With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lakeside Woods works elsewhere
11 jobs are based in Lakeside Woods, and 103 of its residents work somewhere. Hardly any stay in Lakeside Woods for work; outside it, Sherman is the main destination (12%, 2 miles). 34% 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
Lakeside Woods on a workday afternoon
On a workday 103 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 11 people come in from elsewhere.
About 270 people are in Lakeside Woods 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 2023, primary jobs.
The places Lakeside Woods commutes to
Where Lakeside Woods clocks in
12% of workers
10% of workers
8% 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 Lakeside Woods, services account for most jobs
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lakeside Woods, 2013 → 2023: 38 → 11. 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 Lakeside Woods’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Working from home in Lakeside Woods
of Lakeside Woods workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 165 commuters (the 34% 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 in the region Lakeside Woods 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.
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 Lakeside Woods: questions
What is the poverty rate in Lakeside Woods?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
Where do people who live in Lakeside Woods work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Sherman (12%, 2 mi), Danbury (10%, 11 mi), New Milford (8%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lakeside Woods without a car?
6% 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 Lakeside Woods, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lakeside Woods
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.