Work & commute · Middlefield

Work & commute in Middlefield, CT

Most working residents leave Middlefield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Middletown (11%), Hartford (8%) and New Haven (6%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

176 of 2,098 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

11%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,922 Middlefield residents head out of town to work, 176 work right here, and 1,465 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Middlefield.

1,922live here, work elsewhere

176live and work here

1,465work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Middlefield goes to work

Middletown4 mi away

11%234

Middlefield (in town)right here

8%176

Hartford17.5 mi away

8%158

New Haven17.7 mi away

6%127

Meriden4.3 mi away

5%109

Wallingford5.9 mi away

4%92

Durham3.6 mi away

4%75

East Hartford18 mi away

3%55

North Haven11.6 mi away

2%48

Hamden13.3 mi away

2%40

Everywhere elseother towns and states

47%984

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

How far

How far Middlefield commutes

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

40%

44%

11%

40%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

11%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Middlefield is balanced between jobs and homes

0.78jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.78 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Middlefield are

1,641 jobs are based in Middlefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Middlefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Middlefield

1,641 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)49%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)44%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month21%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs Middlefield residents hold

2,098 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)65%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+29%

Jobs based in Middlefield, 2013 → 2023: 1,275 → 1,641. 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.