Work & commute · Derby

Work & commute in Derby, CT

Most working residents leave Derby for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (9%), Shelton (9%) and Stratford (7%). Half commute less than 9 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

331 of 5,119 working residents

Typical commute

9 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,788 Derby residents head out of town to work, 331 work right here, and 4,225 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Derby.

4,788live here, work elsewhere

331live and work here

4,225work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Derby goes to work

New Haven8.2 mi away

9%483

Shelton3.3 mi away

9%466

Stratford8.6 mi away

7%357

Derby (in town)right here

6%331

Bridgeport11.2 mi away

4%206

Trumbull7.7 mi away

3%164

North Haven12.3 mi away

3%161

Hartford36.8 mi away

3%151

Orange4.1 mi away

3%133

Hamden9.7 mi away

3%128

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%2,539

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

How far

How far Derby commutes

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

52%

28%

15%

52%Under 10 mi

28%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Derby is balanced between jobs and homes

0.89jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.89 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Derby are

4,556 jobs are based in Derby. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Derby’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Derby

4,556 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less16%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Derby residents hold

5,119 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month64%

+1%

Jobs based in Derby, 2013 → 2023: 4,524 → 4,556. 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.