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State House District 79, CT

24,245 Population
8.6 square miles 2,834.4 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2024 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.8 ±2 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.1 ±0.2
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 38.9 ±0.1

Economics

$36,171 ±$2,940 Per capita income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $55,915 ±$406
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $44,673 ±$122
$66,383 ±$4,563 Median household income
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $95,781 ±$732
  • about 80 percent of the amount in United States: $80,734 ±$166

14% ±4.6% (3,363  ±1,125) Persons below poverty line
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Connecticut: 10% 353,604 (±0.2% / ±8,433)
  • about 10 percent higher than the rate in United States: 12.5% 40,735,660 (±0.1% / ±275,861)

21.4 minutes ±1.4 (236,530  ±28,652) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 26.5 40,315,740 (±0.2 / ±346,926)
  • about 80 percent of the figure in United States: 26.4 3,569,606,700 (±0 / ±5,719,373)

Families

9,885 ±571 Number of households
  • Connecticut: 1,434,007 ±3,233
  • United States: 129,227,496 ±209,365
2.4 ±0.1 (23,902  ±1,644) Persons per household
  • about the same as the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,521,959
  • a little less than the figure in United States: 2.5 326,722,430

7.7% ±3.4% (462  ±207) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 38,539 (±0.2% / ±1,699)
  • about 1.5 times the rate in United States: 5.1% 4,009,203 (±0% / ±20,898)

Housing

10,973 ±593 Number of housing units
  • Connecticut: 1,541,822 ±276
  • United States: 143,775,360 ±10,234

$234,000 ±$16,625 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about two-thirds of the amount in Connecticut: $366,900 ±$1,621
  • about two-thirds of the amount in United States: $332,700 ±$236

10.6% ±2.8% (2,521  ±683.7) Moved since previous year
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 10.8% 388,093 (±0.2% / ±8,578)
  • about 90 percent of the rate in United States: 12.3% 40,747,183 (±0% / ±136,530.8)

Social

91.2% ±3.2% (15,531  ±1,065.8) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 91.5% 2,338,239 (±0.5% / ±12,125.4)
  • about the same as the rate in United States: 89.6% 206,814,894 (±0.1% / ±283,951.7)
25.9% ±3% (4,404  ±565.5) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 42.5% 1,085,063 (±0.3% / ±7,903.7)
  • about three-quarters of 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

14.8% ±3.5% (3,586  ±876) Foreign-born population
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 15.7% 569,177
  • a little higher than the rate in United States: 14.1% 47,349,080

4.8% ±1.3% (933  ±257) Population with veteran status
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 4.7% 134,265 (±0.1% / ±2,264)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in United States: 6.2% 16,185,883 (±0% / ±45,251)
933 Total veterans ±257 754 Male ±216 179 Female ±103

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