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Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area

462,220 Population
412.8 square miles 1,119.8 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 1-year unless noted

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Demographics

41.6 ±0.5 Median age
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 39.2 ±0.1

Economics

$44,066 ±$1,476 Per capita income
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $45,256 ±$100
$79,889 ±$4,918 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in United States: $81,604 ±$128

13.4% ±2% (61,227  ±9,239) Persons below poverty line
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.2% 40,354,268 (±0.1% / ±248,561)

28.5 minutes ±1 (5,846,355  ±278,439) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in United States: 27.2 3,895,171,300 (±0 / ±7,663,316)

Families

183,716 ±2,196 Number of households
  • United States: 132,737,144 ±140,273
2.5 ±0 (455,925  ±109) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in United States: 2.5 331,722,430

8.1% ±1.9% (8,109  ±1,874) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5% 3,971,434 (±0.1% / ±36,997)

Housing

194,022 ±166 Number of housing units
  • United States: 146,740,960 ±8,590

$344,300 ±$9,045 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • a little less than the amount in United States: $360,600 ±$618

8.8% ±1.4% (40,069  ±6,209.8) Moved since previous year
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 11.8% 39,597,955 (±0.1% / ±197,294.9)

Social

90% ±3.1% (300,188  ±10,261.2) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.9% 212,133,683 (±0.1% / ±286,969.9)
32.6% ±1.8% (108,778  ±6,025.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 36.9% 86,932,699 (±0.1% / ±187,449.9)

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

13.2% (60,908  ±6,788) Foreign-born population
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 14.8% 50,234,856

5.2% ±0.7% (19,108  ±2,459) Population with veteran status
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 5.9% 15,701,246 (±0% / ±75,366)
19,108 Total veterans ±2,459 17,101 Male ±2,212 2,007 Female ±990

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