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Wethersfield, CT

27,180 Population
12.3 square miles 2,209.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.1 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 41 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$56,391 ±$2,752 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $50,992 ±$585
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$118,523 ±$11,177 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $92,823 ±$1,036
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

5.9% ±2.1% (1,586  ±576) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 9.8% 108,171 (±0.4% / ±4,463)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

21 minutes ±1.2 (249,300  ±20,047) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 23.9 11,709,625 (±0.2 / ±155,459)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

11,333 ±388 Number of households
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 462,710 ±1,423
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.4 ±0.1 (27,089  ±29) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 2.4 1,105,575 (±0 / ±239)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

3.9% ±1.3% (231  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.5% 11,635 (±0.4% / ±1,008)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

11,833 ±368 Number of housing units
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 498,040 ±197
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$300,500 ±$10,469 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $309,300 ±$2,730
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

8.4% ±2% (2,264  ±542.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 10.8% 122,774 (±0.4% / ±4,267.5)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

94.8% ±4.6% (18,625  ±1,010.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 91.8% 739,836 (±0.8% / ±6,302.1)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
54.5% ±3.5% (10,696  ±735.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 42.1% 339,441 (±0.5% / ±4,175.3)
  • about 1.3 times 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

15.1% ±2.6% (4,094  ±693) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 14% 159,585
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5% ±1.1% (1,082  ±232) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.9% 45,207 (±0.2% / ±1,382)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
1,082 Total veterans ±232 1,075 Male ±231 7 Female ±11

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