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Westport town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

27,528 Population
20 square miles 1,379.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.4 ±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: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$134,276 ±$9,519 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $82,266 ±$1,400
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
$250,001 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $128,188 ±$2,370
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732

3.2% ±0.8% (867  ±208) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.5% 46,248 (±0.5% / ±3,311)
  • about one-third of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)

40.9 minutes ±2.2 (285,950  ±34,092) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 30.8 7,754,115 (±0.4 / ±155,599)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

9,778 ±392 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 235,379 ±1,110
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
2.8 ±0.1 (27,412  ±65) Persons per household
  • a little higher than 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

4.7% ±1.7% (214  ±80) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.9% † 6,881 (±0.6% / ±789)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)

Housing

10,363 ±411 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 251,530 ±140
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276

$1,405,200 ±$124,450 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $652,900 ±$8,528
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621

8% ±2.2% (2,192  ±610.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 10.8% 66,996 (±0.6% / ±3,603.8)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)

Social

97.9% ±3.6% (17,838  ±870) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 402,054 (±1.1% / ±4,642.5)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
79.9% ±3.3% (14,549  ±755.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.5% 243,509 (±0.8% / ±3,315.4)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)

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

14.6% ±1.9% (4,014  ±517) Foreign-born population
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.8% 149,087
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177

3.1% ±0.9% (623  ±185) Population with veteran status
  • about the same as the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.1% 15,100 (±0.2% / ±854)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
623 Total veterans ±185 611 Male ±182 12 Female ±17

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