TABLE T4


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN BRIDGEWATER, CT

Statewide details for 2000

BRIDGEWATER STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Bridgewater Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Bridgewater 147 158 139 41.6 50.3 55.4
Danbury 27 0 0 7.6 N/A N/A
Roxbury 25 12 13 7.1 3.8 5.2
New Milford 23 46 46 6.5 14.6 18.3
Waterbury 22 0 0 6.2 N/A N/A
Torrington 17 6 0 4.8 1.9 N/A
To Bridgewater Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Bethel 13 0 0 3.7 N/A N/A
Harwinton 9 0 0 2.5 N/A N/A
Ridgefield 9 0 0 2.5 N/A N/A
Washington 9 22 33 2.5 7.0 13.1
Southbury 8 7 0 2.3 2.2 N/A
Newtown 6 12 0 1.7 3.8 N/A
Middlefield 6 0 0 1.7 N/A N/A
N.Y. State 5 2 0 1.4 0.6 N/A
All Other 27 49 20 7.6 15.6 8.0
Total 353 314 251 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN BRIDGEWATER, CT

To Bridgewater Work
From Residence In:		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT 230 216 185 65.2 68.8 73.7
Gr. Waterbury, CT 30 20 20 8.5 6.4 8.0
Southwestern, CT 5 6 0 1.4 1.9 N/A
Gr. Bridgeport, CT 4 6 0 1.1 1.9 N/A
N.Y. State 5 2 0 1.4 0.6 N/A
Other Regions 79 64 46 22.4 20.4 18.3
Total 353 314 251 100.0% 100.0% 100.0%

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

WHERE WORK SITES IN BRIDGEWATER, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Bridgewater Itself: As in most other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in Bridgewater rely upon the working residents of Bridgewater to serve as their labor pool has been steadily falling between 1970 and 2000. The statistical chances of a Bridgewater resident filling any particular job opening in Bridgewater were 60% in 1970, 55% in 1980, 50% in 1990 and then down to 42% in 2000.

Workers Into Bridgewater From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Bridgewater were as follows: from Bridgewater itself (147 or 42%), from Danbury ( 27 or 8%), nearby Roxbury (25 or 7%), New Milford (7%) Waterbury (6%) and Torrington (5%). Workers from just these six municipalities filled 74% of all of the jobs in Bridgewater in 2000.

Between 1980 and 2000 the local Bridgewater economy became less dependent upon Town residents to fill jobs, also less dependent upon nearby New Milford. At the same time the local economy became more dependent upon labor supply from various more distant locations.