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Bristol, CT

61,462 Population
26.4 square miles 2,328.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$40,503 ±$1,463 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $46,363 ±$921
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,076 ±$5,956 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $86,191 ±$1,654
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.7% ±2% (6,520  ±1,223) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 11.2% 50,371 (±0.7% / ±2,951)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

23.7 minutes ±0.8 (666,695  ±36,981) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 28.3 5,537,935 (±0.6 / ±137,638)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

24,453 ±787 Number of households
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 180,116 ±990
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.5 ±0.1 (60,762  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 2.5 448,338 (±0 / ±123)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

6.5% ±1.7% (949  ±250) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5.9% 5,971 (±0.5% / ±544)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

26,369 ±848 Number of housing units
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 192,551 ±185
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$277,800 ±$8,329 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $317,700 ±$5,035
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.9% ±1.7% (5,987  ±1,043.4) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 9.5% 42,576 (±0.7% / ±3,071.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

93.4% ±2.9% (40,247  ±1,516.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 90.5% 295,394 (±1.3% / ±4,299.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
30.3% ±1.9% (13,074  ±866.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 33.8% 110,369 (±0.8% / ±2,542.4)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

11.4% ±1.5% (7,029  ±931) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 14.2% 64,667
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.9% ±0.9% (2,876  ±454) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5% 17,923 (±0.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
2,876 Total veterans ±454 2,487 Male ±432 389 Female ±136

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