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New Milford town, Litchfield County, CT

26,893 Population
61.6 square miles 436.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

43.4 ±2.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Litchfield County: 47.5 ±0.2
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$44,366 ±$2,789 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Litchfield County: $45,702 ±$1,441
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $45,668 ±$293
$93,815 ±$5,156 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Litchfield County: $81,590 ±$3,041
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $79,855 ±$587

6.9% ±3.7% (1,841  ±973) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Litchfield County: 7.3% † 13,037 (±0.8% / ±1,506)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 9.8% 339,156 (±0.2% / ±7,695)

30 minutes ±1.5 (412,605  ±30,688) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Litchfield County: 28.6 2,507,740 (±0.5 / ±70,140)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.7 43,838,220 (±0.2 / ±311,817)

Families

10,221 ±322 Number of households
  • Litchfield County: 74,902 ±706
  • Connecticut: 1,385,437 ±3,268
2.6 ±0.1 (26,605  ±172) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Litchfield County: 2.4 178,184 (±0 / ±425)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,458,474 (±0)

3.1% ±1.5% (192  ±93) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Litchfield County: 3.3% † 1,172 (±0.7% / ±238)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.2% 34,222 (±0.2% / ±1,489)

Housing

11,495 ±356 Number of housing units
  • Litchfield County: 88,362 ±238
  • Connecticut: 1,521,199 ±303

$302,600 ±$14,851 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Litchfield County: $258,300 ±$5,352
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $279,700 ±$1,296

9.2% ±2.1% (2,450  ±553) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in Litchfield County: 8.7% 15,713 (±0.7% / ±1,289.3)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.7% 413,908 (±0.2% / ±8,151.5)

Social

94.8% ±5% (18,558  ±1,067.9) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Litchfield County: 93.8% 126,375 (±1.8% / ±2,452.3)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 90.9% 2,263,655 (±0.4% / ±11,052.1)
40.9% ±3.2% (8,011  ±661.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Litchfield County: 35.9% 48,299 (±1.1% / ±1,485.6)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 40% 996,000 (±0.3% / ±6,929)

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

10% ±1.8% (2,695  ±479) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Litchfield County: 7.6% 13,678 (±0.6% / ±1,038)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 14.6% 521,384 (±0.2% / ±6,557)

4.4% ±1.1% (949  ±235) Population with veteran status
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Litchfield County: 7.2% 10,687 (±0.4% / ±600)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 5.7% 160,142 (±0.1% / ±2,728)
949 Total veterans ±235 846 Male ±184 103 Female ±92

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