Work & commute · Ridgefield

Work & commute in Ridgefield, CT

About one in 5 of Ridgefield’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are Stamford (11%), Danbury (7%) and Norwalk (5%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

20%

1,844 of 9,247 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

33 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

30%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,403 Ridgefield residents head out of town to work, 1,844 work right here, and 8,274 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Ridgefield.

7,403live here, work elsewhere

1,844live and work here

8,274work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Ridgefield goes to work

Ridgefield (in town)right here

20%1,844

Stamford16.6 mi away

11%979

Danbury5.7 mi away

7%692

Norwalk16.1 mi away

5%466

New York, NY50.7 mi away

4%402

Wilton7.9 mi away

3%284

New Canaan10.9 mi away

2%187

Westport15.9 mi away

2%173

Greenwich20.1 mi away

2%173

Hartford52.4 mi away

2%150

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%3,897

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

How far

How far Ridgefield commutes

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

34%

40%

14%

11%

34%Under 10 mi

40%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Ridgefield is balanced between jobs and homes

1.09jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.09 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Ridgefield are

10,118 jobs are based in Ridgefield. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ridgefield’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Ridgefield

10,118 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Ridgefield residents hold

9,247 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)75%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month14%

Over $3,333 a month74%

−3%

Jobs based in Ridgefield, 2013 → 2023: 10,381 → 10,118. 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.