TABLE T14


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN NEWTOWN, CT


Statewide details for 2000

NEWTOWN STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Newtown Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
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:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
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:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
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.