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Torrington, CT

35,547 Population
39.8 square miles 894 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.9 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 47.1 ±0.3
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$39,031 ±$2,280 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $56,236 ±$2,344
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$70,856 ±$4,937 Median household income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $93,551 ±$3,107
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

13.7% ±2.6% (4,810  ±922) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 8.8% † 9,887 (±1.1% / ±1,259)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

25 minutes ±1.5 (410,105  ±32,543) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 26.9 1,308,260 (±0.6 / ±50,421)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

15,396 ±487 Number of households
  • the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 47,845 ±600
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.1 (34,804  ±32) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 2.3 110,905 (±0 / ±72)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

4.1% ±1.7% (329  ±139) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 5.5% † 1,208 (±1.2% / ±256)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

16,874 ±406 Number of housing units
  • the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 55,752 ±71
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$215,500 ±$8,132 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: $335,600 ±$8,278
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

11.1% ±2.4% (3,930  ±839.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 9.3% † 10,399 (±1.1% / ±1,261.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

89.1% ±4% (23,415  ±1,173) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 94.2% 80,155 (±2.3% / ±1,984.7)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
24.8% ±2.2% (6,525  ±604) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 39.4% 33,509 (±1.4% / ±1,169.4)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.6% ±2% (5,197  ±725) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 9.5% 10,706
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.6% ±0.8% (1,337  ±227) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Torrington, CT Micro Area: 5.8% 5,412 (±0.5% / ±475)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,337 Total veterans ±227 1,237 Male ±205 100 Female ±51

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