Work & commute · Fairfield

Work & commute in Fairfield, CT

Most working residents leave Fairfield for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are Stamford (10%), New York (7%) and Norwalk (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

4,371 of 23,784 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

28%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 19,413 Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 4,371 work right here, and 20,366 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Fairfield.

19,413live here, work elsewhere

4,371live and work here

20,366work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Fairfield goes to work

Fairfield (in town)right here

18%4,371

Stamford15.7 mi away

10%2,380

New York, NY49.7 mi away

7%1,780

Norwalk9.6 mi away

7%1,613

Bridgeport4 mi away

6%1,484

Westport5.4 mi away

5%1,236

New Haven20.3 mi away

4%982

Shelton11.3 mi away

3%648

Stratford7.8 mi away

2%563

Greenwich20.9 mi away

2%532

Everywhere elseother towns and states

34%8,195

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

How far

How far Fairfield commutes

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

42%

34%

14%

10%

42%Under 10 mi

34%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Fairfield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.04jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.04 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Fairfield are

24,737 jobs are based in Fairfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Fairfield

24,737 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Fairfield residents hold

23,784 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month74%

+11%

Jobs based in Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 22,380 → 24,737. 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.