TABLE T13


JOURNEY TO WORK
FROM RESIDENCE IN NEWTOWN, CT

Statewide details for 2000

NEWTOWN STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

From Newtown To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Newtown 2998 3039 3368   24.4 29.0 38.1
Danbury 1606 2070 1795   13.1 19.7 20.3
N.Y. State 966 611 395   7.9 5.8 4.5
Norwalk 463 397 184   3.8 3.8 2.1
Bridgeport 450 465 508   3.7 4.4 5.7
Stamford 449 344 290   3.7 3.3 3.3
Bethel 361 322 194   2.9 3.1 2.2
Trumbull 324 179 155   2.6 1.7 1.8
Brookfield 323 229 107   2.6 2.2 1.2
Fairfield 319 233 107   2.6 2.2 1.2
Ridgefield 314 186 101   2.6 1.8 1.1
Monroe 302 233 86   2.5 2.2 1.0
From Newtown To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Shelton 302 16 23   2.5 0.2 0.3
Stratford 256 262 130   2.1 2.5 1.5
Westport 243 197 94   2.0 1.9 1.1
Greenwich 229 136 196   1.9 1.3 2.2
Southbury 206 101 100   1.7 1.0 1.1
Wilton 199 161 75   1.6 1.5 0.8
Milford 154 53 67   1.3 0.5 0.8
New Milford 151 163 60   1.2 1.6 0.7
Redding 120 36 72   1.0 0.3 0.8
Darien 116 36 29   0.9 0.3 0.3
New Haven 97 15 7   0.8 0.1 0.1
Waterbury 93 86 39   0.8 0.8 0.4
New Fairfield 79 44 32   0.6 0.4 0.4
All Other 1148 724 649   9.4 6.9 7.3
Total 12268 10492 8840   100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


TO N.Y. STATE WORK SITE
FROM NEWTOWN, CT

From Newtown To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Westchester Co., NY 474 300 N/A   3.9 2.9% N/A
Manhattan Co., NY 203 108 64   1.7 1.0% 0.7%
Putnam Co., NY 81 37 N/A   0.7 0.4% N/A
Queens Co., NY 33 44 N/A   0.3 0.4% N/A
Other NY 175 122 N/A   1.4 1.2% N/A
Total 966 611 395   7.9% 5.8% 4.5%


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

WHERE NEWTOWN, CT'S EMPLOYED RESIDENTS GO TO WORK:
Stay To Work In Newtown Itself: The percentage of employed local residents remaining in Newtown for work each day fell from 39% in 1970 to 38% in 1980, 29% in 1990 and then 24% in 2000.

Outflow From Newtown To Nearby Municipalities: Newtown has the Region's third largest economy. Also having one of the largest geographic areas in the state, what is acceptable to the average person as a normal length for a trip to work stays within the Town lines of Newtown more than in other towns. Thus it is not surprising that more 2000 work trips were made by the Town's employed residents to job sites in Newtown itself (2,998 or 24%) than to any other single location.

The next most important destinations are Danbury as the regional hub (1,606 or 13%), points in New York State (966), the cities of Norwalk (463), Bridgeport (450) and Stamford (449), and then the towns of Bethel (361), Trumbull (324), and Brookfield (323). These eight destinations, in combination with Newtown itself, account for 65% of 2000 work trips by employed Newtown residents.

As for changes between 1990 and 2000, Newtown residents were less dependent upon their own community for job locations (29% down to 24%), less dependent upon Danbury and more dependent upon other more distant locations.

As in most neighboring communities the 1970-2000 trend is for employed Newtown residents to be less dependent upon jobs within the Housatonic Valley Region for their livelihood, with 63% working in the Region in 1970, 65% in 1980, falling to 58% in 1990 and then 49% in 2000 (5,965).