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Stamford, CT

129,636 Population
37.6 square miles 3,446.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2019 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.4 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 40.6 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.2

Economics

$54,943 ±$3,759 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $58,815 ±$1,549
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $45,359 ±$555
$100,713 ±$8,112 Median household income
  • a little higher than the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $97,053 ±$4,056
  • about 1.3 times the amount in Connecticut: $78,833 ±$1,358

7.3% ±2.5% (9,402  ±3,191) Persons below poverty line
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 9.1% † 84,006 (±1% / ±8,866)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 347,149 (±0.4% / ±13,761)

28.2 minutes ±0.7 (1,910,590  ±62,302) Mean travel time to work * ACS 2019 5-year data
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 31.3 13,766,215 (±0.3 / ±164,955)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 45,097,460 (±0.2 / ±326,006)

Families

49,707 ±2,495 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 340,557 ±3,374
  • Connecticut: 1,377,166 ±6,712
2.6 ±0.1 (128,461  ±473) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 2.7 925,165 (±0 / ±1,834)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,454,420 (±0)

4.1% ±1.7% (1,319  ±544) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 4.5% † 9,605 (±0.8% / ±1,646)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 3.8% 30,781 (±0.4% / ±2,977)

Housing

54,408 ±2,643 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 375,368 ±656
  • Connecticut: 1,524,959 ±235

$565,100 ±$27,686 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $444,500 ±$10,436
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $280,700 ±$2,718

19.2% ±3.4% (24,578  ±4,357.5) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 12% 112,108 (±1% / ±9,281.6)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 12% 425,232 (±0.6% / ±19,329.8)

Social

89.3% ±5% (83,329  ±5,434.1) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 583,875 (±1.8% / ±11,571)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 90.7% 2,264,581 (±0.9% / ±23,480.2)
53.4% ±3.9% (49,794  ±4,002.3) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 49.1% 317,798 (±1.2% / ±7,967.6)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 39.8% 994,548 (±0.6% / ±14,058)

N/A Persons with language other than English spoken at home * ACS 2019 5-year data

33.9% ±3.7% (43,883  ±4,829) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 23% 216,625 (±1.1% / ±10,025)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 14.8% 528,365 (±0.4% / ±14,250)

2.9% ±0.9% (2,967  ±948) Population with veteran status
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 4.1% 30,112 (±0.4% / ±2,569)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 5.5% 156,499 (±0.2% / ±5,650)
2,967 Total veterans ±948 2,755 Male ±944 212 Female ±207

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