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Waterbury, CT Urban Area

199,965 Population
92.5 square miles 2,162.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

39.5 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$32,755 ±$1,648 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $43,313 ±$91
$64,548 ±$8,819 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $77,719 ±$186

19.2% ±3.3% (37,870  ±6,705) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,763,044 (±0.1% / ±277,214)

28.9 minutes ±1.2 (2,505,210  ±120,431) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2023 5-year data
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.6 3,623,435,500 (±0 / ±6,730,891)

Families

78,614 ±3,593 Number of households
  • United States: 131,332,360 ±130,190
2.5 ±0.1 (197,507  ±6,424) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,701,630

8.7% ±2.8% (4,102  ±1,357) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.2% 4,018,933 (±0.1% / ±41,679)

Housing

85,221 ±3,431 Number of housing units
  • United States: 145,333,460 ±10,062

$271,800 ±$11,910 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $340,200 ±$571

11.6% ±2.6% (22,778  ±5,097.3) Moved since previous year
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 12.1% 40,001,900 (±0.1% / ±198,133.8)

Social

86.9% ±3.8% (119,942  ±6,964.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in United States: 89.8% 208,092,664 (±0.1% / ±278,776.4)
25.9% ±2.5% (35,667  ±3,659.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 36.2% 83,816,088 (±0.1% / ±181,834.5)

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

16.3% ±2.6% (32,633  ±5,223) Foreign-born population
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 14.3% 47,831,412

3.2% ±0.8% (4,863  ±1,205) Population with veteran status
  • about half the rate in United States: 6.1% 15,813,955 (±0% / ±66,116)
4,863 Total veterans ±1,205 4,602 Male ±1,197 261 Female ±205

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