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Waterbury, CT

115,902 Population
28.6 square miles 4,058.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 41.6 ±0.5
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$29,034 ±$3,266 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $44,066 ±$1,476
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$47,881 ±$7,021 Median household income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $79,889 ±$4,918
  • about half the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824
  • about three-fifths of the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

25.9% ±5.9% (29,738  ±6,743) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 13.4% † 61,227 (±2% / ±9,239)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)
  • more than double the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28 minutes ±1.4 (1,245,045  ±80,919) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 28.3 5,537,935 (±0.6 / ±137,638)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

44,141 ±2,634 Number of households
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 183,716 ±2,196
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.6 ±0.2 (114,523  ±74) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 2.5 455,925 (±0 / ±109)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

9.9% ±4.1% (2,829  ±1,198) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 8.1% † 8,109 (±1.9% / ±1,874)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)
  • about double the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

48,823 ±2,711 Number of housing units
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 194,022 ±166
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$248,500 ±$15,887 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $344,300 ±$9,045
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

9.1% ±2.9% (10,365  ±3,373.5) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 8.8% † 40,069 (±1.4% / ±6,209.8)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

77.9% ±6.3% (61,478  ±5,548.8) High school grad or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 90% 300,188 (±3.1% / ±10,261.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
15% ±3.1% (11,816  ±2,450.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 32.6% 108,778 (±1.8% / ±6,025.6)
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

19.4% ±3.6% (22,523  ±4,121) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 13.2% 60,908
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170
  • about 1.3 times the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

4.4% ±1.7% (3,874  ±1,526) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5.2% † 19,108 (±0.7% / ±2,459)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
3,874 Total veterans ±1,526 3,137 Male ±1,220 737 Female ±801

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