Work & commute · Roxbury

Work & commute in Roxbury, CT

Most working residents leave Roxbury for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (8%), New Milford (8%) and Washington (4%). Half commute less than 14 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

97 of 827 working residents

Typical commute

14 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

37 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 730 Roxbury residents head out of town to work, 97 work right here, and 376 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Roxbury.

730live here, work elsewhere

97live and work here

376work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Roxbury goes to work

Roxbury (in town)right here

12%97

Danbury14.4 mi away

8%70

New Milford7.3 mi away

8%69

Washington7.6 mi away

4%36

Waterbury13.4 mi away

4%34

New York, NY70.2 mi away

4%32

Brookfield7.8 mi away

3%25

Woodbury4.6 mi away

2%20

Southbury6.5 mi away

2%20

Bethel13.7 mi away

2%19

Everywhere elseother towns and states

49%405

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

How far

How far Roxbury commutes

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

35%

33%

23%

35%Under 10 mi

33%10–24 mi

23%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Roxbury is a commuter town

0.57jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Roxbury are

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

Jobs based in Roxbury

473 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)21%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)72%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Roxbury residents hold

827 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less14%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month67%

+9%

Jobs based in Roxbury, 2013 → 2023: 432 → 473. 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.