Work & commute · Naugatuck

Work & commute in Naugatuck, CT

Most working residents leave Naugatuck for work: only 9% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (9%), New Haven (5%) and Hartford (4%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

1,315 of 15,233 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 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 13,918 Naugatuck residents head out of town to work, 1,315 work right here, and 4,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Naugatuck.

13,918live here, work elsewhere

1,315live and work here

4,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Naugatuck goes to work

Waterbury4.9 mi away

9%1,344

Naugatuck (in town)right here

9%1,315

New Haven13.9 mi away

5%762

Hartford27.1 mi away

4%552

New York, NY73.4 mi away

3%525

Shelton13.4 mi away

3%479

Stratford19.9 mi away

3%432

Cheshire7.8 mi away

3%404

Bridgeport22.1 mi away

3%399

Danbury22.9 mi away

3%387

Everywhere elseother towns and states

57%8,634

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

How far

How far Naugatuck commutes

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

31%

47%

15%

31%Under 10 mi

47%10–24 mi

15%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Naugatuck is a commuter town

0.40jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Naugatuck are

6,121 jobs are based in Naugatuck. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Naugatuck’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Naugatuck

6,121 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)24%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month34%

Over $3,333 a month51%

Jobs Naugatuck residents hold

15,233 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)62%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month66%

−19%

Jobs based in Naugatuck, 2013 → 2023: 7,533 → 6,121. 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.