Work & commute · Stratford

Work & commute in Stratford, CT

Most working residents leave Stratford for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (12%), New York (7%) and New Haven (6%). Half commute less than 12 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

3,116 of 25,799 working residents

Typical commute

12 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

30 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

15%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 22,683 Stratford residents head out of town to work, 3,116 work right here, and 21,105 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Stratford.

22,683live here, work elsewhere

3,116live and work here

21,105work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Stratford goes to work

Stratford (in town)right here

12%3,116

Bridgeport3.7 mi away

12%3,079

New York, NY56.6 mi away

7%1,827

New Haven12.8 mi away

6%1,462

Stamford23.4 mi away

6%1,461

Fairfield7.8 mi away

5%1,370

Shelton6.9 mi away

5%1,170

Norwalk17.1 mi away

4%1,157

Trumbull6.4 mi away

3%866

Westport12.7 mi away

2%490

Everywhere elseother towns and states

38%9,801

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

How far

How far Stratford commutes

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

46%

31%

12%

11%

46%Under 10 mi

31%10–24 mi

12%25–50 mi

11%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Stratford is balanced between jobs and homes

0.94jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.94 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Stratford are

24,221 jobs are based in Stratford. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Stratford’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Stratford

24,221 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)44%

Trade, transport & utilities23%

Services (health, schools, offices…)33%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Stratford residents hold

25,799 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)12%

Trade, transport & utilities20%

Services (health, schools, offices…)68%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month22%

Over $3,333 a month67%

−6%

Jobs based in Stratford, 2013 → 2023: 25,857 → 24,221. 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.