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Census Tract 1708, South Central Connecticut, CT

6,238 Population
1.4 square miles 4,457.5 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.4 ±7.3 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Meriden: 38.9 ±1.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 40.2 ±0.3

Economics

$31,770 ±$7,398 Per capita income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Meriden: $37,538 ±$1,973
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $49,766 ±$745
$62,978 ±$14,517 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Meriden: $71,253 ±$4,299
  • about two-thirds of the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $88,197 ±$1,692

12.5% ±11.6% (752  ±711) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Meriden: 13.2% † 7,893 (±2.5% / ±1,478)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 62,718 (±0.6% / ±3,170)

19.1 minutes ±1.4 (50,180  ±9,741) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Meriden: 23 598,405 (±1 / ±37,898)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 23.5 5,691,885 (±0.4 / ±126,915)

Families

2,456 ±296 Number of households
  • Meriden: 24,631 ±738
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 230,673 ±1,113
2.5 ±0.3 (6,036  ±986) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Meriden: 2.4 59,709 (±0.1 / ±47)
  • a little higher than the figure in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 2.4 548,518 (±0 / ±212)

14.7% ±11.5% (222  ±181) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about double the rate in Meriden: 7.2% † 1,029 (±1.8% / ±265)
  • more than double the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 3.7% † 5,009 (±0.4% / ±575)

Housing

2,528 ±281 Number of housing units
  • Meriden: 26,585 ±767
  • South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 248,267 ±187

$217,100 ±$11,992 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Meriden: $241,200 ±$6,880
  • about three-fifths of the amount in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: $353,100 ±$3,843

16.4% ±10.6% (983  ±652.2) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Meriden: 10.3% † 6,123 (±1.8% / ±1,083.4)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 12.2% 68,713 (±0.6% / ±3,607.2)

Social

84.6% ±8.8% (3,625  ±631.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Meriden: 86.4% 36,521 (±3.4% / ±1,621.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 92.1% 368,222 (±1.2% / ±4,705.1)
13.1% ±6% (559  ±269.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Meriden: 22.2% 9,376 (±1.8% / ±796.2)
  • about one-third 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

7.9% ±4.5% (490  ±291) Foreign-born population
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Meriden: 10.7% † 6,501 (±1.6% / ±962)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 13.7% 78,358

4.1% ±2.3% (185  ±106) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Meriden: 5.3% † 2,507 (±0.8% / ±395)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in South Central Connecticut Planning Region: 4.5% 20,524 (±0.2% / ±923)
185 Total veterans ±106 179 Male ±106 6 Female ±15

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