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Griswold town, Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT

11,530 Population
34.7 square miles 332.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.1 ±3.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 41.1 ±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

$40,179 ±$3,525 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $47,133 ±$810
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 90 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$78,719 ±$11,234 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $86,586 ±$1,937
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.6% ±3.2% (881  ±367) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 10.7% 28,665 (±0.8% / ±2,102)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

31 minutes ±4.2 (163,945  ±26,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 23.9 2,900,400 (±0.4 / ±71,841)
  • 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

4,890 ±302 Number of households
  • Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 115,768 ±890
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (11,468  ±23) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 2.3 268,382 (±0 / ±157)
  • 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

1.9% ±2.6% (44  ±61) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 5% † 3,060 (±0.8% / ±517)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

5,173 ±360 Number of housing units
  • Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 126,425 ±110
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$275,900 ±$42,202 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $323,400 ±$5,559
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

5.2% ±2.2% (596  ±248.6) Moved since previous year
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 12% 33,149 (±0.8% / ±2,330)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

92.7% ±8.3% (7,840  ±775.5) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 92.8% 184,063
  • 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)
19.9% ±3.8% (1,681  ±326.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 35.8% 71,023
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about three-fifths of 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% ±2.4% (457  ±278) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.8% 24,739
  • 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

8.5% ±2.9% (795  ±277) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8% 17,652 (±0.5% / ±1,009)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
795 Total veterans ±277 731 Male ±259 64 Female ±66

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