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Work & commute in Lordship · A commuter town

99% of Lordship’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Lordship for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Stratford (14%), Bridgeport (12%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Work in town
1%
18 of 1,551 working residents
Typical commute
12 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
28 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
22%
More than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
154
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Lordship?

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

★ What stands out · The commute map

14% of working residents work in Stratford

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

AnsoniaBridgeport: 186 residents work here (12%)Norwalk: 56 residents work here (4%)New Haven: 96 residents work here (6%)Stamford: 90 residents work here (6%)Shelton: 76 residents work here (5%)WaterburyNew York: 97 residents work here (6%)Fairfield: 94 residents work here (6%)Stratford: 217 residents work here (14%)Trumbull: 49 residents work here (3%)Westport: 39 residents work here (3%)MonroeLordshipStratfordBridgeportNew YorkNew HavenFairfieldStamfordLordship
1
Stratford3.7 mi away
14%217
2
Bridgeport4.9 mi away
12%186
3
New York, NY54.8 mi away
6%97
4
New Haven14.7 mi away
6%96
5
Fairfield8.4 mi away
6%94
6
Stamford23 mi away
6%90
7
Shelton10.6 mi away
5%76
8
Norwalk16.4 mi away
4%56
9
Trumbull9.7 mi away
3%49
10
Westport12.2 mi away
3%39
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%551
The top trips

Where Lordship clocks in

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

Next door

14% of Lordship works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Stratford (14%). Darker towns draw more of Lordship’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

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
213 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Lordship28 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
22%

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

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Lordship quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,533 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.

1,533live here, work elsewhere
18live and work here
136work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night3,700
Workday2,300
3,700live here− 1,500head out to work+ 140come in to work= 2,300on a workday

About 2,300 people are in Lordship on a workday afternoon, 38% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.10jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.10 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 Lordship commutes less than 12 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 miStratford: 14% · 3.7 miBridgeport: 12% · 4.9 miNew York: 6% · 54.8 miNew Haven: 6% · 14.7 miFairfield: 6% · 8.4 miStamford: 6% · 23 miShelton: 5% · 10.6 miNorwalk: 4% · 16.4 miTrumbull: 3% · 9.7 miWestport: 3% · 12.2 miStratford 14%Bridgeport 12%New York 6%New Haven 6%Fairfield 6%Lordship
LordshipTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%Under 10 mi721 residents
33%10–24 mi507 residents
10%25–50 mi154 residents
11%Over 50 mi169 residents

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

The jobs

What the 154 jobs in Lordship are

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

Jobs based in LordshipJobs Lordship residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms11%12%
Trade, transport & utilities11%18%
Services: health, schools, offices78%70%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less21%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month32%14%
Over $3,333 a month47%75%

Who does it

29 or younger35%17%
30 to 5442%47%
55 and older23%36%
+14%

Jobs based in Lordship, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 154. 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.

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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