TABLE T14


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN NEWTOWN, CT


Statewide details for 2000

NEWTOWN STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Newtown Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Newtown   2998 3039 3368     35.0 43.7 48.2
Danbury   861 457 910     10.1 6.6 13.0
Bridgeport   385 238 181     4.5 3.4 2.6
Southbury   364 476 216     4.2 6.8 3.1
Waterbury   285 415 63     3.3 6.0 0.9
New Milford   257 153 119     3.0 2.2 1.7
Bethel   233 167 273     2.7 2.4 3.9
Naugatuck   223 160 144     2.6 2.3 2.1
New York State   210 63 53     2.5 0.9 0.8
Monroe   200 214 120     2.3 3.1 1.7
Brookfield   187 107 200     2.2 1.5 2.9
To Newtown Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Stratford   165 52 116     1.9 0.7 1.7
Shelton   149 71 128     1.7 1.0 1.8
Trumbull   129 109 113     1.5 1.6 1.6
New Fairfield   126 126 39     1.5 1.8 0.6
Stamford   126 0 53     1.5 N/A 0.8
Milford   114 35 25     1.3 0.5 0.4
Woodbury   102 80 89     1.2 1.1 1.3
West Haven   101 18 0     1.2 0.3 N/A
Bristol   84 0 0     1.0 N/A N/A
Oxford   84 107 31     1.0 1.5 0.4
Norwalk   73 16 49     0.9 0.2 0.7
Watertown   70 102 31     0.8 1.5 0.4
Middlebury   69 41 9     0.8 0.6 0.1
Fairfield   59 68 105     0.7 1.0 1.5
All Other   913 647 551     10.7 9.3 7.9
Total   8567 6961 6986     100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN NEWTOWN, CT

To Newtown Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT   4771 4160 4971     55.7 59.8 71.2
Gr. Waterbury, CT   1327 1492 705     15.5 21.4 10.1
Gr. Bridgeport, CT   943 688 651     11.0 9.9 9.3
Southwestern, CT   306 59 273     3.6 0.8 3.9
N.Y. State   210 63 53     2.5 0.9 0.8
Other   1010 499 333     11.8 7.2 4.8
Total   8567 6961 6986     100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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

WHERE WORK SITES IN NEWTOWN, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Newtown Itself: As in most of the ten other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in Newtown rely upon the working residents of Newtown to serve as their labor pool has been steadily falling between 1970 and 2000. The statistical chances of a Newtown resident filling any particular job opening in Newtown were 53% in 1970, 48% in 1980, 44% in 1990 and down to 35% in 2000.

Workers Into Newtown From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Newtown were as follows: from Newtown itself (2,998 or 35%), from Danbury (861 or 10.1%), Bridgeport (385), Southbury (364), Waterbury (285), New Milford (257), Bethel (233), Naugatuck (223), and New York State (210). Workers from just these nine locations filled 68% of all of the jobs in Newtown in 2000.

Between 1980 and 2000 the local Newtown 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.

 
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