TABLE T10

JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN NEW FAIRFIELD, CT

Statewide details for 2000

NEW FAIRFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

 

To New Fairfield Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
New Fairfield 1288 1115 527 41.0 65.4 56.4
Danbury 521 190 262 16.6 11.2 28.1
N.Y. State 212 49 6 6.7 2.9 0.6
New Milford 171 92 0 5.4 5.4 N/A
Bethel 88 20 0 2.8 1.2 N/A
Sherman 88 18 40 2.8 1.1 4.3
Newtown 79 44 32 2.5 2.6 3.4
Brookfield 72 42 28 2.3 2.5 3.0
Bridgeport 71 9 26 2.3 0.5 2.8
To New Fairfield Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Stamford 65 0 0 2.1 N/A N/A
Shelton 36 0 0 1.1 0.0 N/A
Waterbury 32 42 0 1.0 2.5 N/A
Stratford 31 0 0 1.0 0.9 N/A
Norwalk 24 5 13 0.8 0.3 1.4
Monroe 23 20 0 0.7 1.2 N/A
Woodbury 22 0 0 0.7 N/A N/A
All Other 322 58 0 10.2 3.4 N/A
Total 3145 1704 934 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN NEW FAIRFIELD, CT

To New Fairfield Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT 2331 1533 889 74.1 90.0 95.2
N.Y. State 212 49 6 6.7 2.9 0.6
Gr. Bridgeport, CT 136 29 26 4.3 1.7 2.8
Southwestern, CT 124 13 13 3.9 0.8 1.4
Gr. Waterbury, CT 89 57 0 2.8 3.3 N/A
Other 253 23 0 8.0 1.3 N/A
Total 3145 1704 934 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

Source: Census Bureau. Work at home included in data.

WHERE WORK SITES IN NEW FAIRFIELD, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within New Fairfield itself: As most of the other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in New Fairfield rely upon the working residents of New Fairfield to serve as their labor pool has fallen between 1970 and 2000, even though the absolute number of residents staying in town to work has increased.

The statistical chance of a New Fairfield resident filling any particular job opening in New Fairfield was 70% in 1970, falling to 56% in 1980, back up to 65% in 1990, and then down to 41% in 2000.

Workers Into New Fairfield From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in New Fairfield were as follows: from New Fairfield itself (1,288 or 41%), from nearby Danbury (521 or 17%), New York State (212), New Milford (171), Bethel (88), Sherman (88) and Newtown (79). Workers from just these seven locations filled 78% of all of the jobs in New Fairfield in 2000.

Between 1980 and 2000 the local New Fairfield economy became less dependent upon Town residents to fill jobs. At the same time the local economy became more dependent upon labor supply from Danbury and New York State.