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Census Tract 2301, Western Connecticut, CT

7,158 Population
15.5 square miles 461.3 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.6 ±1.8 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in Sandy Hook: 43.1 ±3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2

Economics

$78,469 ±$12,098 Per capita income
  • a little higher than the amount in Sandy Hook: $75,754 † ±$10,621
  • a little less than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $82,266 ±$1,400
$147,917 ±$38,253 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Sandy Hook: $160,814 † ±$24,766
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $128,188 ±$2,370

2.5% ±1.9% (179  ±136) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Sandy Hook: 5.7% † 556 (±3.1% / ±304)
  • about one-third of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.5% 46,248 (±0.5% / ±3,311)

33.4 minutes ±8.9 (86,415  ±15,635) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in Sandy Hook: 35.3 † 138,785 (±7.7 / ±21,245)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 30.8 7,754,115 (±0.4 / ±155,599)

Families

2,670 ±217 Number of households
  • Sandy Hook: 3,522 ±323
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 235,379 ±1,110
2.7 ±0.1 (7,135  ±664) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Sandy Hook: 2.8 † 9,856 (±0.4 / ±864)
  • about the same as the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 619,689 (±0 / ±105)

5.5% ±7.5% (81  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than double the rate in Sandy Hook: 1.4% † 31 (±1.4% / ±32)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.9% † 6,881 (±0.6% / ±789)

Housing

3,007 ±230 Number of housing units
  • Sandy Hook: 3,894 ±336
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 251,530 ±140

$493,200 ±$43,707 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about the same as the amount in Sandy Hook: $501,200 ±$32,555
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $652,900 ±$8,528

9.4% ±5.8% (672  ±418.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Sandy Hook: 12.1% † 1,190 (±5.3% / ±531.4)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 10.8% 66,996 (±0.6% / ±3,603.8)

Social

96.8% ±7.9% (4,938  ±609.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Sandy Hook: 97.4% † 6,606 (±13.5% / ±645.8)
  • a little higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 402,054 (±1.1% / ±4,642.5)
58.2% ±6.5% (2,967  ±432.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little less than the rate in Sandy Hook: 60.9% 4,133 (±3.7% / ±476.9)
  • a little higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.5% 243,509 (±0.8% / ±3,315.4)

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

9.7% ±3.1% (697  ±234) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Sandy Hook: 7.1% † 698 (±2.3% / ±231)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.8% 149,087

5% ±2.6% (279  ±147) Population with veteran status
  • a little less than the rate in Sandy Hook: 5.3% † 405 (±2% / ±160)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.1% 15,100 (±0.2% / ±854)
279 Total veterans ±147 195 Male ±109 84 Female ±78

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