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Beacon Falls town, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT

6,147 Population
9.7 square miles 635.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.4 ±3.8 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$57,784 ±$7,424 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $46,363 ±$921
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$101,516 ±$41,518 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $86,191 ±$1,654
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

2.1% ±2.4% (131  ±146) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 11.2% 50,371 (±0.7% / ±2,951)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

32.7 minutes ±1.7 (83,075  ±13,904) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 28.3 5,537,935 (±0.6 / ±137,638)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,649 ±206 Number of households
  • Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 180,116 ±990
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.3 ±0.2 (6,147  ±27) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 2.5 448,338 (±0 / ±123)
  • a little less than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

5.3% ±5.1% (68  ±67) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 5.9% 5,971 (±0.5% / ±544)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,672 ±208 Number of housing units
  • Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 192,551 ±185
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$350,300 ±$33,646 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: $317,700 ±$5,035
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.7% ±6.4% (647  ±387.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 9.5% 42,576 (±0.7% / ±3,071.5)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

98.4% ±10.6% (4,613  ±564.5) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 90.5% 295,394 (±1.3% / ±4,299.6)
  • 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)
44.6% ±7.3% (2,089  ±363.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 33.8% 110,369 (±0.8% / ±2,542.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about 25 percent 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

9.9% ±3.7% (608  ±228) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 14.2% 64,667
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.8% ±2.8% (291  ±139) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region: 5% 17,923 (±0.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
291 Total veterans ±139 277 Male ±137 14 Female ±24

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