100% of Chimney Point’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Chimney Point for work: only 0% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (21%), New Milford (15%) and Brookfield (7%). Half commute less than 10 miles.
What kind of work town is Chimney Point?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Working from home in Chimney Point
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
of Chimney Point workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
21% of working residents work in Danbury
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Chimney Point clocks in
21% of workers
15% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
15% of Chimney Point works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to New Milford (15%). Darker towns draw more of Chimney Point’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Chimney Point quiets down on a workday
On a workday 71 residents head out to work, 0 work right here, and 2 people come in from elsewhere.
About 48 people are in Chimney Point on a workday afternoon, 59% fewer than live here.
0.03 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Chimney Point commutes less than 10 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Mostly services: health care, schools and offices
2 jobs are based in Chimney Point. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Chimney Point’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Chimney Point
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Chimney Point, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.