TABLE T2


JOURNEY TO WORK
SITE IN BETHEL, CT

Statewide details for 2000

BETHEL STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Bethel Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Bethel   2118 1939 1597   28.4 31.4 35.8
Danbury   1897 1479 1227   25.4 23.9 27.5
Newtown   361 322 194   4.8 5.2 4.3
N.Y. State   318 133 63   4.3 2.2 1.4
Brookfield   317 221 222   4.2 3.6 5.0
New Milford   291 302 154   3.9 4.9 3.4
Southbury   178 138 107   2.4 2.2 2.4
New Fairfield   157 227 173   2.1 3.7 3.9
Norwalk   153 30 11   2.0 0.5 0.2
Waterbury   136 209 27   1.8 3.4 0.6
Bridgeport   130 109 23   1.7 1.8 0.5
Redding   129 115 206   1.7 1.9 4.6
Stamford   109 20 31   1.5 0.3 0.7
To Bethel Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Stratford   99 8 11   1.3 0.1 0.2
Naugatuck   92 94 38   1.2 1.5 0.9
Ridgefield   79 121 80   1.1 2.0 1.8
Fairfield   74 38 10   1.0 0.6 0.2
Monroe   57 74 10   0.8 1.2 0.2
Trumbull   55 50 25   0.7 0.8 0.6
Shelton   54 38 0   0.7 0.6 N/A
Sherman   42 31 24   0.6 0.5 0.5
All Other   621 486 231   8.3 7.9 5.2
Total   7467 6184 4464   100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN BETHEL, CT
To Bethel Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT   5405 4784 3877   72.4 77.4 86.9
Gr. Waterbury, CT   493 667 233   6.6 10.8 5.2
Gr. Bridgeport, CT   428 304 79   5.7 4.9 1.8
Southwestern, CT   395 114 90   5.3 1.8 2.0
N.Y. State   318 133 63   4.3 2.2 1.4
Other   428 182 122   5.7 2.9 2.7
Total   7467 6184 4464   100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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

WHERE WORK SITES IN BETHEL, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Bethel Itself: As in most of the other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in Bethel rely upon the working residents their town to serve as their labor pool has been steadily falling between 1970 and 2000. The statistical chances of a Bethel resident filling any particular job opening in Bethel were 41% in 1970, 36% in 1980, 31% in 1990 and down to 28% in 2000.

Workers Into Bethel From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Bethel were as follows: from Bethel itself (2,118 or 28%), from nearby Danbury (1,897 or 25%), Newtown (361), New York State (318), Brookfield (317) and New Milford (291). Workers from just these six municipalities filled 71% of all of the jobs in Bethel in 2000.

 
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