Work & commute · Woodbridge

Work & commute in Woodbridge, CT

Most working residents leave Woodbridge for work: only 6% work in town. The top destinations are New Haven (29%), West Haven (4%) and Bridgeport (3%). Half commute less than 8 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

240 of 4,081 working residents

Typical commute

8 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

25 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

17%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,841 Woodbridge residents head out of town to work, 240 work right here, and 3,263 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodbridge.

3,841live here, work elsewhere

240live and work here

3,263work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodbridge goes to work

New Haven5.5 mi away

29%1,176

Woodbridge (in town)right here

6%240

West Haven6.6 mi away

4%157

Bridgeport15.7 mi away

3%140

Hamden4.8 mi away

3%128

Orange5.5 mi away

3%119

Shelton8.1 mi away

3%114

Stratford12.7 mi away

3%110

Hartford32.4 mi away

2%93

North Haven7.7 mi away

2%91

Everywhere elseother towns and states

42%1,713

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

How far

How far Woodbridge commutes

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

58%

23%

14%

58%Under 10 mi

23%10–24 mi

14%25–50 mi

5%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodbridge is balanced between jobs and homes

0.86jobs per working resident

Balanced

About as many jobs as working residents (0.86 per resident).

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodbridge are

3,503 jobs are based in Woodbridge. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodbridge’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodbridge

3,503 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)8%

Trade, transport & utilities7%

Services (health, schools, offices…)85%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month28%

Over $3,333 a month54%

Jobs Woodbridge residents hold

4,081 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)10%

Trade, transport & utilities13%

Services (health, schools, offices…)76%

$1,250 a month or less10%

$1,251–$3,333 a month15%

Over $3,333 a month75%

+32%

Jobs based in Woodbridge, 2013 → 2023: 2,660 → 3,503. 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.