Work & commute · Southbury

Work & commute in Southbury, CT

Most working residents leave Southbury for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Danbury (9%), Waterbury (5%) and Hartford (4%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

960 of 8,166 working residents

Typical commute

16 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

20%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 7,206 Southbury residents head out of town to work, 960 work right here, and 5,586 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Southbury.

7,206live here, work elsewhere

960live and work here

5,586work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Southbury goes to work

Southbury (in town)right here

12%960

Danbury13.7 mi away

9%717

Waterbury11.8 mi away

5%392

Hartford34.9 mi away

4%329

Newtown6 mi away

4%314

New Haven19.6 mi away

3%274

New York, NY67 mi away

3%242

Shelton12.7 mi away

2%185

Bridgeport19.9 mi away

2%182

Oxford4.9 mi away

2%174

Everywhere elseother towns and states

54%4,397

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

How far

How far Southbury commutes

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

29%

44%

19%

29%Under 10 mi

44%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Southbury is balanced between jobs and homes

0.80jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.80 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Southbury are

6,546 jobs are based in Southbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Southbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Southbury

6,546 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities14%

Services (health, schools, offices…)81%

$1,250 a month or less17%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month61%

Jobs Southbury residents hold

8,166 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)14%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month17%

Over $3,333 a month71%

−10%

Jobs based in Southbury, 2013 → 2023: 7,297 → 6,546. 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.