99% of Lakes West’s working residents leave town for work
Most working residents leave Lakes West for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgefield (21%), Stamford (11%) and Danbury (10%). Half commute less than 16 miles.
What kind of work town is Lakes West?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
About 36 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakes West workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
21% of working residents work in Ridgefield
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Lakes West clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
10% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Lakes West quiets down on a workday
On a workday 476 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Lakes West on a workday afternoon, 32% fewer than live here.
0.08 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Half of Lakes West commutes less than 16 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 40 jobs in Lakes West are
40 jobs are based in Lakes West. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Lakes West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakes West, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 40. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
Lakes West and the towns next door
Darker towns draw more of Lakes West’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Lakes West
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakes West, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.