TABLE T19


JOURNEY TO WORK
FROM RESIDENCE IN SHERMAN, CT

Statewide details for 2000

SHERMAN STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

From Sherman To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
N.Y. State 516 472 251 27.2 30.9 25.6
Sherman 372 249 171 19.6 16.3 17.4
Danbury 267 280 184 14.1 18.3 18.7
New Milford 165 179 119 8.7 11.7 12.1
New Fairfield 88 18 40 4.6 1.2 4.1
Brookfield 82 63 62 4.3 4.1 6.3
Bethel 42 31 24 2.2 2.0 2.4
Ridgefield 37 18 12 2.0 1.2 1.2
Stamford 33 6 4 1.7 0.4 0.4
From Sherman To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Greenwich 21 22 0 1.1 1.4 N/A
Norwalk 17 9 18 0.9 0.6 1.8
Fairfield 17 0 12 0.9 N/A 1.2
Monroe 17 0 0 0.9 N/A N/A
Trumbull 14 0 0 0.7 N/A N/A
Kent 14 40 22 0.7 2.6 2.2
All Other 194 139 63 10.2 9.1 6.4

Total

 1896

1526

982

 100.0%

100.0%

100.0%



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

From Sherman To
Work Site In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Westchester Co., NY 185 122 N/A 9.8 8.0 N/A
Manhattan Co., NY 154 175 77 8.1 11.5 7.8
Putnam Co., NY 62 48 N/A 3.3 3.1 N/A
Dutchess Co., NY 44 31 N/A 2.3 2.0 N/A
Queens Co., NY 36 44 2 1.9 2.9 0.2
Bronx Co., NY 4 14 4 0.2 0.9 0.4
Other NY 31 38 168 1.6 2.5 17.1
Total 516 472 251 27.2% 30.9% 25.6%


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

WHERE SHERMAN, CT'S EMPLOYED RESIDENTS GO TO WORK:
Stay To Work In Sherman Itself: Sherman is the remotest Town in the Region, far from transportation routes and with minimal job inducing zoning. It is thus not surprising that the percentage of employed residents that remain in Sherman each day is very low. The figure was just under 17% for 1970, just above 17% for 1980, and back down to 16% for 1990 and 20% for 2000.

Outflow From Sherman To Nearby Municipalities: The largest single destination for employed residents in 2000 was out of the Region to New York State (516 or 27%, of which 154 were to Manhattan and 185 were to Westchester County).

Sherman itself was next highest (372 or 20%), followed by Danbury (267), New Milford (165), New Fairfield (88) and Brookfield (82). These destinations alone account for 79% of total 2000 work trips made by employed Sherman residents.

As for changes in the distribution of work trips between 1990 and 2000, the orientation of employed residents to New York State for jobs decreased slightly from 31% to 27%. Danbury and New Milford also fell, while Sherman's percentage rose. Sherman residents are remaining dependent upon jobs within the Housatonic Valley Region for their livelihood, with 59% working in the Region in 1970, then 63% in 1980, falling to 57% in 1990 and then 56% (1,066) for 2000.