Work & commute · Woodbury

Work & commute in Woodbury, CT

Most working residents leave Woodbury for work: only 10% work in town. The top destinations are Waterbury (8%), Danbury (7%) and Southbury (6%). Half commute less than 15 miles.

Census LEHD commute flows, 2023 Census ACS commute times

Work in town

10%

422 of 4,047 working residents

Typical commute

15 mi

Half commute less than this, straight-line

Average commute time

35 min

One way, from the Census survey

Work from home

21%

of workers, from the Census survey

Coming and going

Who leaves, who stays, who comes in

On a workday 3,625 Woodbury residents head out of town to work, 422 work right here, and 1,624 people come in from elsewhere to fill jobs in Woodbury.

3,625live here, work elsewhere

422live and work here

1,624work here, live elsewhere

Leave for workStayCome in

The map

Where Woodbury goes to work

Woodbury (in town)right here

10%422

Waterbury8.8 mi away

8%317

Danbury18 mi away

7%298

Southbury6.3 mi away

6%246

Hartford30.5 mi away

3%132

Watertown6.1 mi away

3%128

New York, NY72.9 mi away

3%125

Newtown12.1 mi away

3%106

Middlebury5.1 mi away

2%92

New Milford11.5 mi away

2%73

Everywhere elseother towns and states

52%2,108

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

How far

How far Woodbury commutes

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

34%

39%

19%

34%Under 10 mi

39%10–24 mi

19%25–50 mi

8%Over 50 mi

Job hub or commuter town?

Woodbury is a commuter town

0.51jobs per working resident

A commuter town

0.51 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.

The jobs

What the jobs in Woodbury are

2,046 jobs are based in Woodbury. Here is what they are, next to the jobs Woodbury’s own residents hold wherever they work.

Jobs based in Woodbury

2,046 jobs

Goods (factories, building, farms)11%

Trade, transport & utilities27%

Services (health, schools, offices…)63%

$1,250 a month or less18%

$1,251–$3,333 a month30%

Over $3,333 a month52%

Jobs Woodbury residents hold

4,047 working residents

Goods (factories, building, farms)16%

Trade, transport & utilities17%

Services (health, schools, offices…)66%

$1,250 a month or less13%

$1,251–$3,333 a month16%

Over $3,333 a month71%

+14%

Jobs based in Woodbury, 2013 → 2023: 1,802 → 2,046. 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.