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Work & commute in Saybrook Manor · A commuter town

99% of Saybrook Manor’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Saybrook Manor for work: only 1% work in town. The top destinations are Old Saybrook (17%), New Haven (7%) and Essex (5%). Half commute less than 23 miles.

Work in town
1%
6 of 542 working residents
Typical commute
23 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
35 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
13%
Less than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
205
A commuter town

What kind of work town is Saybrook Manor?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · The commute map

17% of working residents work in Old Saybrook

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

Hartford: 19 residents work here (4%)New Haven: 39 residents work here (7%)Middletown: 14 residents work here (3%)New York: 14 residents work here (3%)Guilford: 14 residents work here (3%)Westbrook: 17 residents work here (3%)LymeClinton: 16 residents work here (3%)Groton: 14 residents work here (3%)East LymeOld LymeOld Saybrook: 91 residents work here (17%)HaddamEssex: 27 residents work here (5%)Saybrook ManorWestbrook CenterOld SaybrookNew HavenEssexHartfordWestbrookClintonSaybrook Manor
1
Old Saybrook1.4 mi away
17%91
2
New Haven27 mi away
7%39
3
Essex4.6 mi away
5%27
4
Hartford36.3 mi away
4%19
5
Westbrook4 mi away
3%17
6
Clinton6.5 mi away
3%16
7
Middletown22.5 mi away
3%14
8
New York, NY90.7 mi away
3%14
9
Guilford16 mi away
3%14
10
Groton20 mi away
3%14
Everywhere elseother towns and states
51%277
The top trips

Where Saybrook Manor clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

Next door

20% of Saybrook Manor works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Old Saybrook (17%). Darker towns draw more of Saybrook Manor’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

10%+5–9%2–4%1%Under 1%

Average commute minutes, one way

Westbrook Center21 min
Westbrook21 min
Old Saybrook29 min
Saybrook Manor35 min
Time on the road

About 35 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
267 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.1 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Saybrook Manor35 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
13%

of Saybrook Manor workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 1 in 10
Day and night

Saybrook Manor quiets down on a workday

On a workday 536 residents head out to work, 6 work right here, and 199 people come in from elsewhere.

536live here, work elsewhere
6live and work here
199work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night1,400
Workday1,000
1,400live here− 540head out to work+ 200come in to work= 1,000on a workday

About 1,000 people are in Saybrook Manor on a workday afternoon, 25% fewer than live here.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.38jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

0.38 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.

How far

Half of Saybrook Manor commutes less than 23 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi80 miOld Saybrook: 17% · 1.4 miNew Haven: 7% · 27 miEssex: 5% · 4.6 miHartford: 4% · 36.3 miWestbrook: 3% · 4 miClinton: 3% · 6.5 miMiddletown: 3% · 22.5 miNew York: 3% · 90.7 miGuilford: 3% · 16 miGroton: 3% · 20 miOld Saybrook 17%New Haven 7%Essex 5%Hartford 4%Saybrook Manor
Saybrook ManorTop destinations (size = commuters)
33%Under 10 mi178 residents
21%10–24 mi116 residents
35%25–50 mi188 residents
11%Over 50 mi60 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

Mostly services: health care, schools and offices

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

Jobs based in Saybrook ManorJobs Saybrook Manor residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms8%19%
Trade, transport & utilities11%17%
Services: health, schools, offices81%64%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less24%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month26%17%
Over $3,333 a month50%71%

Who does it

29 or younger31%20%
30 to 5440%48%
55 and older29%32%
−21%

Jobs based in Saybrook Manor, 2013 → 2023: 259 → 205. 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.

How to read these numbers

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.
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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.

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