Every workday, about 850 people come to Route 7 Gateway for work
Most working residents leave Route 7 Gateway for work: only 4% work in town. The top destinations are Ridgefield (19%), Stamford (11%) and Danbury (9%). Half commute less than 15 miles.
What kind of work town is Route 7 Gateway?
Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.
Route 7 Gateway fills up on a workday
On a workday 320 residents head out to work, 12 work right here, and 846 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,600 people are in Route 7 Gateway on a workday afternoon, 47% more than live here.
2.6 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
About 26 minutes each way, about the CT average
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.2 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Route 7 Gateway workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
19% of Route 7 Gateway works in a bordering town
The biggest share goes to Ridgefield (19%). Darker towns draw more of Route 7 Gateway’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
Average commute minutes, one way
Where Route 7 Gateway’s workers come from
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
Where Route 7 Gateway clocks in
19% of workers
11% of workers
9% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
Half of Route 7 Gateway commutes less than 15 miles
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
What the 858 jobs in Route 7 Gateway are
858 jobs are based in Route 7 Gateway. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Route 7 Gateway’s own residents hold wherever they work.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Route 7 Gateway, 2013 → 2023: 791 → 858. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.
Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
- Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
More of Route 7 Gateway
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Route 7 Gateway, from the people who make the trip.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.