Work & commute · Redding

Work & commute in Redding, CT

Most working residents leave Redding for work: only 8% work in town. The top destinations are Stamford (11%), Danbury (8%) and Norwalk (8%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

273 of 3,254 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

36 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

33%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 2,981 Redding residents head out of town to work, 273 work right here, and 1,011 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Redding.

2,981live here, work elsewhere

273live and work here

1,011work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Redding goes to work

Stamford17.5 mi away

11%363

Redding (in town)right here

8%273

Danbury7.8 mi away

8%257

Norwalk14.8 mi away

8%245

Ridgefield5.6 mi away

5%168

Wilton7 mi away

5%163

Westport13.1 mi away

4%137

New York, NY52.8 mi away

3%101

Fairfield10.9 mi away

3%82

Bridgeport13.1 mi away

2%77

Everywhere elseother towns and states

43%1,388

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

How far

How far Redding commutes

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

32%

45%

14%

32%Under 10 mi

45%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Redding is a commuter town

0.39jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Redding are

1,284 jobs are based in Redding. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Redding’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Redding

1,284 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)79%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Redding residents hold

3,254 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−8%

Jobs based in Redding, 2013 → 2023: 1,403 → 1,284. 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.