Work & commute · Bridgewater

Work & commute in Bridgewater, CT

Most working residents leave Bridgewater for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (12%), New Milford (8%) and Brookfield (8%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

60 of 694 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

25%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 634 Bridgewater residents head out of town to work, 60 work right here, and 256 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Bridgewater.

634live here, work elsewhere

60live and work here

256work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Bridgewater goes to work

Danbury10.4 mi away

12%80

Bridgewater (in town)right here

9%60

New Milford6.4 mi away

8%57

Brookfield3.9 mi away

8%54

Newtown9 mi away

5%33

Roxbury4.2 mi away

4%30

New York, NY66.4 mi away

4%26

Washington10.4 mi away

3%23

Waterbury17 mi away

3%18

Southbury7.3 mi away

2%16

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%297

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

How far

How far Bridgewater commutes

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

46%

25%

20%

46%Under 10 mi

25%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Bridgewater is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Bridgewater are

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

Jobs based in Bridgewater

316 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)32%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Bridgewater residents hold

694 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+32%

Jobs based in Bridgewater, 2013 → 2023: 240 → 316. 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.