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Branford town, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

28,090 Population
21.8 square miles 1,286.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.4 ±1.4 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$67,699 ±$5,325 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $48,264 ±$833
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$97,223 ±$6,530 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • a little higher than the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

6.6% ±2.3% (1,843  ±635) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

23 minutes ±1.4 (285,955  ±27,056) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

13,103 ±496 Number of households
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.1 ±0.1 (27,823  ±32) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

3.4% ±2% (161  ±94) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

14,334 ±489 Number of housing units
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$388,300 ±$17,501 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $328,300 ±$4,087
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

9.5% ±2.1% (2,642  ±581.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

96.4% ±4.3% (21,905  ±1,132.9) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
49.5% ±3.1% (11,249  ±761.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

9.8% ±1.8% (2,752  ±502) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 13.4% 75,895
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5.9% ±1.4% (1,428  ±337) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
1,428 Total veterans ±337 1,345 Male ±333 83 Female ±57

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