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Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

637,013 Population
532.1 square miles 1,197.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.2 ±0.3 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$82,462 ±$3,349 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$131,784 ±$5,757 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

8% ±1.3% (50,133  ±7,984) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

32.3 minutes ±1 (8,842,580  ±361,742) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 43,866,844 (±0.3 / ±623,558)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

239,752 ±2,463 Number of households
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0 (629,556  ±251) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

5.8% ±1.2% (8,179  ±1,695) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

254,312 ±109 Number of housing units
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$688,200 ±$17,246 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.9% ±1.2% (62,461  ±7,301) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.6% ±2.4% (416,440  ±10,927.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
56.7% ±1.9% (254,966  ±8,368.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

29.2% ±1.3% (176,219  ±7,911.1) Persons with language other than English spoken at home
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 23.7% 829,121 (±0.5% / ±18,774)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 23% 74,050,850 (±0.1% / ±226,318.1)

24% (153,154  ±7,260) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

3% ±0.4% (14,743  ±1,873) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
14,743 Total veterans ±1,873 13,810 Male ±1,843 933 Female ±531

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