Work & commute · Brookfield

Work & commute in Brookfield, CT

Most working residents leave Brookfield for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (21%), Ridgefield (5%) and Stamford (4%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

1,106 of 7,833 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

28 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 6,727 Brookfield residents head out of town to work, 1,106 work right here, and 5,825 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Brookfield.

6,727live here, work elsewhere

1,106live and work here

5,825work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Brookfield goes to work

Danbury6.6 mi away

21%1,617

Brookfield (in town)right here

14%1,106

Ridgefield11.9 mi away

5%373

Stamford28.1 mi away

4%294

New Milford9.2 mi away

4%290

Bethel7 mi away

3%273

New York, NY62.6 mi away

3%244

Norwalk26.1 mi away

3%218

Newtown7.2 mi away

3%206

Shelton17.5 mi away

1%114

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,098

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

How far

How far Brookfield commutes

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

47%

24%

22%

47%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Brookfield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.88jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.88 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Brookfield are

6,931 jobs are based in Brookfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Brookfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Brookfield

6,931 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)19%

Trade, transport & utilities30%

Services (health, schools, offices…)51%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month60%

Jobs Brookfield residents hold

7,833 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+10%

Jobs based in Brookfield, 2013 → 2023: 6,307 → 6,931. 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.