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Derby, CT

12,487 Population
5.1 square miles 2,469.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

46.4 ±3.1 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 41.8 ±0.3
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$46,280 ±$4,905 Per capita income
  • about the same as the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $46,363 ±$921
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • a little higher than the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$79,500 ±$11,458 Median household income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $86,191 ±$1,654
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

10.8% ±3.6% (1,337  ±441) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 11.2% 50,371 (±0.7% / ±2,951)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

26.9 minutes ±2.9 (150,865  ±23,301) Mean travel time to work
  • a little less than the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 28.3 5,537,935 (±0.6 / ±137,638)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

5,896 ±324 Number of households
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 180,116 ±990
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.1 ±0.1 (12,422  ±29) Persons per household
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 2.5 448,338 (±0 / ±123)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

8.2% ±3.9% (223  ±111) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5.9% 5,971 (±0.5% / ±544)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

6,219 ±341 Number of housing units
  • the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 192,551 ±185
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$256,700 ±$20,667 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: $317,700 ±$5,035
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about three-quarters of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

6.5% ±2.7% (798  ±326.2) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 9.5% 42,576 (±0.7% / ±3,071.5)
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about half the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

88.1% ±7.8% (8,677  ±834) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 90.5% 295,394 (±1.3% / ±4,299.6)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
35.6% ±5.5% (3,508  ±560.8) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 33.8% 110,369 (±0.8% / ±2,542.4)
  • about 80 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 35.7% 82,363,217 (±0.1% / ±182,857.7)

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

14.5% ±3.4% (1,816  ±419) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 14.2% 64,667
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

7.4% ±3.1% (790  ±325) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area: 5% 17,923 (±0.3% / ±1,036)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
790 Total veterans ±325 668 Male ±302 122 Female ±108

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