Madison Center draws 1,679 commuters a day, with 2.1 jobs for every working resident
Only 7% work in Madison Center itself; outside it, New Haven draws the most (16%, 17 miles). There are 1,734 jobs in Madison Center; 830 of its residents have a job. 27% 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
Getting to work from Madison Center, in brief
Madison Center is where the jobs are
Madison Center has 1,734 jobs, 2.1 for every working resident. On a workday afternoon about 2,900 people are in town, 46% more than the 2,000 who live here. Day and night ↓
Madison Center’s workforce skews older
40% of Madison Center’s working residents are 55 or older. That’s about two in five. The jobs ↓
A lot of Madison Center works from home
27% of Madison Center workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut. 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 830 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
In and out of Madison Center on a workday
On a workday 775 residents head out to work and 55 work right here.
About 2,900 people are in Madison Center on a workday afternoon, 46% more 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 kinds of work in Madison Center
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Madison Center, 2013 → 2023: 1,466 → 1,734. 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 Madison Center’s own residents hold wherever they work.
The trip to work from Madison Center: 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 Madison Center workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 740 commuters (the 27% 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.
Commuting in to Madison Center: where workers come from
Where Madison Center clocks in
16% of workers
15% of workers
7% 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.
Near or far: the trip to work from Madison Center
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 Madison Center: questions
What is the median household income in Madison Center?
$178,194 (±$59,201) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Madison Center?
8.1%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Madison Center?
25 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 27% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Madison Center work?
7% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Haven (16%, 17 mi), Madison (15%, 5 mi), Guilford (7%, 7 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Madison Center without a car?
5% 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 Madison Center, from the people who make the trip.
More of Madison Center
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.