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:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% 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:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% 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:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% 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).

 
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