TABLE T6


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN BROOKFIELD, CT

STATEWIDE DETAILS FOR 2000

BROOKFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

To Brookfield Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Brookfield   1876 1970 1338   24.4 31.5 34.6
Danbury   1681 1529 848   21.8 24.4 21.9
New Milford   951 671 599   12.4 10.7 15.5
Bethel   385 260 195   5.0 4.2 5.0
Newtown   323 229 107   4.2 3.7 2.8
N.Y. State   228 173 110   3.0 2.8 2.8
Bridgeport   218 30 8   2.8 0.5 0.2
Stamford   176 0 0   2.3 N/A N/A
New Fairfield   166 241 177   2.2 3.9 4.6
Southbury   129 83 14   1.7 1.3 0.4
Norwalk   110 25 36   1.4 0.4 0.9
Greenwich   102 0 0   1.3 N/A N/A
Waterbury   86 138 40   1.1 2.2 1.0
To Brookfield Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Sherman   82 63 62   1.1 1.0 1.6
Naugatuck   81 45 24   1.1 0.7 0.6
Woodbury   79 17 28   1.0 0.3 N/A
Ridgefield   64 84 33   0.8 1.3 0.9
Stratford   62 7 10   0.8 0.1 0.3
Oxford   53 10 10   0.7 0.2 0.3
Bridgewater   52 54 31   0.7 0.9 0.8
Shelton   51 42 0   0.7 0.7 N/A
All Other   743 585 200   9.7 9.4 5.2
Total   7698 6256 3870   100.0% 100.0% 100.0%


FROM RESIDENCE BY REGION
TO WORK IN BROOKFIELD, CT

To Brookfield Work
From Residence In:		 2010
Trips		 2000
Trips		 1990
Trips		 1980
Trips		 2010
% Trips		 2000
% Trips		 1990
% Trips		 1980
% Trips
Housatonic, CT   5595 4868 3405   72.7 77.8 88.0
Gr. Waterbury, CT   567 395 139   7.4 6.3 3.6
Southwestern, CT   461 85 89   6.0 1.4 2.3
Gr. Bridgeport, CT   364 67 54   4.7 1.1 1.4
N.Y. State   228 173 110   3.0 2.8 2.8
Other   483 668 73   6.3 10.7 1.9

Total

   7698

6256

3870

  100.0%

100.0%

100.0%

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

WHERE WORK SITES IN BROOKFIELD, CT DRAW THEIR EMPLOYEES FROM:
From Within Brookfield itself: As in most of the other municipalities in the Region, the extent to which employers in Brookfield rely upon the working residents of Brookfield to serve as their labor pool has been steadily falling between 1970 and 2000. The statistical chances of a Brookfield resident filling any particular job opening in Brookfield were 45% in 1970, 35% in 1980, 32% in 1990 and 24% in 2000.

Workers Into Brookfield From Nearby Municipalities: In 2000 the major geographic sources of labor to fill jobs in Brookfield were as follows: from Brookfield itself (1,876 or 24%), from nearby Danbury (1,681 or 22%), New Milford (951), Bethel (385), Newtown (323), New York State (228), Bridgeport (218) and Stamford (176). Workers from just these eight locations filled 76% of all of the jobs in Brookfield in 2000.

 
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