Work & commute · Greenwich

Work & commute in Greenwich, CT

About one in 4 of Greenwich’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (20%), Stamford (11%) and Norwalk (3%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

27%

5,973 of 22,198 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 16,225 Greenwich residents head out of town to work, 5,973 work right here, and 25,410 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Greenwich.

16,225live here, work elsewhere

5,973live and work here

25,410work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Greenwich goes to work

Greenwich (in town)right here

27%5,973

New York, NY30.9 mi away

20%4,353

Stamford5.2 mi away

11%2,527

Norwalk11.6 mi away

3%579

Harrison, NY4.7 mi away

2%405

Rye, NY3.9 mi away

2%385

Hartford70.1 mi away

2%355

Westport16 mi away

1%331

New Haven41.2 mi away

1%305

Greenburgh, NY10.9 mi away

1%294

Everywhere elseother towns and states

30%6,691

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

How far

How far Greenwich commutes

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

47%

14%

28%

10%

47%Under 10 mi

14%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Greenwich is balanced between jobs and homes

1.41jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.41 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Greenwich are

31,383 jobs are based in Greenwich. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Greenwich’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Greenwich

31,383 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Greenwich residents hold

22,198 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)6%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)80%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month77%

−2%

Jobs based in Greenwich, 2013 → 2023: 31,933 → 31,383. 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.