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Waterbury, CT

114,994 Population
28.6 square miles 4,026.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 42.5 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.5 ±0.3

Economics

$23,336 ±$2,249 Per capita income
  • about half the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $43,526 ±$2,070
  • about two-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $53,119 ±$764
$43,420 ±$4,662 Median household income
  • about half the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $81,326 ±$2,196
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $91,665 ±$1,473

29.5% ±6.2% (33,530  ±7,017) Persons below poverty line
  • more than double the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 11.6% † 52,256 (±1.6% / ±7,070)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10.3% 362,024 (±0.5% / ±17,748)

28.4 minutes ±1.6 (1,293,720  ±86,786) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 28.4 5,634,200 (±0.6 / ±140,731)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

45,898 ±2,512 Number of households
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 180,851 ±2,429
  • Connecticut: 1,442,969 ±7,955
2.5 ±0.1 (113,326  ±54) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 2.5 449,447 (±0 / ±105)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.4 3,513,794

11.5% ±4.5% (3,084  ±1,231) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 7.3% † 7,473 (±1.6% / ±1,642)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 4.8% 39,537 (±0.4% / ±3,110)

Housing

50,595 ±2,730 Number of housing units
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 192,837 ±64
  • Connecticut: 1,546,010 ±175

$225,400 ±$17,264 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $327,000 ±$9,475
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $367,800 ±$2,990

12.4% ±3.8% (14,052  ±4,303.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 9.4% † 42,092 (±1.4% / ±6,168.8)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.9% 388,431 (±0.6% / ±19,583.6)

Social

83% ±6% (63,176  ±5,242.1) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 90.9% 298,163 (±2.9% / ±9,485.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,348,908 (±1% / ±25,254.5)
18.1% ±3.1% (13,784  ±2,396.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 33% 108,342 (±1.7% / ±5,535.5)
  • 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

19.6% ±4% (22,559  ±4,605) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 14.1% 64,400
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 16.3% 590,608

2.5% ±1% (2,119  ±825) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 4.8% † 17,583 (±0.6% / ±2,041)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.6% 131,270 (±0.2% / ±6,422)
2,119 Total veterans ±825 2,040 Male ±822 79 Female ±135

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