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Work & commute in Noroton Heights · A commuter town

98% of Noroton Heights’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Noroton Heights for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are New York (19%), Stamford (17%) and Darien (13%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
2%
29 of 1,218 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
32 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
30%
More than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
658
A commuter town
Work out of state
17%
mostly New York

What kind of work town is Noroton Heights?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

19% of working residents work in New York

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Hartford: 20 residents work here (2%)BridgeportNorwalk: 83 residents work here (7%)New Haven: 20 residents work here (2%)Stamford: 203 residents work here (17%)New York: 237 residents work here (19%)Darien: 155 residents work here (13%)Fairfield: 23 residents work here (2%)BethelTrumbullWestport: 18 residents work here (1%)WiltonGreenwich: 74 residents work here (6%)New Canaan: 22 residents work here (2%)Darien DowntownNoroton HeightsNorotonNew YorkStamfordDarienNorwalkGreenwichFairfieldNoroton Heights
1
New York, NY36.6 mi away
19%237
2
Stamford2.6 mi away
17%203
3
Darien1.8 mi away
13%155
4
Norwalk4.2 mi away
7%83
5
Greenwich7.4 mi away
6%74
6
Fairfield13.7 mi away
2%23
7
New Canaan6 mi away
2%22
8
Hartford63.8 mi away
2%20
9
New Haven34 mi away
2%20
10
Westport8.6 mi away
1%18
Everywhere elseother towns and states
30%363
The top trips

Where Noroton Heights clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Time on the road

About 32 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
244 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.2 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Noroton Heights32 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
30%

of Noroton Heights workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 3 in 10
Next door

30% of Noroton Heights works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Stamford (17%). Darker towns draw more of Noroton Heights’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

Day and night

Noroton Heights quiets down on a workday

On a workday 1,189 residents head out to work, 29 work right here, and 629 people come in from elsewhere.

1,189live here, work elsewhere
29live and work here
629work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night2,800
Workday2,200
2,800live here− 1,200head out to work+ 630come in to work= 2,200on a workday

About 2,200 people are in Noroton Heights on a workday afternoon, 20% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.54jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

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

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

How far

Half of Noroton Heights commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi75 miNew York: 19% · 36.6 miStamford: 17% · 2.6 miDarien: 13% · 1.8 miNorwalk: 7% · 4.2 miGreenwich: 6% · 7.4 miFairfield: 2% · 13.7 miNew Canaan: 2% · 6 miHartford: 2% · 63.8 miNew Haven: 2% · 34 miWestport: 1% · 8.6 miNew York 19%Stamford 17%Darien 13%Norwalk 7%Greenwich 6%Noroton Heights
Noroton HeightsTop destinations (size = commuters)
46%Under 10 mi562 residents
17%10–24 mi208 residents
27%25–50 mi323 residents
10%Over 50 mi123 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

65% of the jobs in Noroton Heights pay over $3,333 a month

658 jobs are based in Noroton Heights. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Noroton Heights’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Noroton HeightsJobs Noroton Heights residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms1%5%
Trade, transport & utilities61%12%
Services: health, schools, offices38%83%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less13%10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%12%
Over $3,333 a month65%78%

Who does it

29 or younger16%14%
30 to 5447%56%
55 and older37%30%
−26%

Jobs based in Noroton Heights, 2013 → 2023: 885 → 658. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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