Work & commute · Old Saybrook

Work & commute in Old Saybrook, CT

Most working residents leave Old Saybrook for work: only 18% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (6%), Hartford (4%) and Essex (4%). Half commute less than 21 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

18%

814 of 4,481 working residents

Typical commute

21 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

26%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,667 Old Saybrook residents head out of town to work, 814 work right here, and 4,402 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Old Saybrook.

3,667live here, work elsewhere

814live and work here

4,402work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Old Saybrook goes to work

Old Saybrook (in town)right here

18%814

New Haven28.1 mi away

6%267

Hartford36.1 mi away

4%194

Essex4.2 mi away

4%186

Westbrook5 mi away

3%154

Middletown22.6 mi away

3%137

Groton18.7 mi away

3%137

Clinton7.6 mi away

3%119

Madison13 mi away

2%104

New London15.2 mi away

2%98

Everywhere elseother towns and states

51%2,271

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

How far

How far Old Saybrook commutes

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

34%

22%

35%

34%Under 10 mi

22%10–24 mi

35%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Old Saybrook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.16jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.16 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Old Saybrook are

5,216 jobs are based in Old Saybrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Old Saybrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Old Saybrook

5,216 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities26%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month27%

Over $3,333 a month56%

Jobs Old Saybrook residents hold

4,481 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)15%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month68%

+3%

Jobs based in Old Saybrook, 2013 → 2023: 5,085 → 5,216. 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.