Work & commute · Darien

Work & commute in Darien, CT

Most working residents leave Darien for work: only 13% work in town. The top destinations are New York (21%), Stamford (15%) and Greenwich (7%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

13%

1,018 of 7,687 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

39 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

36%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,669 Darien residents head out of town to work, 1,018 work right here, and 6,439 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Darien.

6,669live here, work elsewhere

1,018live and work here

6,439work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Darien goes to work

New York, NY36 mi away

21%1,627

Stamford3.9 mi away

15%1,184

Darien (in town)right here

13%1,018

Greenwich8.1 mi away

7%523

Norwalk4.2 mi away

6%426

New Canaan7.6 mi away

2%168

Westport8.5 mi away

2%146

Fairfield13.8 mi away

2%136

New Haven33.9 mi away

1%111

Hartford64.4 mi away

1%99

Everywhere elseother towns and states

29%2,249

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

How far

How far Darien commutes

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

45%

17%

28%

45%Under 10 mi

17%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Darien is balanced between jobs and homes

0.97jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.97 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Darien are

7,457 jobs are based in Darien. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Darien’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Darien

7,457 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)2%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Darien residents hold

7,687 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month12%

Over $3,333 a month79%

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Jobs based in Darien, 2013 → 2023: 7,474 → 7,457. 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.