Northford Center · Photo: Jerry Dougherty · CC BY 2.5North Branford has higher household incomes than 82% of U.S. towns
About one in ten work in North Branford; the top destination outside it is New Haven (19%, 9 miles). 3.8% of residents live below the poverty line; Connecticut has 10.0%. For jobs and income North Branford is better than 80% of U.S. towns (A−); for walkability it is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (C).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2024, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
North Branford and work: the main findings
What drives the Jobs & income grade in North Branford
The poverty rate holds North Branford’s grade up; unemployment pulls it down (5.9%, U.S. 5.2%). It also does well on household income and job access by car.
A fairly firm grade. Within the Census margins of error for income, poverty and unemployment, North Branford could be anywhere from B to A+.
In North Branford, 37% of jobs are in factories, building or farming
4,390 jobs are based in North Branford.
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in North Branford, 2014 → 2024: 4,155 → 4,390. 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 North Branford’s own residents hold wherever they work.
North Branford quiets down on a workday
On a workday 6,191 residents head out to work, 657 work right here, and 3,733 people come in from elsewhere.
About 11,000 people are in North Branford on a workday afternoon, 18% fewer than live here.
0.64 jobs for every working resident, so most people commute 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.
Where the trip to work from North Branford ends
Where North Branford clocks in
19% of workers
6% 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.
About 26 minutes each way for North Branford’s commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 8.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of North Branford workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 5,841 commuters (the 12% 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 North Branford works
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.
Few in North Branford walk, bike or ride to work
The street layout scores higher than the way people actually get to work: 0.5% of commuters walk, bike or take transit, below the 7.1% across Connecticut.
A firm grade. EPA’s index has no published margin of error; the commuting share comes from a Census survey of 6,666 workers.
How TownRatings grades walkability →
Transit service (shown, not graded). 7% of residents live within a ¾-mile walk of a bus or train stop, 7% within a quarter mile. At the weekday evening rush, about 0.4 trips an hour stop near the typical resident, more than in 48% of the 9,825 U.S. towns with transit data.
Transit at the evening rush trips an hour stopping within ¼ mile of the typical resident, EPA 2020
Households without a car (shown, not graded). 4.6% of North Branford households have no vehicle (Connecticut 8.8%, U.S. 8.4%). 0% of North Branford’s commuters take a bus or train.
797th of 2,526: where North Branford ranks among U.S. towns of 9,000 to 18,000
| # | Town | People | Household income | Poverty | Unemployment | Work in town | Grade |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Des Peres MO | 9,102 | $224K | 2.0% | 0.5% | 5% | A+ |
| 2 | Beverly Hills MI | 10,449 | $177K | 1.7% | 1.6% | 3% | A+ |
| 3 | New Albany OH | 11,803 | $238K | 1.4% | 0.9% | 10% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 147 | Ellington CT | 16,594 | $130K | 2.4% | 2.7% | 11% | A+ |
| 148 | Tolland CT | 14,752 | $133K | 5.3% | 1.2% | 6% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 162 | Colchester CT | 15,825 | $122K | 3.9% | 1.7% | 16% | A+ |
| … | |||||||
| 795 | Bogota NJ | 9,816 | $103K | 4.6% | 7.1% | 3% | A− |
| 796 | Oakland TN | 10,835 | $98K | 5.8% | 3.3% | 4% | A− |
| 797 | North Branford CT | 13,551 | $108K | 3.8% | 5.9% | 10% | A− |
| 798 | Lisbon ME | 9,919 | $78K | 5.3% | 1.8% | 11% | A− |
| 799 | Center Township PA | 11,998 | $89K | 3.7% | 4.4% | 9% | A− |
| … | |||||||
| 2,526 | Douglas AZ | 16,038 | $42K | 27.8% | 12.3% | 28% | D− |
Census ACS 2020–24 (income, poverty, unemployment), Census LEHD (work in town), TownRatings Jobs & income grades. Each town links to its Work & commute page.
Ranked on the Jobs & income grade: the towns either side of North Branford, the top three, the last and three more from Connecticut.
The towns next door employ 23% of North Branford
The biggest share goes to Branford (6%).
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | North Branford workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Branford | – | A− | C | 26 min | $108,032 |
| Guilford | 4% | A | B | 26 min | $137,816 |
| Wallingford | 5% | A | B+ | 24 min | $104,773 |
| Branford | 6% | A− | A− | 24 min | $105,225 |
| North Haven | 6% | A+ | A− | 22 min | $132,689 |
| East Haven | 2% | B+ | A | 24 min | $94,628 |
| Durham | under 3% | A | C− | 23 min | $158,857 |
Same-state neighbors only. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of North Branford’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 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 North Branford: questions
What is the median household income in North Branford?
$108,032 (±$12,696) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in North Branford?
3.8%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from North Branford?
26 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 12% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in North Branford work?
10% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are New Haven (19%, 9 mi), Branford (6%, 7 mi), North Haven (6%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2024).
Is North Branford walkable?
North Branford is more walkable than 27% of U.S. towns (Walkability C): an EPA walkability index of 6.7 out of 20, and <1% of commuters walk, bike or take transit.
Can you get around North Branford without a car?
0% of commuters take transit and 5% of households have no car. 7% of residents live within a quarter mile of a stop.
Commuter talk
Getting to work from North Branford, from the people who make the trip.
More of North Branford
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. Walkability index, job access and transit service: U.S. EPA Smart Location Database. The two grades are our own summaries of these figures, not official ratings.