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New Canaan, CT

6,896 Population
1.5 square miles 4,451.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.1 ±5.2 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$109,769 ±$20,268 Per capita income
  • about 1.5 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $71,978 ±$1,066
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
$146,700 ±$33,024 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $114,565 ±$1,713
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732

5.1% ±3% (348  ±210) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.2% 86,068 (±0.4% / ±4,159)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)

38.5 minutes ±13.7 (70,115  ±14,757) Mean travel time to work
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 31 12,011,920 (±0.4 / ±204,711)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

2,736 ±306 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 355,012 ±1,211
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
2.5 ±0.2 (6,880  ±993) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 939,477 (±0 / ±230)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959

4.2% ±3% (71  ±55) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 4.9% 10,550 (±0.4% / ±899)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)

Housing

3,033 ±305 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 377,569 ±159
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276

$1,099,400 ±$131,155 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $564,500 ±$8,223
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621

17.7% ±10% (1,203  ±703.5) Moved since previous year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10.8% 101,835 (±0.4% / ±4,173.3)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)

Social

97.4% ±5.6% (4,504  ±621.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 595,881 (±0.9% / ±5,848.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
74.7% ±6.5% (3,453  ±526.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 50.9% 336,283 (±0.6% / ±4,197.4)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

18% ±5.8% (1,243  ±436) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.3% 223,132
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177

3.8% ±1.7% (199  ±98) Population with veteran status
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.1% 22,794 (±0.2% / ±1,126)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
199 Total veterans ±98 199 Male ±98 N/A Female ±19

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