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Stratford town, Fairfield County, CT

52,360 Population
17.5 square miles 2,995.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2021 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Fairfield County: 40.7 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41 ±0.1

Economics

$41,009 ±$1,439 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Fairfield County: $61,651 ±$902
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $47,869 ±$359
$86,113 ±$5,539 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Fairfield County: $101,194 ±$1,352
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $83,572 ±$568

7.2% ±1.5% (3,763  ±770) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Fairfield County: 9.2% 86,408 (±0.4% / ±3,827)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,476 (±0.2% / ±8,215)

31.1 minutes ±1.5 (744,130  ±47,475) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Fairfield County: 31 12,882,090 (±0.4 / ±193,424)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 42,566,040 (±0.1 / ±306,767)

Families

20,187 ±574 Number of households
  • Fairfield County: 349,443 ±1,385
  • Connecticut: 1,397,324 ±3,455
2.6 ±0.1 (52,014  ±155) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Fairfield County: 2.7 938,888 (±0 / ±1,036)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,495,401 (±0)

5.2% ±1.7% (602  ±200) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Fairfield County: 4.8% 10,553 (±0.4% / ±863)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.3% 35,148 (±0.2% / ±1,554)

Housing

21,675 ±613 Number of housing units
  • Fairfield County: 377,249 ±376
  • Connecticut: 1,527,039 ±305

$274,400 ±$5,142 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Fairfield County: $443,100 ±$5,016
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $286,700 ±$1,526

8.6% ±1.6% (4,447  ±821) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Fairfield County: 11.8% 111,486 (±0.5% / ±4,426.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 11.6% 414,959 (±0.2% / ±8,372)

Social

91% ±3.1% (34,250  ±1,336.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Fairfield County: 90.2% 590,737 (±0.8% / ±5,497.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.1% 2,290,116 (±0.5% / ±11,265.1)
34.1% ±2% (12,826  ±778.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fairfield County: 49.2% 322,329 (±0.6% / ±3,864.2)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 40.6% 1,019,966 (±0.3% / ±7,343.5)

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

14.9% ±1.9% (7,802  ±982) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Fairfield County: 22.3% 213,548 (±0.4% / ±3,966)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 14.8% 534,220 (±0.2% / ±6,826)

5.6% ±0.8% (2,355  ±322) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Fairfield County: 3.7% 27,751 (±0.2% / ±1,165)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 5.4% 153,444 (±0.1% / ±2,605)
2,355 Total veterans ±322 2,199 Male ±312 156 Female ±95

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