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New Milford town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

28,334 Population
61.6 square miles 460.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

42.1 ±1.9 Median age
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$52,292 ±$4,044 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $82,266 ±$1,400
  • a little less than the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$106,411 ±$7,903 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $128,188 ±$2,370
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 1.3 times the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

7.1% ±3.4% (2,008  ±961) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.5% 46,248 (±0.5% / ±3,311)
  • about two-thirds 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)

30.3 minutes ±1.7 (376,270  ±34,168) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 30.8 7,754,115 (±0.4 / ±155,599)
  • 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

10,667 ±403 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 235,379 ±1,110
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.6 ±0.1 (28,130  ±41) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 619,689 (±0 / ±105)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.1% ±1.8% (192  ±115) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.9% † 6,881 (±0.6% / ±789)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

11,641 ±431 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 251,530 ±140
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$391,500 ±$9,956 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $652,900 ±$8,528
  • 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

8.5% ±2.5% (2,396  ±700) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 10.8% 66,996 (±0.6% / ±3,603.8)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

94.3% ±5% (18,555  ±1,116.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 402,054 (±1.1% / ±4,642.5)
  • a little higher than 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)
41.2% ±3.4% (8,108  ±699.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.5% 243,509 (±0.8% / ±3,315.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about 20 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

12.9% ±2.2% (3,644  ±611) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.8% 149,087
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4% ±1% (882  ±229) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.1% 15,100 (±0.2% / ±854)
  • about 80 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)
882 Total veterans ±229 803 Male ±205 79 Female ±77

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