Richard Mansfield House · Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0Ansonia has higher unemployment (9.1%) than 92% of U.S. towns
Only 4% stay in Ansonia for work; outside it, New Haven is the main destination (9%, 8 miles). Jobs and income earn Ansonia B−; getting around on foot earns it A−. Transit is limited for a town this walkable: about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident at the evening peak, against 31.8 in Stamford.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Ansonia: the figures worth knowing
Why Ansonia gets the Jobs & income grade it does
On income, poverty, unemployment and job access, Ansonia is better than 55% of U.S. towns, #126 of 155 in Connecticut. Job access by car holds Ansonia’s grade up (ahead of 88% of U.S. towns); unemployment pulls it down. It also does well on household income and the poverty rate.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, Ansonia could be anywhere from C+ to B+.
Ansonia by day and by night
On a workday 7,913 residents head out to work, 354 work right here, and 2,026 people come in from elsewhere.
About 13,000 people are in Ansonia on a workday afternoon, 31% fewer than live here.
0.29 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
Out of Ansonia to work: where people go
Where Ansonia clocks in
9% of workers
8% of workers
7% of workersLines run between town centers. The top 10 towns each way; “Everywhere else” is the rest, including other states.
A thicker line means more commuters. Switch between where residents work and where the people who work here live.
What work there is in Ansonia: 2,380 jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Ansonia, 2013 → 2023: 2,897 → 2,380. 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.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs Ansonia’s own residents hold wherever they work.
From Ansonia, about 27 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.5 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Ansonia workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 8,741 commuters (the 9% who work from home are left out). Across Connecticut: 82% drive alone, 4% take transit; U.S.: 81% and 4%. Census ACS 2020–24.
From the Census survey of workers who don’t work from home.
The commute from Ansonia, by distance
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2023.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
Ansonia is easy on foot, hard by bus
On EPA’s walkability index and the share of commuters who walk, bike or take transit, Ansonia is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns, #58 of 155 in Connecticut. The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 2.6% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 9,611 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 55% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 29% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 1.3 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 62% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 6.8% of Ansonia households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 1% of Ansonia’s commuters take a bus or train.
Ansonia is 1,228th of 2,023 U.S. towns of 13,000 to 26,000 on jobs and income
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Plain Township OH | 13,257 | $219K | 2.1% | 0.8% | 10% | A+ |
| 2 | Rogers MN | 15,606 | $159K | 1.9% | 1.2% | 10% | A+ |
| 3 | Trophy Club TX | 13,695 | $201K | 2.1% | 2.0% | 2% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 55 | North Haven CT | 24,799 | $133K | 4.1% | 2.0% | 13% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 63 | Berlin CT | 20,698 | $114K | 3.4% | 2.0% | 11% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 119 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 1,226 | Ojus FL | 19,198 | $69K | 12.5% | 4.9% | 6% | B− |
| 1,227 | Hartselle AL | 16,312 | $76K | 13.3% | 3.1% | 15% | B− |
| 1,228 | Ansonia CT | 19,216 | $86K | 9.4% | 9.1% | 4% | B− |
| 1,229 | Superior Township MI | 14,862 | $101K | 12.2% | 8.8% | 3% | B− |
| 1,230 | Harborcreek Township PA | 16,603 | $87K | 8.5% | 5.4% | 12% | B− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,023 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 29% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of Ansonia, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
Work in the towns next to Ansonia
The biggest share goes to Derby (5%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Ansonia workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansonia | – | B− | A− | 27 min | $85,877 |
| Seymour | under 3% | A− | B+ | 32 min | $107,708 |
| Derby | 5% | B | B+ | 27 min | $79,500 |
| Woodbridge | under 3% | A− | C+ | 25 min | $188,750 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Ansonia’s workers. Tap a town to see its commute.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Two sources, two years. Trips, distances and jobs based here: Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs, where the employer reports them. Income, poverty, unemployment, commute time and how people travel: Census ACS 2020–24 averages.
- Straight lines, older transit. Miles are as the crow flies. EPA’s walkability and transit files use 2017–20 inputs.
Jobs and commuting in Ansonia: questions
What is the median household income in Ansonia?
$85,877 (±$9,841) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Ansonia?
9.4%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Ansonia?
27 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 9% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Ansonia work?
4% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Haven (9%, 8 mi), Shelton (8%, 4 mi), Stratford (7%, 10 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Is Ansonia walkable?
Ansonia is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns (Walkability A−): an EPA walkability index of 9.9 out of 20, and 3% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around Ansonia without a car?
1% of commuters take transit and 7% of households have no car. 29% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Ansonia, from the people who make the trip.
More of Ansonia
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.