TABLE T2


JOURNEY TO WORK
SITE IN BETHEL, CT

Statewide details for 2000

BETHEL STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

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