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New Britain, CT

75,861 Population
13.4 square miles 5,663.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

34.2 ±2.2 Median age
  • about 80 percent of the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 40.7 ±0.3
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$31,553 ±$2,724 Per capita income
  • about three-fifths of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $52,106 ±$1,187
  • about three-fifths of the amount in Connecticut: $56,190 ±$853
$62,152 ±$10,410 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $94,419 ±$2,961
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $96,049 ±$1,824

19.3% ±5.1% (13,837  ±3,677) Persons below poverty line
  • nearly double the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 10% 112,277 (±0.9% / ±10,339)
  • nearly double the rate in Connecticut: 10.2% 364,217 (±0.6% / ±19,612)

21.5 minutes ±0.8 (697,165  ±41,735) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2024 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 24 11,623,605 (±0.3 / ±157,256)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)

Families

29,451 ±2,101 Number of households
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 469,594 ±3,686
  • Connecticut: 1,455,235 ±6,160
2.5 ±0.2 (72,211  ±159) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 2.4 1,122,889 (±0 / ±840)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,565,854

2.6% ±1.8% (531  ±362) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-fifths of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.3% † 11,821 (±0.8% / ±2,261)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 5.1% 43,096 (±0.5% / ±4,060)

Housing

32,173 ±2,257 Number of housing units
  • the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 503,267 ±367
  • Connecticut: 1,554,057 ±191

$268,200 ±$18,591 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: $367,100 ±$4,786
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $396,900 ±$3,745

9.4% ±2.5% (7,059  ±1,854) Moved since previous year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 10.6% 122,661 (±0.9% / ±10,101.3)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 10.4% 378,505 (±0.5% / ±17,433.9)

Social

86.9% ±6.5% (44,887  ±4,058.8) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 92.4% 764,188 (±1.6% / ±13,558)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.8% 2,392,646 (±1% / ±25,554.9)
22.4% ±4% (11,583  ±2,136.7) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about half the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 43.2% 357,214 (±1% / ±8,472)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 42.6% 1,109,258 (±0.7% / ±17,085.3)

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

18.5% ±3.6% (14,003  ±2,712) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 13.9% 162,620
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.9% 584,170

3.2% ±1.4% (1,924  ±875) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT Metro Area: 4.3% 40,913 (±0.3% / ±2,750)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.4% 129,563 (±0.2% / ±5,253)
1,924 Total veterans ±875 1,924 Male ±875 N/A Female ±225

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