Work & commute · North Branford

Work & commute in North Branford, CT

Most working residents leave North Branford for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (18%), Branford (6%) and North Haven (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

666 of 6,649 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

26 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

12%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 5,983 North Branford residents head out of town to work, 666 work right here, and 3,806 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in North Branford.

5,983live here, work elsewhere

666live and work here

3,806work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where North Branford goes to work

New Haven9.2 mi away

18%1,204

North Branford (in town)right here

10%666

Branford6.7 mi away

6%405

North Haven4.5 mi away

6%369

Wallingford5.9 mi away

5%341

Guilford4.2 mi away

4%277

Hamden8 mi away

4%239

West Haven12.5 mi away

3%194

East Haven7.4 mi away

3%179

Hartford27.3 mi away

2%113

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%2,662

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

How far

How far North Branford commutes

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

52%

30%

14%

52%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

4%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

North Branford is a commuter town

0.67jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in North Branford are

4,472 jobs are based in North Branford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs North Branford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in North Branford

4,472 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)38%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)46%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month64%

Jobs North Branford residents hold

6,649 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

+21%

Jobs based in North Branford, 2013 → 2023: 3,710 → 4,472. 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.