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Branford town, South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT

28,217 Population
21.8 square miles 1,291.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

54.2 ±2.1 Median age
  • about 1.4 times the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 40.2 ±0.3
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 1.4 times the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$71,025 ±$5,098 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $49,766 ±$745
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$105,225 ±$6,607 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $88,197 ±$1,692
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

5.9% ±2% (1,641  ±549) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 62,718 (±0.6% / ±3,170)
  • about three-fifths 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)

23.5 minutes ±2 (294,930  ±32,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 23.5 5,691,885 (±0.4 / ±126,915)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

13,178 ±528 Number of households
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 230,673 ±1,113
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (27,921  ±30) Persons per household
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 2.4 548,518 (±0 / ±212)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.9% ±2% (181  ±96) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 3.7% † 5,009 (±0.4% / ±575)
  • 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

14,254 ±537 Number of housing units
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 248,267 ±187
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$401,200 ±$21,232 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $353,100 ±$3,843
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

9.7% ±2% (2,730  ±564.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 12.2% 68,713 (±0.6% / ±3,607.2)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

95.8% ±4.5% (21,679  ±1,156.6) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 92.1% 368,222 (±1.2% / ±4,705.1)
  • a little 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)
51.5% ±3.4% (11,666  ±821.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 42% 168,009 (±0.7% / ±2,969)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about 1.4 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

10.5% ±2.3% (2,958  ±647) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 13.7% 78,358
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

5.2% ±1.1% (1,260  ±273) Population with veteran status
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 4.5% 20,524 (±0.2% / ±923)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
1,260 Total veterans ±273 1,175 Male ±271 85 Female ±59

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