Work & commute · Stamford

Work & commute in Stamford, CT

About one in 3 of Stamford’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New York (13%), Greenwich (10%) and Norwalk (6%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

34%

19,299 of 57,347 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

29 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

19%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 38,048 Stamford residents head out of town to work, 19,299 work right here, and 50,947 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stamford.

38,048live here, work elsewhere

19,299live and work here

50,947work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stamford goes to work

Stamford (in town)right here

34%19,299

New York, NY35.4 mi away

13%7,494

Greenwich5.2 mi away

10%5,546

Norwalk6.6 mi away

6%3,445

Darien3.9 mi away

2%1,277

Westport10.9 mi away

2%923

Wilton10.6 mi away

2%904

New Canaan6.1 mi away

1%783

Hartford65.2 mi away

1%739

Fairfield15.7 mi away

1%737

Everywhere elseother towns and states

28%16,200

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

How far

How far Stamford commutes

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

55%

16%

20%

55%Under 10 mi

16%10–24 mi

20%25–50 mi

9%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stamford 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 Stamford are

70,246 jobs are based in Stamford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stamford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stamford

70,246 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)5%

Trade, transport & utilities12%

Services (health, schools, offices…)83%

$1,250 a month or less8%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month77%

Jobs Stamford residents hold

57,347 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)7%

Trade, transport & utilities16%

Services (health, schools, offices…)78%

$1,250 a month or less9%

$1,251–$3,333 a month18%

Over $3,333 a month72%

−1%

Jobs based in Stamford, 2013 → 2023: 71,040 → 70,246. 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.