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Staples, CT

7,340 Population
4.3 square miles 1,687.7 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

48.7 ±2.9 Median age
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 41 ±0.2
  • about 20 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$121,206 ±$20,505 Per capita income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $71,978 ±$1,066
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • more than double the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$192,656 ±$58,400 Median household income
  • more than 1.5 times the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $114,565 ±$1,713
  • about double the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • more than double the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

4.4% ±2.4% (322  ±176) Persons below poverty line
  • about half the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 9.2% 86,068 (±0.4% / ±4,159)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about one-third of the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

43.1 minutes ±8.4 (93,055  ±24,964) Mean travel time to work
  • about 1.4 times the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 31 12,011,920 (±0.4 / ±204,711)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • more than 1.5 times the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

2,618 ±364 Number of households
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 355,012 ±1,211
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.8 ±0.5 (7,322  ±693) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 2.7 939,477 (±0 / ±230)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

3.5% ±2.7% (37  ±30) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 4.9% 10,550 (±0.4% / ±899)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

2,705 ±369 Number of housing units
  • the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 377,569 ±159
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$1,165,500 ±$63,987 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • more than double the amount in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: $564,500 ±$8,223
  • more than double the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • more than double the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

8.2% ±6.4% (599  ±472) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 10.8% 101,835 (±0.4% / ±4,173.3)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

96.5% ±15.4% (4,782  ±513.4) High school grad or higher
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 90.2% 595,881 (±0.9% / ±5,848.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
73% ±1.5% (3,617  ±431.1) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 1.4 times the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 50.9% 336,283 (±0.6% / ±4,197.4)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about double 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

19.3% ±3.9% (1,415  ±313) Foreign-born population
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 23.3% 223,132
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • about 1.4 times the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

2.4% ±1.8% (134  ±102) Population with veteran status
  • about 80 percent of the rate in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT Metro Area: 3.1% 22,794 (±0.2% / ±1,126)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about two-fifths of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
134 Total veterans ±102 134 Male ±102 N/A Female ±19

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