TABLE T6


JOURNEY TO WORK SITE
IN BROOKFIELD, CT

STATEWIDE DETAILS FOR 2000

BROOKFIELD STATISTICS WITHIN REGIONAL OVERVIEW

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