Most of Sail Harbor commutes out: there are 0.1 jobs for every working resident
Home is the office for 24% of workers, next to 16% for Connecticut as a whole. 5 jobs are based in Sail Harbor, against 72 working residents. Hardly any stay in Sail Harbor for work; outside it, Danbury is the main destination (21%, 9 miles).
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
The daily flow of workers through Sail Harbor
On a workday 72 residents head out to work, none work right here, and 5 people come in from elsewhere.
About 53 people are in Sail Harbor on a workday afternoon, 56% 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.
Where Sail Harbor’s working residents head each day
Where Sail Harbor clocks in
21% of workers
7% 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.
Services make up most of the work in Sail Harbor
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Sail Harbor, 2013 → 2023: 5 → 5. 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 Sail Harbor’s own residents hold wherever they work.
How long Sail Harbor spends getting to work: about 52 minutes
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 16.7 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Sail Harbor workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 28 commuters (the 24% 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.
Miles to work from Sail Harbor
About 19% show a job over 50 miles away. Some of that is real, and some is employers that report every worker at a head office, so a few long commutes are on paper only.
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.
How Sail Harbor compares with the towns next door
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Sail Harbor workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sail Harbor | – | — | — | 52 min | $247,344 |
| Inglenook | under 3% | — | — | 37 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Inglenook: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
Darker towns draw more of Sail Harbor’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 Sail Harbor: questions
What is the median household income in Sail Harbor?
$247,344 (±$80,449) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Sail Harbor?
0.0%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Sail Harbor?
52 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 24% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Sail Harbor work?
0% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danbury (21%, 9 mi), New York City (7%, 64 mi), Sherman (7%, 4 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Sail Harbor without a car?
46% 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 Sail Harbor, from the people who make the trip.
More of Sail Harbor
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.