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Work & commute in Washington, CT

About one in 4 of Washington’s working residents works in town. The top destinations are New Milford (8%), Danbury (5%) and New York (3%). Half commute less than 16 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times
Work in town
24%
322 of 1,334 working residents
Typical commute
16 mi
Half commute less than this, straight-line
Average commute time
26 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 1,012 Washington residents head out of town to work, 322 work right here, and 1,260 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Washington.

1,012live here, work elsewhere
322live and work here
1,260work here, live elsewhere
Leave for workStayCome in
The map

Where Washington goes to work

HartfordDanburyTorringtonWaterburyNew YorkBrookfieldWatertownWoodburyWarrenWashingtonKentMorrisBethelLitchfieldNew MilfordBethlehemRoxburyNew MilfordDanburyNew YorkHartfordTorringtonWaterburyLitchfieldBethelBrookfieldWashington
1
Washington (in town)right here
24%322
2
New Milford7.4 mi away
8%109
3
Danbury20.4 mi away
5%66
4
New York, NY76.6 mi away
3%44
5
Hartford33 mi away
3%34
6
Torrington14.8 mi away
2%32
7
Waterbury15.7 mi away
2%32
8
Litchfield7.9 mi away
2%32
9
Bethel20.8 mi away
2%25
10
Brookfield14.2 mi away
2%22
Everywhere elseother towns and states
46%616

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

How far

How far Washington commutes

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

36%Under 10 mi
31%10–24 mi
24%25–50 mi
9%Over 50 mi
Job hub or commuter town?

Washington is balanced between jobs and homes

1.19jobs per working resident
Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.19 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Washington are

1,582 jobs are based in Washington. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Washington’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Washington

1,582 jobs
Goods (factories, building, farms)7%
Trade, transport & utilities9%
Services (health, schools, offices…)84%
$1,250 a month or less12%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month65%

Jobs Washington residents hold

1,334 working residents
Goods (factories, building, farms)16%
Trade, transport & utilities17%
Services (health, schools, offices…)67%
$1,250 a month or less10%
$1,251–$3,333 a month22%
Over $3,333 a month68%
+20%

Jobs based in Washington, 2013 → 2023: 1,321 → 1,582. 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.

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