Work & commute · Bethlehem

Work & commute in Bethlehem, CT

Most working residents leave Bethlehem for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (9%), Watertown (7%) and Woodbury (6%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

127 of 1,482 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,355 Bethlehem residents head out of town to work, 127 work right here, and 825 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bethlehem.

1,355live here, work elsewhere

127live and work here

825work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bethlehem goes to work

Waterbury10.5 mi away

9%138

Bethlehem (in town)right here

9%127

Watertown5.2 mi away

7%108

Woodbury5.1 mi away

6%90

Hartford28.8 mi away

4%53

Danbury21.4 mi away

4%52

Torrington14.3 mi away

4%52

New York, NY77.1 mi away

3%49

Southbury11.2 mi away

3%46

Litchfield7.3 mi away

3%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%727

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

How far

How far Bethlehem commutes

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

35%

36%

21%

35%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

21%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bethlehem is a commuter town

0.64jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bethlehem are

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

Jobs based in Bethlehem

952 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities4%

Services (health, schools, offices…)82%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month72%

Jobs Bethlehem residents hold

1,482 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)20%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+59%

Jobs based in Bethlehem, 2013 → 2023: 600 → 952. 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.