TABLE T18

JOURNEY TO WORK
SITE IN RIDGEFIELD, CT

Statewide details for 2000

rIDGEFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Ridgefield Work From Residence In:	2010 Trips	2000 Trips	1990 Trips	1980 Trips		2010 % Trips	2000 % Trips	1990 % Trips	1980 % Trips
Ridgefield		3151	3375	3117			28.3	46.8	51.9
Danbury		2182	1205	903			19.6	16.7	15.0
N.Y. State		994	400	330			8.9	5.5	5.5
Bethel		476	336	185			4.3	4.7	3.1
New Milford		472	141	149			4.2	2.0	2.5
Brookfield		370	259	86			3.3	3.6	1.4
Stamford		321	66	79			2.9	0.9	1.3
Newtown		314	186	101			2.8	2.6	1.7
Norwalk		282	126	161			2.5	1.7	2.7
New Fairfield		231	207	89			2.1	2.9	1.5
Southbury		201	29	44			1.8	0.4	0.7
Bridgeport		188	39	38			1.7	0.5	0.6
Redding		180	246	170			1.6	3.4	2.8
To Ridgefield Work From Residence In:	2010 Trips	2000 Trips	1990 Trips	1980 Trips		2010 % Trips	2000 % Trips	1990 % Trips	1980 % Trips
Fairfield		176	44	23			1.6	0.6	0.4
Wilton		153	148	157			1.4	2.1	2.6
Woodbury		138	27	0			1.2	0.4	N/A
Waterbury		104	72	25			0.9	1.0	0.4
Shelton		84	0	19			0.8	N/A	0.3
Stratford		82	0	6			0.7	N/A	0.1
Milford		77	12	0			0.7	0.2	N/A
New Canaan		60	21	0			0.5	0.3	N/A
Greenwich		54	23	34			0.5	0.3	0.6
Trumbull		50	7	20			0.4	0.1	0.3
Westport		49	18	12			0.4	0.2	0.2
Watertown		46	0	0			0.4	N/A	N/A
All Other		697	224	253			6.3	3.1	4.2
Total		11132	7211	6001			100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN RIDGEFIELD, CT

To Ridgefield Work From Residence In:	2010 Trips	2000 Trips	1990 Trips	1980 Trips		2010 % Trips	2000 % Trips	1990 % Trips	1980 % Trips
Housatonic, CT		7427	5980	4825			66.7	82.9	80.4
N.Y. State		994	400	330			8.9	5.5	5.5
Southwestern, CT		958	416	495			8.6	5.8	8.2
Gr. Waterbury, CT		677	186	161			6.1	2.6	2.7
Gr. Bridgeport, CT		540	117	87			4.9	1.6	1.4
Other		536	112	103			4.8	1.6	1.7
Total		11132	7211	6001			100.0%	100.0%	100.0%

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

WHERE WORK SITES IN RIDGEFIELD, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Ridgefield Itself: As in most other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in Ridgefield rely upon the working residents of Ridgefield to serve as their labor pool has been steadily falling between 1970 and 2000. The statistical chances of a Ridgefield resident filling any particular job opening in Ridgefield were 59% in 1970, 52% in 1980, 47% in 1990 and a big drop to 28% in 2000.

Workers Into Ridgefield From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Ridgefield were as follows: from Ridgefield itself (3,151 or 28%), from Danbury to the north (2,182 or 20%), adjacent New York State (994), Bethel (476), New Milford (472), Brookfield (370), Stamford (321), Newtown (314), Norwalk (282), New Fairfield (231) and Southbury (201). Workers from just these eleven locations filled 81% of all of the jobs in Ridgefield in 2000.

Between 1990 and 2000 the local Ridgefield economy became significantly less dependent upon Ridgefield residents to fill jobs. At the same time the local economy became more dependent upon labor supply from Danbury, New York State and other locations.