Work & commute · Shelton

Work & commute in Shelton, CT

Most working residents leave Shelton for work: only 15% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (9%), Stratford (7%) and New York (6%). Half commute less than 10 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

15%

2,941 of 20,071 working residents

Typical commute

10 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

14%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 17,130 Shelton residents head out of town to work, 2,941 work right here, and 21,599 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Shelton.

17,130live here, work elsewhere

2,941live and work here

21,599work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Shelton goes to work

Shelton (in town)right here

15%2,941

Bridgeport8.6 mi away

9%1,787

Stratford6.9 mi away

7%1,431

New York, NY60.9 mi away

6%1,243

New Haven11.1 mi away

6%1,211

Fairfield11.3 mi away

4%871

Stamford26.3 mi away

4%847

Trumbull4.4 mi away

4%712

Norwalk20.7 mi away

3%667

Danbury18.7 mi away

2%417

Everywhere elseother towns and states

40%7,944

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

How far

How far Shelton commutes

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

48%

30%

12%

10%

48%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

10%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Shelton is balanced between jobs and homes

1.22jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.22 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Shelton are

24,540 jobs are based in Shelton. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Shelton’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Shelton

24,540 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)18%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month23%

Over $3,333 a month67%

Jobs Shelton residents hold

20,071 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)67%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month73%

+10%

Jobs based in Shelton, 2013 → 2023: 22,294 → 24,540. 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.