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East Haven, CT

27,729 Population
12.3 square miles 2,255.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.2 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,692 ±$2,348 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $48,264 ±$833
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$86,498 ±$4,809 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

8% ±1.6% (2,198  ±449) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

23.5 minutes ±1.9 (310,715  ±30,181) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

11,282 ±555 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.4 ±0.1 (27,476  ±35) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

2.6% ±1.3% (161  ±82) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

11,863 ±586 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$274,900 ±$7,771 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $328,300 ±$4,087
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

6.9% ±1.4% (1,903  ±397.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

91.7% ±4.1% (19,044  ±1,096.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
25% ±2.4% (5,201  ±537.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

10.4% ±2.3% (2,884  ±626) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.4% 75,895
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

4.7% ±1.2% (1,077  ±273) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
1,077 Total veterans ±273 992 Male ±244 85 Female ±103

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