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Groton School District, CT

38,086 Population
31.1 square miles 1,224.2 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

36.3 ±1.9 Median age
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 41 ±0.3
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$49,562 ±$2,553 Per capita income
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $45,691 ±$788
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$83,547 ±$4,192 Median household income
  • about the same as the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $84,185 ±$1,981
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

10.1% ±1.7% (3,650  ±609) Persons below poverty line
  • a little less than the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 10.6% 28,317 (±0.8% / ±2,071)
  • about the same as the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

19.5 minutes ±1.2 (331,080  ±27,501) Mean travel time to work
  • about 80 percent of the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 24.1 2,955,045 (±0.6 / ±83,741)
  • about three-quarters of the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

16,499 ±509 Number of households
  • Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 114,577 ±998
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.2 ±0.1 (36,271  ±92) Persons per household
  • a little less than the figure in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 2.3 267,732 (±0 / ±155)
  • about 90 percent of the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

7.5% ±4.3% (617  ±353) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • nearly double the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 4.1% † 2,513 (±0.8% / ±479)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

18,285 ±502 Number of housing units
  • Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 125,728 ±97
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$314,200 ±$17,954 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 10 percent higher than the amount in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: $293,900 ±$4,051
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

18.9% ±2.5% (7,107  ±946.3) Moved since previous year
  • about 1.5 times the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 12.1% 33,384 (±0.8% / ±2,121.5)
  • more than 1.5 times the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

94.2% ±3.6% (24,864  ±1,182.7) High school grad or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 92.6% 182,621
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
42.2% ±2.8% (11,137  ±792.6) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about 25 percent higher than the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 34.6% 68,278
  • about the same as 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

8.8% ±1.3% (3,364  ±500) Foreign-born population
  • about the same as the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.8% 24,659
  • about three-fifths of the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

11.4% ±1.3% (3,198  ±378) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.3 times the rate in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: 8.7% 19,021 (±0.4% / ±954)
  • more than double the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
3,198 Total veterans ±378 2,987 Male ±368 211 Female ±100

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