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West Haven, CT

55,147 Population
10.8 square miles 5,129.9 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36 ±1.6 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 40.2 ±0.2
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$35,483 ±$1,933 Per capita income
  • about three-quarters of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $48,264 ±$833
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$73,566 ±$3,509 Median household income
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $86,266 ±$1,735
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

12.5% ±1.8% (6,504  ±924) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.6% 63,456 (±0.6% / ±3,263)
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

24 minutes ±0.9 (567,410  ±34,761) Mean travel time to work
  • about the same as the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 23.7 5,828,860 (±0.3 / ±98,795)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

20,730 ±557 Number of households
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 227,739 ±1,079
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.5 ±0.1 (52,084  ±45) Persons per household
  • a little higher than the figure in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 2.4 546,690 (±0 / ±139)
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

4.3% ±1.7% (599  ±237) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about 20 percent higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 3.6% † 4,839 (±0.4% / ±501)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

21,884 ±583 Number of housing units
  • the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 247,217 ±141
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$265,200 ±$8,499 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: $328,300 ±$4,087
  • about three-quarters of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

15.6% ±2.5% (8,493  ±1,342.9) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.3 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 11.9% 66,965 (±0.6% / ±3,431.2)
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

87.7% ±3.8% (31,420  ±1,546.3) High school grad or higher
  • a little less than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 91.7% 363,848 (±1.2% / ±4,727.4)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
29% ±2.7% (10,399  ±989) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about two-thirds of the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 41.1% 163,023 (±0.8% / ±2,986.6)
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Connecticut: 41.9% 1,062,403 (±0.3% / ±7,577.5)

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

20.8% ±2.2% (11,441  ±1,232) Foreign-born population
  • about 1.5 times the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 13.4% 75,895
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

4.9% ±0.9% (2,123  ±384) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in the New Haven, CT Metro Area: 4.6% 20,951 (±0.2% / ±1,035)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
2,123 Total veterans ±384 2,005 Male ±372 118 Female ±67

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