Work & commute · East Haven

Work & commute in East Haven, CT

Most working residents leave East Haven for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (22%), Branford (7%) and North Haven (7%). Half commute less than 7 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,098 of 13,903 working residents

Typical commute

7 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

24 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 12,805 East Haven residents head out of town to work, 1,098 work right here, and 5,277 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in East Haven.

12,805live here, work elsewhere

1,098live and work here

5,277work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where East Haven goes to work

New Haven3.7 mi away

22%3,029

East Haven (in town)right here

8%1,098

Branford3.9 mi away

7%946

North Haven6.1 mi away

7%933

Hamden7.9 mi away

4%552

Wallingford11.8 mi away

3%462

West Haven5.9 mi away

3%457

Guilford8.5 mi away

2%310

North Branford7.4 mi away

2%302

Orange8.7 mi away

2%283

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%5,531

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

How far

How far East Haven commutes

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

58%

23%

15%

58%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

East Haven is a commuter town

0.46jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.46 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in East Haven are

6,375 jobs are based in East Haven. Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Haven’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in East Haven

6,375 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities32%

Services (health, schools, offices…)56%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month32%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs East Haven residents hold

13,903 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month65%

+3%

Jobs based in East Haven, 2013 → 2023: 6,170 → 6,375. 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.