Work & commute · New Fairfield

Work & commute in New Fairfield, CT

Most working residents leave New Fairfield for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (21%), Stamford (4%) and New York (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

471 of 5,607 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

42 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

18%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,136 New Fairfield residents head out of town to work, 471 work right here, and 1,017 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Fairfield.

5,136live here, work elsewhere

471live and work here

1,017work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Fairfield goes to work

Danbury5.6 mi away

21%1,172

New Fairfield (in town)right here

8%471

Stamford27.9 mi away

4%240

New York, NY61.2 mi away

4%204

Ridgefield11.3 mi away

3%183

Brookfield4.8 mi away

3%166

Norwalk27 mi away

3%148

Bethel9.1 mi away

2%128

Southeast, NY7.7 mi away

2%116

New Milford9 mi away

2%108

Everywhere elseother towns and states

48%2,671

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

How far

How far New Fairfield commutes

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

41%

21%

28%

41%Under 10 mi

21%10–24 mi

28%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Fairfield is a commuter town

0.27jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in New Fairfield are

1,488 jobs are based in New Fairfield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Fairfield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Fairfield

1,488 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)9%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month62%

Jobs New Fairfield residents hold

5,607 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)69%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+17%

Jobs based in New Fairfield, 2013 → 2023: 1,274 → 1,488. 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.