Work & commute · Monroe

Work & commute in Monroe, CT

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

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

878 of 8,979 working residents

Typical commute

13 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

34 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 8,101 Monroe residents head out of town to work, 878 work right here, and 4,308 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Monroe.

8,101live here, work elsewhere

878live and work here

4,308work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Monroe goes to work

Monroe (in town)right here

10%878

Bridgeport10.6 mi away

8%742

New York, NY59.8 mi away

6%510

Stamford24.6 mi away

6%500

Fairfield11.6 mi away

6%498

Stratford10.5 mi away

5%458

Shelton5 mi away

5%456

Norwalk19.9 mi away

5%454

Trumbull4.6 mi away

5%440

New Haven15.6 mi away

4%390

Everywhere elseother towns and states

41%3,653

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

How far

How far Monroe commutes

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

32%

47%

12%

32%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Monroe is a commuter town

0.58jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Monroe are

5,186 jobs are based in Monroe. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Monroe’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Monroe

5,186 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)23%

Trade, transport & utilities24%

Services (health, schools, offices…)53%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month57%

Jobs Monroe residents hold

8,979 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

−4%

Jobs based in Monroe, 2013 → 2023: 5,397 → 5,186. 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.