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Shelton School District, CT

41,402 Population
30.6 square miles 1,351.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.9 ±1.4 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$55,824 ±$3,243 Per capita income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $46,063 ±$1,035
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$114,739 ±$7,568 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $86,365 ±$2,065
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

5.6% ±1.6% (2,311  ±664) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 10.3% 46,175 (±0.6% / ±2,604)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

28.8 minutes ±1.7 (531,655  ±40,254) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 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

15,741 ±501 Number of households
  • Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 178,340 ±1,105
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.6 ±0.1 (40,936  ±70) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 2.5 445,579 (±0 / ±115)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

8.7% ±3% (779  ±271) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 5.2% † 5,235 (±0.7% / ±671)
  • about double the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

16,578 ±576 Number of housing units
  • Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 191,984 ±108
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$435,700 ±$10,668 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $290,800 ±$3,734
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

11% ±2.3% (4,460  ±929.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 9.7% 43,490 (±0.6% / ±2,857.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

94% ±3.8% (29,051  ±1,348.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 90.3% 292,334 (±1.3% / ±4,320.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
43.5% ±2.9% (13,458  ±933) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 33.8% 109,346 (±0.8% / ±2,528.1)
  • a little higher than 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

16.6% ±2.2% (6,883  ±927) Foreign-born population
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 13.5% 60,819
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

4.8% ±0.9% (1,607  ±315) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 5.1% 18,358 (±0.3% / ±1,037)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
1,607 Total veterans ±315 1,517 Male ±298 90 Female ±63

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