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Redding town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

8,756 Population
31.5 square miles 278.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

51.5 ±1.8 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$100,143 ±$10,545 Per capita income
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $79,648 ±$1,324
  • nearly double the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$176,719 ±$17,266 Median household income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $124,553 ±$2,356
  • nearly double the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

3.7% ±1.7% (315  ±148) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.4% 45,372 (±0.6% / ±3,356)
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

36.8 minutes ±2 (100,430  ±13,277) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 31 7,948,655 (±0.4 / ±149,396)
  • about 1.4 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

3,473 ±138 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 232,279 ±1,002
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.5 ±0.1 (8,595  ±26) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 613,989 (±0 / ±95)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

6.3% ±3.9% (95  ±59) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,471 (±0.5% / ±632)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

3,684 ±161 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 250,108 ±126
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$687,600 ±$34,349 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $625,400 ±$8,022
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

11.6% ±3.5% (1,005  ±299.2) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 70,303 (±0.6% / ±3,463.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

99% ±6.8% (6,518  ±469.3) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 397,467 (±1.1% / ±4,656.2)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
72.6% ±5.8% (4,778  ±396.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.1% 238,638 (±0.8% / ±3,385.4)
  • more than 1.5 times 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

8.9% ±2.5% (779  ±220) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7% 147,062
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5.9% ±2.1% (413  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.4% 16,370 (±0.2% / ±851)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
413 Total veterans ±147 413 Male ±147 N/A Female ±19

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