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Census Tract 8501, Capitol, CT

5,766 Population
19.2 square miles 300.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.1 ±6.2 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

$56,447 ±$5,160 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $51,016 ±$570
  • about the same as the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
$123,649 ±$23,421 Median household income
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $93,394 ±$1,372
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732

1.8% ±1.5% (101  ±87) Persons below poverty line
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 10.3% 97,216 (±0.5% / ±4,365)
  • about one-fifth of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)

27.5 minutes ±7.2 (57,700  ±9,787) Mean travel time to work
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Capitol Planning Region: 23.6 9,619,325 (±0.3 / ±138,389)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

2,155 ±230 Number of households
  • Capitol Planning Region: 391,113 ±1,213
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
2.7 ±0.4 (5,752  ±530) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Capitol Planning Region: 2.4 942,596 (±0 / ±287)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959

9.3% ±6.5% (99  ±72) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 4.5% 10,353 (±0.3% / ±769)
  • about double the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)

Housing

2,209 ±220 Number of housing units
  • Capitol Planning Region: 416,559 ±212
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276

$375,700 ±$25,734 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Capitol Planning Region: $323,700 ±$2,648
  • about the same as the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621

14.3% ±7.5% (809  ±429.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 11% 106,165 (±0.5% / ±4,347.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)

Social

98.2% ±7.1% (3,946  ±504.9) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 91.4% 622,824 (±0.9% / ±5,889)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
50.7% ±6.7% (2,036  ±346.2) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 42.1% 286,764 (±0.6% / ±3,805.1)
  • about 20 percent higher 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

4% ±2.2% (233  ±126) Foreign-born population
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 15.2% 148,924
  • about one-quarter of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177

9.6% ±3.4% (424  ±158) Population with veteran status
  • more than double the rate in Capitol Planning Region: 4.5% 35,313 (±0.2% / ±1,244)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
424 Total veterans ±158 411 Male ±151 13 Female ±23

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