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Census Tract 5242, Capitol, CT

6,702 Population
4.5 square miles 1,499.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±2.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Capitol Planning Region: 40 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$51,956 ±$6,565 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $51,016 ±$570
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
$105,769 ±$10,900 Median household income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $93,394 ±$1,372
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732

5.7% ±3.8% (366  ±252) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 10.3% 97,216 (±0.5% / ±4,365)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)

21.6 minutes ±1.8 (60,000  ±10,839) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Capitol Planning Region: 23.6 9,619,325 (±0.3 / ±138,389)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

2,608 ±204 Number of households
  • Capitol Planning Region: 391,113 ±1,213
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
2.4 ±0.2 (6,268  ±722) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Capitol Planning Region: 2.4 942,596 (±0 / ±287)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959

11% ±7.3% (150  ±103) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 4.5% 10,353 (±0.3% / ±769)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)

Housing

2,689 ±188 Number of housing units
  • Capitol Planning Region: 416,559 ±212
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276

$339,300 ±$17,439 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little higher than the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $323,700 ±$2,648
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621

8.2% ±4.1% (543  ±280.1) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 11% 106,165 (±0.5% / ±4,347.6)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)

Social

92.7% ±9.1% (4,762  ±629.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 91.4% 622,824 (±0.9% / ±5,889)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
40.1% ±5.9% (2,059  ±352.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 42.1% 286,764 (±0.6% / ±3,805.1)
  • a little less than 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

23.8% ±9.4% (1,593  ±655) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 15.2% 148,924
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177

6.2% ±2.5% (344  ±141) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 4.5% 35,313 (±0.2% / ±1,244)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
344 Total veterans ±141 339 Male ±136 5 Female ±10

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