Photo: John Phelan · CC BY-SA 3.0Most of East Brooklyn commutes out: there are 0.4 jobs for every working resident
Employers in East Brooklyn report 472 jobs, and 1,064 of its residents work somewhere. The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Connecticut has 27 and the U.S. 26. 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
What the numbers say about work in East Brooklyn
The better-paid jobs are outside East Brooklyn
68% of East Brooklyn residents earn over $3,333 a month (about $40,000 a year) at their main job, but only 31% of the jobs based in East Brooklyn pay that much. Most residents work elsewhere: 97% leave town for their job. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
61% of the jobs in East Brooklyn are in trade, transport and utilities, against 18% of the jobs its residents hold. The jobs ↓
East Brooklyn and Killingly trade workers both ways
Killingly is the top workplace for East Brooklyn residents (17%) and also where the most people who work in East Brooklyn come from (11% of its jobs). The commute map ↓
Few East Brooklyn workers work from home
Only 2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Almost everyone here travels to a job. Time on the road ↓
Young people hold many of the jobs here
34% of the jobs based in East Brooklyn are held by workers 29 or younger, against 21% of East Brooklyn’s own working residents. The jobs ↓
Written from the Census figures on this page. Commute flows, distances and jobs are Census LEHD 2024, primary jobs only (the self-employed aren’t counted); commute time and working from home are from the Census American Community Survey.
Jobs in East Brooklyn: what the 472 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in East Brooklyn, 2014 → 2024: 431 → 472. 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 2024.
Here is what they are, next to the jobs East Brooklyn’s own residents hold wherever they work.
17% of working residents work in Killingly
Where East Brooklyn clocks in
17% 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.
From East Brooklyn, about 25 minutes to the job
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of East Brooklyn workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 980 commuters (the 2% 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 daily commute in and out of East Brooklyn
On a workday 1,027 residents head out to work, 37 work right here, and 435 people come in from elsewhere.
About 1,800 people are in East Brooklyn on a workday afternoon, 25% 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 2024, primary jobs.
How far it is to work from East Brooklyn
Straight-line distance from each worker’s home block to their main job’s block. LEHD 2024.
Every working resident’s trip, home to work, as the crow flies. Roads add to it, so real drives run longer.
East Brooklyn and its neighbors: 17% work next door
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | East Brooklyn workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Brooklyn | – | — | — | 25 min | $73,698 |
| Killingly | 17% | C | C | 28 min | $84,350 |
| Danielson | under 2% | D | B | 28 min | $64,050 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Killingly. Darker towns draw more of East Brooklyn’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 2024, 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 East Brooklyn: questions
What is the median household income in East Brooklyn?
$73,698 (±$29,005) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in East Brooklyn?
3.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from East Brooklyn?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 2% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in East Brooklyn work?
3% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Killingly (17%, 4 mi), Brooklyn (9%, 3 mi), Putnam (9%, 8 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around East Brooklyn without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 4% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from East Brooklyn, from the people who make the trip.
More of East Brooklyn
Flows, distances and jobs: U.S. Census Bureau, LEHD Origin-Destination Employment Statistics (LODES 8), 2024, 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.