Work & commute · Danbury

Work & commute in Danbury, CT

About one in 3 of Danbury’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Bethel (5%), New York (4%) and Ridgefield (4%). Half commute less than 11 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

31%

10,589 of 34,328 working residents

Typical commute

11 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

13%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 23,739 Danbury residents head out of town to work, 10,589 work right here, and 28,006 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Danbury.

23,739live here, work elsewhere

10,589live and work here

28,006work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Danbury goes to work

Danbury (in town)right here

31%10,589

Bethel5 mi away

5%1,679

New York, NY56.2 mi away

4%1,476

Ridgefield5.7 mi away

4%1,436

Brookfield6.6 mi away

4%1,205

Stamford22.3 mi away

3%1,190

Norwalk21.4 mi away

2%858

Newtown9.5 mi away

2%729

Southeast, NY6.4 mi away

2%634

New Milford14.3 mi away

2%626

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%13,906

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

How far

How far Danbury commutes

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

49%

24%

18%

10%

49%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Danbury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.12jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.12 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Danbury are

38,595 jobs are based in Danbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Danbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Danbury

38,595 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities25%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Danbury residents hold

34,328 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month25%

Over $3,333 a month63%

−3%

Jobs based in Danbury, 2013 → 2023: 39,845 → 38,595. 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.