TABLE T17


JOURNEY TO WORK
FROM RESIDENCE IN RIDGEFIELD, CT

Statewide details for 2000

rIDGEFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

 

From Ridgefield To
Work Site In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Ridgefield   3151 3375 3117   29.5 29.5 31.6
N.Y. State   2343 2210 1943   21.9 19.3 19.7
Stamford   1246 1181 1114   11.6 10.3 11.3
Danbury   752 1450 863   7.0 12.7 8.7
Norwalk   522 589 495   4.9 5.2 5.0
Wilton   442 629 562   4.1 5.5 5.7
Greenwich   418 262 574   3.9 2.3 5.8
Westport   228 197 206   2.1 1.7 2.1
Fairfield   165 96 48   1.5 0.8 0.5
New Canaan   134 204 236   1.3 1.8 2.4
Bridgeport   128 80 37   1.2 0.7 0.4
Darien   100 68 99   0.9 0.6 1.0
Redding   90 10 55   0.8 0.1 0.6
From Ridgefield To
Work Site In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Bethel   79 121 80   0.7 1.1 0.8
Weston   74 69 0   0.7 0.6 N/A
Shelton   74 32 0   0.7 0.3 N/A
Southbury   67 73 0   0.6 0.6 N/A
Brookfield   64 84 33   0.6 0.7 0.3
Waterbury   51 32 13   0.5 0.3 0.1
Newtown   38 28 47   0.4 0.2 0.5
Trumbull   26 33 45   0.2 0.3 0.5
New Haven   26 25 20   0.2 0.2 0.2
Stratford   25 15 16   0.2 0.1 0.2
Monroe   21 0 0   0.2 N/A N/A
All Other   435 357 303   4.1 3.1 3.1
Total   10699 11434 9877   100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


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

From Ridgefield To
Work Site In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Westchester Co., NY   1445 1252 N/A   13.5 10.9 N/A
Manhattan Co., NY   573 643 465   5.4 5.6 4.7
Bronx Co., NY   73 42 N/A   0.7 0.4 N/A
Queens Co., NY   63 99 N/A   0.6 0.9 N/A
Dutchess Co., NY   39 53 N/A   0.4 0.5 N/A
Nassau Co., NY   28 41 N/A   0.3 0.4 N/A
Other NY   122 80 N/A   1.1 0.7 N/A
Total   2343 2210 1943   21.9% 19.3% 19.7%

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

WHERE RIDGEFIELD, CT'S EMPLOYED RESIDENTS GO TO WORK:
Stay To Work In Ridgefield Itself: The percentage of employed residents that remain in Ridgefield each day for work has remained relatively stable in recent decades, 40% in 1970 falling to 32% in 1980, down to 30% in 1990 and stable at 30% for 2000.

Outflow From Ridgefield To Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 more work trips by Ridgefield residents were made to in-Town work sites (3,151 or 30%) than to any other single location. The next highest total was to points in nearby New York State (2,343 or 22%, of which 573 were to Manhattan and 1,445 were to adjacent Westchester County), followed by trips to Stamford to the south (1,246) and then adjacent Danbury to the north as the regional hub (752). Other important work site destinations, all to the south, include Norwalk (522), Wilton (442), Greenwich (418), Westport (228) and Fairfield (165). These locations combined were the destination for 87% of Ridgefielders' 2000 work trips.

As for change in the work trip distribution pattern between 1990 and 2000, Ridgefield was less dependent upon Danbury for jobs. As in most neighboring communities, the 1970-2000 trend is for employed Ridgefield residents to be less dependent upon jobs within the Housatonic Valley Region for their livelihood, with 48% working in the Region in 1970, 43% in 1980, up to 46% for 1990 and then down to 39% in 2000 (10,699).

 
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