Work & commute · Norwalk

Work & commute in Norwalk, CT

About one in 5 of Norwalk’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stamford (14%), New York (14%) and Greenwich (5%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

22%

9,082 of 41,845 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

27 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 32,763 Norwalk residents head out of town to work, 9,082 work right here, and 27,272 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Norwalk.

32,763live here, work elsewhere

9,082live and work here

27,272work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Norwalk goes to work

Norwalk (in town)right here

22%9,082

Stamford6.6 mi away

14%5,945

New York, NY40.2 mi away

14%5,788

Greenwich11.6 mi away

5%2,021

Westport4.4 mi away

4%1,543

Wilton8.3 mi away

3%1,437

Darien4.2 mi away

3%1,170

Fairfield9.6 mi away

3%1,091

Bridgeport13.4 mi away

3%1,047

New Canaan6.3 mi away

2%904

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%11,817

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

How far

How far Norwalk commutes

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

50%

23%

20%

50%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Norwalk is balanced between jobs and homes

0.87jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.87 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Norwalk are

36,354 jobs are based in Norwalk. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Norwalk’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Norwalk

36,354 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities21%

Services (health, schools, offices…)71%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month69%

Jobs Norwalk residents hold

41,845 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)74%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−11%

Jobs based in Norwalk, 2013 → 2023: 40,939 → 36,354. 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.