TABLE T18

JOURNEY TO WORK
SITE IN RIDGEFIELD, CT

Statewide details for 2000

rIDGEFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

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