Photo: Magicpiano · CC BY-SA 4.0There are 3.4 jobs in Guilford Center for every working resident, and 3,490 people commute in
The trip to work takes 25 minutes on average, where Connecticut has 27 and the U.S. 26. 3,614 jobs are based in Guilford Center, and 1,067 of its residents work somewhere. About one in ten work in Guilford Center itself; outside it, Guilford draws the most (18%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The commute and the jobs: Guilford Center in brief
Guilford Center fills up on a workday
Guilford Center has 3,614 jobs, 3.4 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 4,800 people are in town, more than double the 2,300 who live here. Day and night ↓
Guilford Center’s workforce skews older
39% of Guilford Center’s working residents are 55 or older. The jobs ↓
Stores, warehouses and trucking
40% of the jobs in Guilford Center are in trade, transport and utilities, against 17% of the jobs its residents hold. 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.
The daily commute in and out of Guilford Center
On a workday 943 residents head out to work and 124 work right here.
About 4,800 people are in Guilford Center on a workday afternoon, 113% more than live here.
3.4 jobs for every working resident, so more people commute in than out.
Workday population = residents − those who work elsewhere + those who come in (the Census “commuter-adjusted” method). Residents: Census survey; commuters: LEHD 2024, primary jobs.
Jobs in Guilford Center: what the 3,614 are
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Guilford Center, 2014 → 2024: 3,437 → 3,614. 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 Guilford Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The towns that send workers to Guilford Center
Where Guilford Center clocks in
18% of workers
16% of workers
5% 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.
How long Guilford Center spends getting to work: about 25 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.1 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Guilford Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 988 commuters (the 14% 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.
How far Guilford Center’s workers travel
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.
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 Guilford Center: questions
What is the median household income in Guilford Center?
$82,273 (±$18,673) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Guilford Center?
6.5%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Guilford Center?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 14% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Guilford Center work?
12% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Guilford (18%, 4 mi), New Haven (16%, 13 mi), Madison (5%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Can you get around Guilford Center without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 6% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Guilford Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Guilford Center
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.