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Stratford town, Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT

52,790 Population
17.5 square miles 3,019.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 39.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$50,099 ±$2,657 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $52,385 ±$1,284
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$95,815 ±$6,955 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $89,667 ±$2,457
  • about the same as the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

6.7% ±1.1% (3,500  ±587) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 12.4% 39,820 (±0.8% / ±2,608)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30 minutes ±1.1 (682,195  ±40,494) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 31.3 4,257,805 (±0.7 / ±122,876)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

20,613 ±591 Number of households
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 119,633 ±504
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (52,536  ±55) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 2.7 319,788 (±0 / ±227)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.8% ±1.3% (407  ±140) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 4.8% † 3,669 (±0.7% / ±549)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

21,663 ±604 Number of housing units
  • Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 126,039 ±127
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$372,200 ±$7,678 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: $428,800 ±$7,387
  • about the same as the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9% ±1.4% (4,714  ±733.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 10.7% 34,839 (±0.8% / ±2,437)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.9% ±3.2% (35,546  ±1,412.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 87.2% 193,827 (±1.6% / ±3,468.9)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
37.7% ±2.3% (14,595  ±913) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 41.7% 92,774 (±1.1% / ±2,403.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.8% ±1.8% (7,827  ±926) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 22.5% 74,045
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.2% ±0.7% (1,822  ±292) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region: 3% 7,694 (±0.3% / ±653)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,822 Total veterans ±292 1,699 Male ±299 123 Female ±79

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