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Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

623,907 Population
532.1 square miles 1,172.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.7 ±0.4 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$78,533 ±$2,830 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$121,429 ±$5,203 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

8.2% ±1.1% (50,549  ±6,482) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

32.4 minutes ±1.1 (8,708,130  ±382,766) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 42,703,784 (±0.4 / ±705,306)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.8 3,749,033,000 (±0 / ±7,372,533)

Families

237,426 ±2,822 Number of households
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.6 ±0 (616,969  ±235) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 3,513,794
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

4.9% ±1.1% (6,781  ±1,481) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

252,498 ±123 Number of housing units
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$657,900 ±$16,751 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

10.8% ±1.2% (66,327  ±7,450.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

92% ±2.4% (404,672  ±10,510.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
56.4% ±1.7% (248,174  ±7,659.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

31% ±1.5% (183,314  ±8,837) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 23.9% 820,383 (±0.5% / ±18,204.9)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 22.5% 71,109,120 (±0.1% / ±222,236.2)

25.4% (158,525  ±8,248) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% 590,608
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.3% ±0.5% (15,998  ±2,334) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
15,998 Total veterans ±2,334 14,778 Male ±2,104 1,220 Female ±561

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