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Groton, CT

9,490 Population
3.1 square miles 3,077.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

39 ±3.7 Median age
  • a little less than the figure in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 41.1 ±0.3
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$45,619 ±$5,401 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: $47,133 ±$810
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
$79,577 ±$8,253 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: $86,586 ±$1,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732

18.6% ±5.5% (1,764  ±520) Persons below poverty line
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 10.7% 28,665 (±0.8% / ±2,102)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)

17.5 minutes ±1.4 (83,555  ±9,619) Mean travel time to work
  • about three-quarters of the figure in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 23.9 2,900,400 (±0.4 / ±71,841)
  • about two-thirds of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

4,654 ±292 Number of households
  • the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 115,768 ±890
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
2 ±0.1 (9,470  ±34) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 2.3 268,382 (±0 / ±157)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959

3.6% ±3.3% (81  ±75) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 5% † 3,060 (±0.8% / ±517)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)

Housing

5,126 ±299 Number of housing units
  • the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 126,425 ±110
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276

$306,600 ±$25,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: $323,400 ±$5,559
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621

19% ±5.9% (1,788  ±553.4) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 12% 33,149 (±0.8% / ±2,330)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)

Social

94.1% ±7% (6,289  ±621.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 92.8% 184,063
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
38.8% ±5.2% (2,591  ±384.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 35.8% 71,023
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)

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

8.4% ±3.1% (792  ±292) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 8.8% 24,739
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177

7.7% ±2.2% (606  ±177) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area: 8% 17,652 (±0.5% / ±1,009)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
606 Total veterans ±177 529 Male ±157 77 Female ±63

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