Work & commute · Branford

Work & commute in Branford, CT

Most working residents leave Branford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (22%), Guilford (4%) and North Haven (4%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,999 of 13,363 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 11,364 Branford residents head out of town to work, 1,999 work right here, and 9,546 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Branford.

11,364live here, work elsewhere

1,999live and work here

9,546work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Branford goes to work

New Haven7.5 mi away

22%2,874

Branford (in town)right here

15%1,999

Guilford5.8 mi away

4%544

North Haven7.9 mi away

4%537

Hamden10.8 mi away

3%436

Wallingford12.4 mi away

3%377

West Haven9.4 mi away

3%371

East Haven3.9 mi away

2%289

North Branford6.7 mi away

2%281

Hartford34 mi away

2%277

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%5,378

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

How far

How far Branford commutes

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

54%

25%

16%

54%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Branford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Branford are

11,545 jobs are based in Branford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Branford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Branford

11,545 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)60%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Branford residents hold

13,363 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

−1%

Jobs based in Branford, 2013 → 2023: 11,610 → 11,545. 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.