Work & commute · Hamden

Work & commute in Hamden, CT

Most working residents leave Hamden for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (28%), North Haven (5%) and Bridgeport (4%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

11%

3,008 of 27,801 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

22 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

16%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 24,793 Hamden residents head out of town to work, 3,008 work right here, and 15,691 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Hamden.

24,793live here, work elsewhere

3,008live and work here

15,691work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Hamden goes to work

New Haven6 mi away

28%7,659

Hamden (in town)right here

11%3,008

North Haven3.6 mi away

5%1,528

Bridgeport20.3 mi away

4%1,032

Wallingford7.4 mi away

3%843

West Haven9 mi away

3%791

Hartford28.3 mi away

2%679

Stratford17 mi away

2%517

Waterbury12.6 mi away

2%447

Shelton13 mi away

2%446

Everywhere elseother towns and states

39%10,851

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

How far

How far Hamden commutes

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

56%

24%

15%

56%Under 10 mi

24%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Hamden is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Hamden are

18,699 jobs are based in Hamden. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Hamden’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Hamden

18,699 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Hamden residents hold

27,801 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−2%

Jobs based in Hamden, 2013 → 2023: 19,056 → 18,699. 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.