TABLE T11


JOURNEY TO WORK FROM
RESIDENCE IN NEW MILFORD, CT

Statewide details for 2000

NEW MILFORD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

From New Milford To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
New Milford 5236 5660 4265 35.9 44.7 46.8
Danbury 3121 2626 1837 21.4 20.7 20.2
N.Y. State 1092 897 659 7.5 7.1 7.2
Brookfield 951 671 599 6.5 5.3 6.6
Ridgefield 472 141 149 3.2 1.1 1.6
Stamford 337 154 68 2.3 1.2 0.7
Bethel 291 302 154 2.0 2.4 1.7
Norwalk 283 204 143 1.9 1.6 1.6
Newtown 257 153 119 1.8 1.2 1.3
Washington 224 140 101 1.5 1.1 1.1
New Fairfield 171 92 0 1.2 0.7 N/A
Wilton 130 100 87 0.9 0.8 1.0
Bridgeport 127 23 13 0.9 0.2 0.1
From New Milford To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Southbury 124 225 66 0.8 1.8 0.7
Watertown 122 25 0 0.8 0.2 N/A
Litchfield 115 49 0 0.8 0.4 N/A
Greenwich 113 69 92 0.8 0.5 1.0
Kent 103 113 97 0.7 0.9 1.1
Torrington 102 61 0 0.7 0.5 N/A
Sherman 90 63 58 0.6 0.5 0.6
Waterbury 68 55 88 0.5 0.4 1.0
Fairfield 65 44 0 0.4 0.3 N/A
Westport 63 41 0 0.4 0.3 N/A
Stratford 48 29 0 0.3 0.2 N/A
New Canaan 44 29 19 0.3 0.2 0.2
New Haven 44 21 15 0.3 0.2 0.2
Roxbury 42 19 18 0.3 0.1 0.2
All Other 762 612 464 5.2 4.8 5.1
Total 14597 12668 9109 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


TO NEW YORK STATE
WORK SITE FROM NEW MILFORD, CT

From New Milford To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Westchester Co, NY 574 430 N/A 3.9 3.4 N/A
Putnam Co, NY 168 134 N/A 1.2 1.1 N/A
Manhattan Co, NY 164 104 72 1.1 0.8 0.8
Dutchess Co, NY 97 82 N/A 0.7 0.6 N/A
Other NY 89 147 N/A 0.6 1.2 N/A
Total 1092 897 659 7.5% 7.1% 7.2%


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

WHERE NEW MILFORD, CT'S EMPLOYED RESIDENTS GO TO WORK:
Stay To Work In New Milford Itself: Like most of its neighbors, the percentage of employed New Milford residents remaining in New Milford each day for their employment has been declining over the 1970-2000 period. Still, the percentages are relatively high, only exceeded by Danbury.

The figures were 59% for 1970, 47% for 1980, 45% for 1990 and down to 36% for 2000. These relatively high percentages are due to New Milford's economic role as a central place, second only to Danbury in the Region, and the large geographic size of the Town, meaning that more of what is acceptable to the average person as a normal length for a work trip stays within the municipal boundaries of New Milford more than in other towns, all of which are smaller.

Outflow From New Milford To Nearby Municipalities: Having the economic characteristics of a central place like Danbury, and having the Region's second largest municipal economy, it is not surprising that more 2000 work trips were made by Town residents to New Milford itself (5,236 or 36%) than to any other location.

The next highest location was to Danbury (3,121 or 21%), points in New York State (1,092) Brookfield (951), Ridgefield (472), Stamford (337) and Bethel (291). These seven locations alone represent 79% of New Milford's 2000 work trips.

As for change in patterns between 1980 and 2000, even though total daily work trips grew by 60%, patterns are similar as the percentage of all work trips made to the combination of New Milford and Danbury was 67% in 1980, 65% in 1990 and 58% in 2000.

As in most neighboring communities the 1970-2000 trend is for employed New Milford residents to be continually less dependent upon jobs within the Housatonic Valley Region for their livelihood (10,617 for 2000), with 84% working in the Region in 1970, falling to 80% in 1980, 77% in 1990 and then 72% in 2000.