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Work & commute in Long Hill · A commuter town

94% of Long Hill’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Long Hill for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are Trumbull (10%), Bridgeport (9%) and Stamford (8%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
6%
210 of 3,676 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
24%
More than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
2,608
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Long Hill?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

10% of working residents work in Trumbull

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Bridgeport: 323 residents work here (9%)Norwalk: 217 residents work here (6%)New Haven: 172 residents work here (5%)Stamford: 285 residents work here (8%)Shelton: 147 residents work here (4%)New York: 240 residents work here (7%)Fairfield: 258 residents work here (7%)Stratford: 173 residents work here (5%)Trumbull: 360 residents work here (10%)Westport: 107 residents work here (3%)MonroeNewtownLong HillTashuaDaniels FarmTrumbull CenterTrumbullBridgeportStamfordFairfieldNew YorkNorwalkLong Hill
1
Trumbull1 mi away
10%360
2
Bridgeport5.7 mi away
9%323
3
Stamford21 mi away
8%285
4
Fairfield6.7 mi away
7%258
5
New York, NY55.8 mi away
7%240
6
Norwalk15.6 mi away
6%217
7
Stratford6.7 mi away
5%173
8
New Haven16 mi away
5%172
9
Shelton5.3 mi away
4%147
10
Westport11.8 mi away
3%107
Everywhere elseother towns and states
38%1,394
The top trips

Where Long Hill clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 28 minutes each way, about the CT average

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
212 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.8 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Long Hill28 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
24%

of Long Hill workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Long Hill quiets down on a workday

On a workday 3,466 residents head out to work, 210 work right here, and 2,398 people come in from elsewhere.

3,466live here, work elsewhere
210live and work here
2,398work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night8,700
Workday7,600
8,700live here− 3,500head out to work+ 2,400come in to work= 7,600on a workday

About 7,600 people are in Long Hill on a workday afternoon, 12% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.71jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.71 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.

How far

Half of Long Hill commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miTrumbull: 10% · 1 miBridgeport: 9% · 5.7 miStamford: 8% · 21 miFairfield: 7% · 6.7 miNew York: 7% · 55.8 miNorwalk: 6% · 15.6 miStratford: 5% · 6.7 miNew Haven: 5% · 16 miShelton: 4% · 5.3 miWestport: 3% · 11.8 miTrumbull 10%Bridgeport 9%Stamford 8%Fairfield 7%New York 7%Long Hill
Long HillTop destinations (size = commuters)
41%Under 10 mi1,489 residents
39%10–24 mi1,415 residents
10%25–50 mi372 residents
11%Over 50 mi397 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

2,608 jobs are based in Long Hill. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Long Hill’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Long HillJobs Long Hill residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms3%11%
Trade, transport & utilities7%16%
Services: health, schools, offices90%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less15%12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%14%
Over $3,333 a month61%74%

Who does it

29 or younger16%17%
30 to 5451%53%
55 and older34%30%
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Jobs based in Long Hill, 2013 → 2023: 2,610 → 2,608. 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.

Next door

Long Hill and the towns next door

Darker towns draw more of Long Hill’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Long Hill28 min
Tashua32 min
Trumbull Center33 min
Daniels Farm43 min
How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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