Work & commute · New Milford

Work & commute in New Milford, CT

About one in 5 of New Milford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Danbury (18%), Brookfield (5%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

21%

2,524 of 12,248 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 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 9,724 New Milford residents head out of town to work, 2,524 work right here, and 4,630 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in New Milford.

9,724live here, work elsewhere

2,524live and work here

4,630work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where New Milford goes to work

New Milford (in town)right here

21%2,524

Danbury14.3 mi away

18%2,213

Brookfield9.2 mi away

5%597

New York, NY70.2 mi away

3%420

Bethel16.1 mi away

3%334

Hartford39.9 mi away

2%279

Newtown15.5 mi away

2%264

Waterbury20.2 mi away

2%247

Ridgefield20 mi away

2%235

Washington7.4 mi away

2%232

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%4,903

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

How far

How far New Milford commutes

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

32%

36%

24%

32%Under 10 mi

36%10–24 mi

24%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

New Milford 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 New Milford are

7,154 jobs are based in New Milford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs New Milford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in New Milford

7,154 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)61%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month24%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs New Milford residents hold

12,248 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities22%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month65%

−3%

Jobs based in New Milford, 2013 → 2023: 7,407 → 7,154. 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.