With 0.6 jobs for every working resident, most of Daniels Farm works elsewhere
Only 2% work in Daniels Farm; the top destination outside it is Trumbull (11%, 0 miles). There are 1,531 jobs in Daniels Farm, and 2,689 of its residents work somewhere. 26% of workers work from home, where Connecticut as a whole has 16%.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in Daniels Farm
Daniels Farm workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 43 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 330 hours of commuting, 123 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (28 to 34 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Fewer jobs are based in Daniels Farm than ten years ago
Jobs counted in Daniels Farm fell from 2,661 in 2013 to 1,531 in 2023, −42%. That can be real closings or a large employer now reporting its workers at another address; the data can’t tell the two apart. The jobs ↓
Home offices are common in Daniels Farm
27% of Daniels Farm workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Daniels Farm makes and builds things
37% of the jobs based in Daniels Farm are in goods: factories, construction and farms. Across the jobs Daniels Farm residents hold, wherever they work, it’s 10%. The jobs ↓
Daniels Farm’s biggest commute is a long one
The top workplace outside Daniels Farm is Stamford, 22 miles away as the crow flies. 9% of working residents (239) make that trip; no town closer to home draws more of them. How far ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2023, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
The trip to work from Daniels Farm: about 43 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 13.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Daniels Farm workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 2,114 commuters (the 27% 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.
Factories, building and farms: 37% of the jobs in Daniels Farm
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Daniels Farm, 2013 → 2023: 2,661 → 1,531. 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 Daniels Farm’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How far it is to work from Daniels Farm
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.
The workday shuffle in and out of Daniels Farm
On a workday 2,625 residents head out to work, 64 work right here, and 1,467 people come in from elsewhere.
About 4,800 people are in Daniels Farm on a workday afternoon, 19% fewer than live here.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2023, primary jobs.
The places Daniels Farm commutes to
Where Daniels Farm clocks in
11% of workers
9% of workers
9% 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.
Daniels Farm and the towns next door
The biggest share goes to Shelton (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Daniels Farm workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Farm | – | — | — | 43 min | $189,091 |
| Trumbull Center | under 3% | — | — | 33 min | — |
| Shelton | 6% | A− | B− | 30 min | $108,185 |
| Long Hill | under 3% | — | — | 28 min | — |
| Monroe | under 3% | A | B+ | 34 min | $157,250 |
Same-state neighbors only. Trumbull Center and Long Hill: Census-designated places inside larger towns, graded as part of them. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Daniels Farm’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 Daniels Farm: questions
What is the median household income in Daniels Farm?
$189,091 (±$29,480) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Daniels Farm?
1.9%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Daniels Farm?
43 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 26% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Daniels Farm work?
2% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Trumbull (11%, 0 mi), Stamford (9%, 22 mi), Bridgeport (9%, 6 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Daniels Farm without a car?
10% of commuters take transit and 3% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Daniels Farm, from the people who make the trip.
More of Daniels Farm
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.