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New Britain, CT

74,064 Population
13.4 square miles 5,529 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.1 ±4.6 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$29,506 ±$3,054 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $49,559 ±$901
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
$58,780 ±$12,655 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $92,176 ±$1,658
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473

14.6% ±3% (10,294  ±2,105) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 9.4% 104,246 (±0.8% / ±8,390)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)

21.7 minutes ±0.6 (693,210  ±36,734) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 23.9 11,709,625 (±0.2 / ±155,459)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

30,047 ±2,548 Number of households
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 467,381 ±3,853
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
2.4 ±0.2 (70,608  ±103) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 2.4 1,110,100 (±0 / ±329)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 3,513,794

5.7% ±3.6% (1,076  ±685) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.3% † 11,264 (±0.7% / ±1,702)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)

Housing

34,208 ±3,006 Number of housing units
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 500,816 ±171
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175

$229,700 ±$11,828 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $336,600 ±$3,853
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990

10.1% ±4.1% (7,415  ±2,997.8) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 10.4% 118,295 (±0.9% / ±9,924.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)

Social

80.4% ±6.2% (39,656  ±3,804.6) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 92.1% 749,575 (±1.7% / ±13,546.1)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
17% ±3% (8,399  ±1,536.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-fifths of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 42.5% 345,825 (±1% / ±8,303.8)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 42.9% 1,098,315 (±0.6% / ±16,294.5)

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

21.7% ±5% (16,053  ±3,665) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 14.9% 170,992
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% 590,608

2.4% ±0.9% (1,404  ±561) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.4% 40,956 (±0.3% / ±2,970)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
1,404 Total veterans ±561 1,258 Male ±555 146 Female ±125

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