Taylor Corners has fewer jobs than working residents: 0.1 for each
31 jobs are based in Taylor Corners, against 300 working residents. The trip to work takes 48 minutes on average, next to 27 for Connecticut and 26 for the U.S. Poverty touches 1.9% of residents, next to 10.0% for Connecticut as a whole.
Census ACS 2020–24, Census LEHD 2023, EPA Smart Location Database. How the two grades are made
Taylor Corners at work: what stands out
Taylor Corners workers spend longer getting to work
The average trip takes 48 minutes each way, against 27 across Connecticut. Over a year that’s about 368 hours of commuting, 161 more than the state’s typical worker. Every town next door averages less (30 to 39 minutes). Time on the road ↓
Taylor Corners is a place people come home to
There are 31 jobs based in Taylor Corners, about one for every ten working residents, so almost everyone works somewhere else. On a workday Taylor Corners has about 210 people in it, 56% fewer than live here. Day and night ↓
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 300 working residents, small shifts move the shares.
About 48 minutes each way for Taylor Corners’ commuters
Round trip, about 230 workdays a year: roughly 15.3 full days in the car, bus or train.
Average commute minutes, one way
of Taylor Corners workers work from home, vs 16% across Connecticut. Their commute is the hallway.
Share of the 224 commuters (the 21% 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.
In and out of Taylor Corners on a workday
On a workday 299 residents head out to work, 1 work right here, and 30 people come in from elsewhere.
About 210 people are in Taylor Corners 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.
21% of working residents work in Danbury
Where Taylor Corners clocks in
21% of workers
9% of workers
4% 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.
71% of the jobs in Taylor Corners pay over $3,333 a month
What kind of work
What it pays
Who does it
Jobs based in Taylor Corners, 2013 → 2023: 28 → 31. 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 Taylor Corners’s own residents hold wherever they work.
Short hops and long hauls from Taylor Corners
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.
The towns next door employ 21% of Taylor Corners
Average commute minutes, one way
Jobs & commute next door
| Town | Taylor Corners workers there | Jobs & income | Walkability | Commute | Household income |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Taylor Corners | – | — | — | 48 min | $140,726 |
| Danbury | 21% | B− | A− | 30 min | $83,393 |
| Ball Pond | under 2% | — | — | 39 min | — |
Same-state neighbors only. Ball Pond: a Census-designated place inside a larger town, graded as part of it. Commute: average minutes each way, Census ACS 2020–24.
The biggest share goes to Danbury. Darker towns draw more of Taylor Corners’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 Taylor Corners: questions
What is the median household income in Taylor Corners?
$140,726 (±$30,597) (Census ACS 2020–24), against $95,781 across Connecticut and $80,734 nationally.
What is the poverty rate in Taylor Corners?
1.9%, against 10.0% across Connecticut and 12.5% nationally (Census ACS 2020–24).
How long is the commute from Taylor Corners?
48 minutes each way on average, against 27 across Connecticut and 26 nationally. 21% of workers work from home.
Where do people who live in Taylor Corners work?
<1% work in town. The top destinations elsewhere are Danbury (21%, 4 mi), New Fairfield (9%, 3 mi), Stamford (4%, 25 mi) (Census LEHD 2023).
Can you get around Taylor Corners without a car?
16% 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 Taylor Corners, from the people who make the trip.
More of Taylor Corners
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.