Lakes West has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
Hardly any stay in Lakes West for work; outside it, Ridgefield is the main destination (21%, 1 miles). Lakes West has 40 jobs; 480 of its residents have a job. For 43% of workers, the job is at home, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Work in Lakes West: the figures worth knowing
Lakes West is a place people come home to
There are 40 jobs based in Lakes West, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Lakes West has about 960 people in it, 32% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
A lot of Lakes West works from home
43% of Lakes West workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. Time on the road ↓
Lakes West workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 36 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 276 hours of commuting, 69 more than the state’s typical worker. Time on the road ↓
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; with 480 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
Lakes West quiets down on a workday
On a workday 476 residents head out to work, 4 work right here, and 36 people come in from elsewhere.
About 960 people are in Lakes West on a workday afternoon, 32% 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.
A commute of about 36 minutes in Lakes West
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 11.6 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lakes West workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 430 commuters (the 43% 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.
Where people from Lakes West work
Where Lakes West clocks in
21% of workers
11% of workers
10% 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 Lakes West’s employers do
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakes West, 2013 → 2023: 76 → 40. 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 Lakes West’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Where in the region Lakes West works
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.
Next door to Lakes West
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Lakes West workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lakes West | – | — | — | 36 min | $220,313 |
| Ridgebury | under 3% | — | — | 38 min | — |
| Lakes East | under 3% | — | — | 31 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ridgebury and Lakes East: 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 Lakes West’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 Lakes West: questions
What is the median household income in Lakes West?
$220,313 (±$64,436) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lakes West?
1.2%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lakes West?
36 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 43% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lakes West work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Ridgefield (21%, 1 mi), Stamford (11%, 18 mi), Danbury (10%, 5 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakes West without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 0% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lakes West, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakes West
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.