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Census Tract 1547, South Central Connecticut, CT

6,328 Population
2 square miles 3,244.1 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

45.5 ±3.4 Median age
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in West Haven: 35.8 ±1.5
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 40.2 ±0.3

Economics

$49,236 ±$6,454 Per capita income
  • about 1.4 times the amount in West Haven: $35,740 ±$2,005
  • about the same as the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $49,766 ±$745
$124,423 ±$30,904 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in West Haven: $74,382 ±$4,572
  • about 1.4 times the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $88,197 ±$1,692

6.8% ±4.1% (431  ±276) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in West Haven: 14.1% † 7,305 (±2.5% / ±1,283)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 62,718 (±0.6% / ±3,170)

24.8 minutes ±2.1 (72,970  ±20,723) Mean travel time to work
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Haven: 22.9 544,435 (±1.2 / ±37,997)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 23.5 5,691,885 (±0.4 / ±126,915)

Families

2,342 ±377 Number of households
  • West Haven: 20,938 ±708
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 230,673 ±1,113
2.7 ±0.3 (6,325  ±1,298) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in West Haven: 2.5 51,819 (±0.1 / ±51)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 2.4 548,518 (±0 / ±212)

4.1% ±6.1% (45  ±69) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in West Haven: 5.3% † 744 (±1.6% / ±227)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 3.7% † 5,009 (±0.4% / ±575)

Housing

2,427 ±371 Number of housing units
  • West Haven: 21,973 ±651
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 248,267 ±187

$356,700 ±$14,381 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in West Haven: $291,700 ±$9,232
  • about the same as the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $353,100 ±$3,843

13.1% ±6.5% (813  ±438.7) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in West Haven: 15.2% † 8,236 (±2.2% / ±1,206)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 12.2% 68,713 (±0.6% / ±3,607.2)

Social

91.8% ±25.5% (4,424  ±754.2) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in West Haven: 87.8% 31,467 (±3.6% / ±1,540)
  • about the same as the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 92.1% 368,222 (±1.2% / ±4,705.1)
38.9% ±8.7% (1,875  ±585.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.3 times the rate in West Haven: 30.5% 10,922 (±2.6% / ±981.7)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 42% 168,009 (±0.7% / ±2,969)

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

8.1% ±4.8% (511  ±324) Foreign-born population
  • about two-fifths of the rate in West Haven: 21.1% 11,684 (±2.1% / ±1,159)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 13.7% 78,358

4.4% ±1.7% (238  ±105) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in West Haven: 4.6% † 2,022 (±0.9% / ±391)
  • about the same as the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 4.5% 20,524 (±0.2% / ±923)
238 Total veterans ±105 225 Male ±103 13 Female ±20

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