Most of Dodgingtown commutes out: there are 0.5 jobs for every working resident
Dodgingtown has 74 jobs; 157 of its residents have a job. Hardly any stay in Dodgingtown for work; outside it, Danbury is the main destination (13%, 7 miles). Home is the office for 0% of workers, against 16% across Connecticut.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Who works in Dodgingtown, and who works elsewhere
On a workday 156 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 73 people come in from elsewhere.
About 200 people are in Dodgingtown on a workday afternoon, 29% 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.
Where Dodgingtown’s working residents head each day
Where Dodgingtown clocks in
13% of workers
12% of workers
6% 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.
In Dodgingtown, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Dodgingtown, 2013 → 2023: 82 → 74. 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 Dodgingtown’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Each way, about 34 minutes from Dodgingtown
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 10.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Dodgingtown workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 97 commuters (the 0% 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 Dodgingtown, 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.
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 Dodgingtown: questions
What is the median household income in Dodgingtown?
$134,091 (±$99,298) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Dodgingtown?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Dodgingtown?
34 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 0% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Dodgingtown work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danbury (13%, 7 mi), Newtown (12%, 3 mi), Stamford (6%, 23 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Dodgingtown without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 24% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Dodgingtown, from the people who make the trip.
More of Dodgingtown
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.