Photo: Jllm06 · CC BY-SA 4.0With 0.1 jobs for every working resident, most of Lordship works elsewhere
22% of workers work from home (Connecticut 16%). Employers in Lordship report 154 jobs, against 1,551 working residents. Only 1% work in Lordship itself; outside it, Stratford draws the most (14%, 4 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Getting to work from Lordship, in brief
The workday shuffle in and out of Lordship
On a workday 1,533 residents head out to work, 18 work right here, and 136 people come in from elsewhere.
About 2,300 people are in Lordship on a workday afternoon, 38% 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 Lordship commutes to
Where Lordship clocks in
14% 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.
The kinds of work in Lordship
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Lordship, 2013 → 2023: 135 → 154. 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 Lordship’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Getting to work from Lordship takes about 28 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.9 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Lordship workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 1,656 commuters (the 22% 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 it is to work from Lordship
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 Lordship: questions
What is the median household income in Lordship?
$84,606 (±$6,114) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Lordship?
8.6%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Lordship?
28 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 22% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Lordship work?
1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Stratford (14%, 4 mi), Bridgeport (12%, 5 mi), New York City (6%, 55 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Lordship without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 8% of households have no car. EPA has no transit data for this county.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from Lordship, from the people who make the trip.
More of Lordship
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.