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Ridgefield town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

24,992 Population
34.5 square miles 724.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.6 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$90,637 ±$7,128 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $79,648 ±$1,324
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$168,810 ±$12,561 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

3.2% ±1.1% (785  ±280) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of 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)

35.9 minutes ±0.7 (297,115  ±23,933) 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

9,237 ±387 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 232,279 ±1,002
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.7 ±0.1 (24,850  ±24) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 613,989 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

3.4% ±1.5% (173  ±78) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,471 (±0.5% / ±632)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

9,836 ±397 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 250,108 ±126
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$799,000 ±$34,901 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $625,400 ±$8,022
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

10.1% ±2.2% (2,518  ±535.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 70,303 (±0.6% / ±3,463.9)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

97.4% ±3.5% (16,932  ±843.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little 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)
71.8% ±3.2% (12,483  ±704.7) 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

12.4% ±1.7% (3,086  ±428) Foreign-born population
  • about half the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7% 147,062
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5.1% ±1% (954  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.4% 16,370 (±0.2% / ±851)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
954 Total veterans ±190 879 Male ±187 75 Female ±80

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