Work & commute · Westbrook

Work & commute in Westbrook, CT

Most working residents leave Westbrook for work: only 12% work in town. The top destinations are Old Saybrook (8%), New Haven (6%) and Essex (4%). Half commute less than 20 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

12%

364 of 2,957 working residents

Typical commute

20 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

21 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 2,593 Westbrook residents head out of town to work, 364 work right here, and 2,660 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Westbrook.

2,593live here, work elsewhere

364live and work here

2,660work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Westbrook goes to work

Westbrook (in town)right here

12%364

Old Saybrook5 mi away

8%237

New Haven23.2 mi away

6%167

Essex4.6 mi away

4%128

Clinton2.8 mi away

4%115

Hartford33.6 mi away

4%114

Madison8.1 mi away

3%98

Guilford12.1 mi away

3%85

Groton23.4 mi away

3%84

Middletown19.3 mi away

3%83

Everywhere elseother towns and states

50%1,482

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

How far

How far Westbrook commutes

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

37%

27%

30%

37%Under 10 mi

27%10–24 mi

30%25–50 mi

7%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Westbrook is balanced between jobs and homes

1.02jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (1.02 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Westbrook are

3,024 jobs are based in Westbrook. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Westbrook’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Westbrook

3,024 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)36%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)50%

$1,250 a month or less11%

$1,251–$3,333 a month19%

Over $3,333 a month70%

Jobs Westbrook residents hold

2,957 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)17%

Trade, transport & utilities18%

Services (health, schools, offices…)64%

$1,250 a month or less12%

$1,251–$3,333 a month20%

Over $3,333 a month68%

−13%

Jobs based in Westbrook, 2013 → 2023: 3,485 → 3,024. 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.