Work & commute · Sherman

Work & commute in Sherman, CT

Most working residents leave Sherman for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (12%), New Milford (7%) and Southeast (3%). Half commute less than 17 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

164 of 1,335 working residents

Typical commute

17 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

40 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

42%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 1,171 Sherman residents head out of town to work, 164 work right here, and 291 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Sherman.

1,171live here, work elsewhere

164live and work here

291work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Sherman goes to work

Sherman (in town)right here

12%164

Danbury12.5 mi away

12%160

New Milford4.2 mi away

7%95

Southeast, NY12.9 mi away

3%43

New York, NY67.3 mi away

3%41

New Fairfield6.9 mi away

3%37

Brookfield9.2 mi away

3%36

Ridgefield18.1 mi away

3%34

Bethel15.5 mi away

2%31

Stamford34.6 mi away

2%30

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%664

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

How far

How far Sherman commutes

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

29%

30%

32%

29%Under 10 mi

30%10–24 mi

32%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Sherman is a commuter town

0.34jobs per working resident

A commuter town

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

The jobs

What the jobs in Sherman are

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

Jobs based in Sherman

455 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities11%

Services (health, schools, offices…)73%

$1,250 a month or less15%

$1,251–$3,333 a month26%

Over $3,333 a month58%

Jobs Sherman residents hold

1,335 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)13%

Trade, transport & utilities19%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month69%

+13%

Jobs based in Sherman, 2013 → 2023: 404 → 455. 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.