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New Canaan, CT

7,032 Population
1.5 square miles 4,539.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±3.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$110,986 ±$24,190 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $69,642 ±$1,008
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$163,355 ±$55,003 Median household income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $111,656 ±$1,839
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

4.2% ±3.1% (294  ±219) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.4% 87,468 (±0.5% / ±4,490)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

37.7 minutes ±13.8 (70,865  ±17,551) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 31 12,213,305 (±0.3 / ±187,152)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

2,726 ±270 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 350,614 ±1,393
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.6 ±0.3 (7,011  ±1,022) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 931,708 (±0 / ±178)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

5.3% ±3% (88  ±56) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 4.7% 10,206 (±0.4% / ±832)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

2,993 ±270 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 375,786 ±158
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$1,115,600 ±$171,143 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $530,800 ±$7,323
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

19.1% ±10.4% (1,326  ±748.7) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 11.3% 105,752 (±0.5% / ±4,433)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

98.8% ±5.8% (4,558  ±622) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 589,831 (±0.9% / ±5,587.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
76.6% ±6.7% (3,535  ±533.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 50.5% 330,476 (±0.6% / ±4,007)
  • nearly double 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

16.7% ±5.8% (1,173  ±444) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.3% 220,292
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

6.2% ±2.2% (334  ±133) Population with veteran status
  • nearly double the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.3% 24,383 (±0.2% / ±1,266)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
334 Total veterans ±133 334 Male ±133 N/A Female ±19

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