Work & commute · Guilford

Work & commute in Guilford, CT

Most working residents leave Guilford for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (21%), Branford (5%) and Madison (4%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

1,480 of 9,609 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

22%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 8,129 Guilford residents head out of town to work, 1,480 work right here, and 5,931 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Guilford.

8,129live here, work elsewhere

1,480live and work here

5,931work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Guilford goes to work

New Haven11.5 mi away

21%2,032

Guilford (in town)right here

15%1,480

Branford5.8 mi away

5%492

Madison4.3 mi away

4%346

North Haven8.3 mi away

3%291

Hamden11.9 mi away

2%230

West Haven14.3 mi away

2%228

North Branford4.2 mi away

2%212

Wallingford9.7 mi away

2%206

Hartford29.5 mi away

2%204

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%3,888

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

How far

How far Guilford commutes

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

32%

45%

18%

32%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

18%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Guilford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.77jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.77 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Guilford are

7,411 jobs are based in Guilford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Guilford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Guilford

7,411 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities29%

Services (health, schools, offices…)58%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Guilford residents hold

9,609 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+21%

Jobs based in Guilford, 2013 → 2023: 6,149 → 7,411. 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.