Work & commute · Madison

Work & commute in Madison, CT

Most working residents leave Madison for work: only 14% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (18%), Guilford (6%) and Branford (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

14%

998 of 7,129 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 6,131 Madison residents head out of town to work, 998 work right here, and 3,653 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Madison.

6,131live here, work elsewhere

998live and work here

3,653work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Madison goes to work

New Haven15.8 mi away

18%1,283

Madison (in town)right here

14%998

Guilford4.3 mi away

6%422

Branford9.5 mi away

4%320

Hartford29.3 mi away

3%188

Clinton5.9 mi away

2%174

Wallingford12.2 mi away

2%157

North Haven12.3 mi away

2%151

Middletown14.2 mi away

2%149

Bridgeport31.6 mi away

2%122

Everywhere elseother towns and states

44%3,165

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

How far

How far Madison commutes

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

27%

43%

22%

27%Under 10 mi

43%10–24 mi

22%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Madison is a commuter town

0.65jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Madison are

4,651 jobs are based in Madison. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Madison’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Madison

4,651 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)77%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month63%

Jobs Madison residents hold

7,129 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month72%

+8%

Jobs based in Madison, 2013 → 2023: 4,309 → 4,651. 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.