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Westport town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

27,282 Population
20 square miles 1,366.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.7 ±1.8 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

$135,349 ±$10,004 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $79,648 ±$1,324
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$250,001 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $124,553 ±$2,356
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

3.6% ±1.2% (983  ±311) 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)

40.6 minutes ±1.7 (312,635  ±34,545) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 31 7,948,655 (±0.4 / ±149,396)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

9,698 ±394 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 232,279 ±1,002
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.8 ±0.1 (27,150  ±44) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

4.4% ±1.8% (207  ±84) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,471 (±0.5% / ±632)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

10,326 ±406 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 250,108 ±126
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$1,245,200 ±$82,817 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $625,400 ±$8,022
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

8.8% ±2.3% (2,400  ±617.9) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 70,303 (±0.6% / ±3,463.9)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

97.5% ±3.8% (17,670  ±887.5) 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)
77.7% ±3.5% (14,074  ±772.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.1% 238,638 (±0.8% / ±3,385.4)
  • nearly double 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

15.8% ±1.8% (4,302  ±485) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7% 147,062
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

3.2% ±0.8% (630  ±161) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.4% 16,370 (±0.2% / ±851)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
630 Total veterans ±161 623 Male ±159 7 Female ±12

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