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Lyme town, Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT

2,303 Population
31.8 square miles 72.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

55.6 ±3.3 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 45.9 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$96,157 ±$17,677 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: $59,075 ±$1,629
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$135,000 ±$21,753 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: $104,428 ±$2,975
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.9% ±2.3% (67  ±54) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 6.8% 11,528 (±0.6% / ±1,013)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

30.9 minutes ±11.1 (27,415  ±6,108) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 26 2,004,280 (±0.6 / ±60,646)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

998 ±128 Number of households
  • Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 74,068 ±693
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (2,294  ±332) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 2.3 168,906 (±0 / ±385)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

2.4% ±2.6% (8  ±9) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 3.8% † 1,416 (±0.8% / ±282)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about half the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

1,197 ±128 Number of housing units
  • Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 82,963 ±174
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$629,900 ±$104,959 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: $379,700 ±$6,838
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

2.2% ±1.4% (50  ±33.6) Moved since previous year
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 9.5% 16,615 (±0.9% / ±1,593.3)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.8% ±1.4% (1,829  ±239.5) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 95.5% 125,363 (±2% / ±2,586.3)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
63.5% ±3.6% (1,176  ±167) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 46% 60,395 (±1.4% / ±1,825)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

4% ±1.9% (91  ±46) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 8.2% 14,423
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about one-quarter of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.1% ±1.2% (82  ±28) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region: 5.8% 8,513 (±0.4% / ±613)
  • 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)
82 Total veterans ±28 82 Male ±28 N/A Female ±14

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