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Westport town, Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT

27,232 Population
20 square miles 1,364.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2022 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.9 ±1.7 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 40.9 ±0.2

Economics

$131,155 ±$10,494 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $76,090 ±$1,284
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $52,034 ±$404
$242,868 ±$36,358 Median household income
  • about double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $118,930 ±$1,895
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $90,213 ±$730

4.6% ±1.5% (1,250  ±399) Persons below poverty line
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.5% 45,652 (±0.5% / ±3,045)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 10.1% 355,692 (±0.2% / ±7,493)

40.2 minutes ±2.5 (327,830  ±33,478) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.3 times the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 30.9 8,114,220 (±0.5 / ±172,946)
  • about 1.5 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 41,563,900 (±0.1 / ±302,595)

Families

9,725 ±404 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 230,507 ±1,144
  • Connecticut: 1,409,807 ±3,257
2.8 ±0.1 (27,074  ±58) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.7 612,706 (±0 / ±76)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,499,582

4.2% ±1.7% (192  ±77) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,576 (±0.5% / ±629)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.3% 35,383 (±0.2% / ±1,431)

Housing

10,342 ±441 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 248,939 ±142
  • Connecticut: 1,531,332 ±311

$1,207,700 ±$43,669 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about double the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $595,600 ±$9,460
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $323,700 ±$1,411

9.1% ±2.5% (2,475  ±,673.5) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.9% 73,237 (±0.6% / ±3,642.1)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.5% 412,825 (±0.2% / ±8,460.4)

Social

97.3% ±4% (17,677  ±,888.7) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.6% 393,387 (±1% / ±4,418.9)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,300,714 (±0.5% / ±11,609.6)
79.3% ±3.6% (14,402  ±,774.4) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 54.2% 232,830 (±0.7% / ±3,165.7)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 41.4% 1,043,226 (±0.3% / ±7,224.6)

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

15.5% ±2% (4,231  ±539) Foreign-born population
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.2% 143,828
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15% 542,964

3.4% ±0.9% (675  ±170) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.5% 17,057 (±0.2% / ±929)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 146,179 (±0.1% / ±2,407)
675 Total veterans ±170 667 Male ±167 8 Female ±14

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