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Bristol, CT

61,129 Population
26.4 square miles 2,315.6 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

38.2 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 41.9 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$42,162 ±$1,504 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $46,063 ±$1,035
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$83,458 ±$4,955 Median household income
  • a little less than the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $86,365 ±$2,065
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

8.4% ±1.4% (5,078  ±871) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 10.3% 46,175 (±0.6% / ±2,604)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

24.5 minutes ±1.2 (714,235  ±47,366) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 28.4 5,634,200 (±0.6 / ±140,731)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

24,737 ±708 Number of households
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 178,340 ±1,105
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.4 ±0.1 (60,419  ±47) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 2.5 445,579 (±0 / ±115)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

4.6% ±1.4% (673  ±204) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5.2% † 5,235 (±0.7% / ±671)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

26,744 ±736 Number of housing units
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 191,984 ±108
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$252,300 ±$7,374 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $290,800 ±$3,734
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

10.2% ±1.5% (6,171  ±921.6) Moved since previous year
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 9.7% 43,490 (±0.6% / ±2,857.5)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

93.4% ±3.3% (40,579  ±1,633.1) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 90.3% 292,334 (±1.3% / ±4,320.4)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
30.5% ±2.1% (13,246  ±932.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 33.8% 109,346 (±0.8% / ±2,528.1)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

10.5% ±1.6% (6,387  ±975) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 13.5% 60,819
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

5.7% ±0.7% (2,813  ±364) Population with veteran status
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5.1% 18,358 (±0.3% / ±1,037)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
2,813 Total veterans ±364 2,455 Male ±354 358 Female ±141

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