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Stamford, CT

130,057 Population
37.6 square miles 3,457.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2020 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

37.9 ±0.8 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 40.8 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2

Economics

$56,283 ±$1,838 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $58,851 ±$766
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $45,668 ±$293
$96,885 ±$4,731 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $97,539 ±$1,460
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $79,855 ±$587

9.1% ±1.1% (11,800  ±1,389) Persons below poverty line
  • about the same as the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 8.9% 82,718 (±0.4% / ±3,536)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in Connecticut: 9.8% 339,156 (±0.2% / ±7,695)

28.4 minutes ±0.7 (1,886,840  ±67,078) Mean travel time to work
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 31.4 13,335,880 (±0.3 / ±170,597)
  • a little higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.7 43,838,220 (±0.2 / ±311,817)

Families

50,952 ±874 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 345,070 ±1,483
  • Connecticut: 1,385,437 ±3,268
2.5 ±0 (128,929  ±265) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 2.7 926,311 (±0 / ±899)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,458,474 (±0)

4.4% ±0.9% (1,467  ±310) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 90 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 4.8% 10,317 (±0.4% / ±752)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.2% 34,222 (±0.2% / ±1,489)

Housing

55,039 ±912 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 374,329 ±320
  • Connecticut: 1,521,199 ±303

$541,600 ±$14,602 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: $433,000 ±$4,681
  • nearly double the amount in Connecticut: $279,700 ±$1,296

15.9% ±1.4% (20,402  ±1,841.1) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 11.7% 109,044 (±0.4% / ±3,987.6)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 11.7% 413,908 (±0.2% / ±8,151.5)

Social

89.3% ±2% (83,456  ±2,223.3) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 582,871 (±0.8% / ±5,392.2)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 90.9% 2,263,655 (±0.4% / ±11,052.1)
52.2% ±1.7% (48,759  ±1,711) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 48.9% 316,013 (±0.6% / ±3,709.9)
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 40% 996,000 (±0.3% / ±6,929)

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

33% ±1.3% (42,917  ±1,724) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 21.9% 206,892 (±0.4% / ±3,389)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 14.6% 521,384 (±0.2% / ±6,557)

2.9% ±0.4% (3,069  ±429) Population with veteran status
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Norwalk, CT Metro Area: 4% 29,295 (±0.1% / ±1,035)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 5.7% 160,142 (±0.1% / ±2,728)
3,069 Total veterans ±429 2,893 Male ±412 176 Female ±93

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