Work & commute · Middlebury

Work & commute in Middlebury, CT

Most working residents leave Middlebury for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (12%), Southbury (5%) and Danbury (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

364 of 3,748 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,384 Middlebury residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 3,502 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlebury.

3,384live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

3,502work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlebury goes to work

Waterbury5 mi away

12%440

Middlebury (in town)right here

10%364

Southbury6.7 mi away

5%189

Danbury20.3 mi away

4%153

Hartford28.2 mi away

4%143

New Haven18 mi away

4%134

Watertown6.4 mi away

3%125

Naugatuck4.5 mi away

2%87

New York, NY73.1 mi away

2%87

Southington13.9 mi away

2%80

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%1,946

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

How far

How far Middlebury commutes

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

38%

39%

16%

38%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

16%25–50 mi

6%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlebury is balanced between jobs and homes

1.03jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.03 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlebury are

3,866 jobs are based in Middlebury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middlebury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middlebury

3,866 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities9%

Services (health, schools, offices…)86%

$1,250 a month or less19%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month53%

Jobs Middlebury residents hold

3,748 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+7%

Jobs based in Middlebury, 2013 → 2023: 3,605 → 3,866. 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.