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Work & commute in Trumbull Center · Balanced

98% of Trumbull Center’s working residents leave town for work

Most working residents leave Trumbull Center for work: only 2% work in town. The top destinations are Bridgeport (10%), Trumbull (9%) and Stamford (7%). Half commute less than 13 miles.

Work in town
2%
107 of 4,609 working residents
Typical commute
13 mi
half travel less, straight-line
Time each way
33 min
More than CT (27 min)
Work from home
16%
Same than CT (16%)
Jobs based here
3,714
Balanced

What kind of work town is Trumbull Center?

Read from the numbers below. The page puts what stands out first.

★ What stands out · Time on the road

About 33 minutes each way, longer than most of Connecticut

From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.

A year of commuting
251 hours

Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.5 full days in the car, bus or train.

Average commute minutes, one way

Trumbull Center33 min
Connecticut27 min
U.S.26 min
Working from home
16%

of Trumbull Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.

About 2 in 10
Day and night

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 4,502 residents head out to work, 107 work right here, and 3,607 people come in from elsewhere.

4,502live here, work elsewhere
107live and work here
3,607work here, live elsewhere
Night and day
At night10,000
Workday9,400
10,000live here− 4,500head out to work+ 3,600come in to work= 9,400on a workday

About as many people by day as by night: the people who leave are replaced by the people who come in.

Job hub or commuter town?
0.81jobs per workerCommuter townJob hub

About as many jobs as working residents (0.81 per resident).

Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.

The commute map

10% of working residents work in Bridgeport

A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.

West HavenBridgeport: 446 residents work here (10%)Norwalk: 278 residents work here (6%)New Haven: 260 residents work here (6%)Stamford: 344 residents work here (7%)Shelton: 217 residents work here (5%)New York: 308 residents work here (7%)Fairfield: 302 residents work here (7%)Stratford: 220 residents work here (5%)HamdenTrumbull: 428 residents work here (9%)Westport: 131 residents work here (3%)Long HillDaniels FarmTrumbull CenterBridgeportTrumbullStamfordNew YorkFairfieldNorwalkTrumbull Center
1
Bridgeport3.9 mi away
10%446
2
Trumbull2.6 mi away
9%428
3
Stamford22 mi away
7%344
4
New York, NY56.2 mi away
7%308
5
Fairfield6.5 mi away
7%302
6
Norwalk16.1 mi away
6%278
7
New Haven14.2 mi away
6%260
8
Stratford3.9 mi away
5%220
9
Shelton4.9 mi away
5%217
10
Westport11.9 mi away
3%131
Everywhere elseother towns and states
36%1,675
The top trips

Where Trumbull Center clocks in

Lines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.

How far

Half of Trumbull Center commutes less than 13 miles

Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.

10 mi25 mi50 mi65 miBridgeport: 10% · 3.9 miTrumbull: 9% · 2.6 miStamford: 7% · 22 miNew York: 7% · 56.2 miFairfield: 7% · 6.5 miNorwalk: 6% · 16.1 miNew Haven: 6% · 14.2 miStratford: 5% · 3.9 miShelton: 5% · 4.9 miWestport: 3% · 11.9 miBridgeport 10%Trumbull 9%Stamford 7%New York 7%Fairfield 7%Trumbull Center
Trumbull CenterTop destinations (size = commuters)
42%Under 10 mi1,922 residents
37%10–24 mi1,714 residents
10%25–50 mi463 residents
11%Over 50 mi506 residents

Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.

The jobs

What the 3,714 jobs in Trumbull Center are

3,714 jobs are based in Trumbull Center. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Trumbull Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Trumbull CenterJobs Trumbull Center residents hold

What kind of work

Goods: factories, building, farms13%11%
Trade, transport & utilities8%16%
Services: health, schools, offices79%73%

What it pays

$1,250 a month or less12%11%
$1,251–$3,333 a month25%17%
Over $3,333 a month64%73%

Who does it

29 or younger19%17%
30 to 5454%55%
55 and older28%28%
−6%

Jobs based in Trumbull Center, 2013 → 2023: 3,931 → 3,714. Big swings can come from how a large employer reports its locations, not only from real openings or closings.

Primary jobs covered by unemployment insurance (not the self-employed). Pay is monthly earnings. LEHD 2023.

Next door

24% of Trumbull Center works in a bordering town

The biggest share goes to Bridgeport (10%). Darker towns draw more of Trumbull Center’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • Every worker, home to work. The 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 says. A 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 surveys. Flows, distances and jobs: LEHD 2023. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: the Census American Community Survey.
  • Straight lines. Distances are as the crow flies between home and work. Roads, rivers and traffic make the real trip longer.
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Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2023, primary jobs. Commute time, working from home and working out of state: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-year estimates. Distances are straight lines between home and work; real drives run longer.

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