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Stamford town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

139,112 Population
37.6 square miles 3,697 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.5 ±1.1 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.2 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$69,744 ±$6,071 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $82,462 ±$3,349
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
  • about 1.5 times the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$117,627 ±$13,532 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $131,784 ±$5,757
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824
  • about 1.4 times the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

12.6% ±3.4% (17,434  ±4,617) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 8% † 50,133 (±1.3% / ±7,984)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

29.6 minutes ±1.5 (1,942,970  ±149,708) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 32.3 8,842,580 (±1 / ±361,742)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 27 43,866,844 (±0.3 / ±623,558)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

55,352 ±2,795 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 239,752 ±2,463
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0.1 (137,560  ±126) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 629,556 (±0 / ±251)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

4.2% ±1.6% (1,549  ±613) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 5.8% † 8,179 (±1.2% / ±1,695)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

58,207 ±2,802 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 254,312 ±109
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$671,000 ±$30,118 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $688,200 ±$17,246
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745
  • nearly double the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

11.6% ±3.2% (15,888  ±4,395.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 9.9% † 62,461 (±1.2% / ±7,301)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

92.3% ±4.6% (90,841  ±5,581.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 92.6% 416,440 (±2.4% / ±10,927.7)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
53.9% ±3.7% (52,995  ±4,048.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 56.7% 254,966 (±1.9% / ±8,368.8)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home

31.1% ±3.2% (43,274  ±4,501) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 24% 153,154
  • about double the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170
  • more than double the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

2.2% ±0.8% (2,452  ±902) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3% † 14,743 (±0.4% / ±1,873)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
2,452 Total veterans ±902 2,452 Male ±902 N/A Female ±225

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