2,380 jobs are based in Ansonia. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ansonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ansonia

2,380 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Ansonia residents hold

8,267 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−18%

Jobs based in Ansonia, 2013 → 2023: 2,897 → 2,380. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

About these numbers

How to read this page

Every worker, home to workThe Census links each worker’s home block to their main job’s block, for jobs covered by unemployment insurance. That’s most jobs, but not the self-employed.

Where the employer saysA job counts where the employer reports it. Some big employers report one address for many sites, which can make a few commutes look longer than they are.

Two surveysFlows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time and working from home: the Census American Community Survey.

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs; American Community Survey 5-year estimates.