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Newtown School District, CT

27,384 Population
57.5 square miles 476 people per square mile

Census data: ACS 2023 5-year unless noted

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Demographics

44.2 ±1.5 Median age
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 41.5 ±0.2
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 41.2 ±0.1

Economics

$68,799 ±$5,108 Per capita income
  • about 90 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $79,648 ±$1,324
  • about 25 percent higher than the amount in Connecticut: $54,409 ±$410
$148,067 ±$13,162 Median household income
  • about 20 percent higher than the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $124,553 ±$2,356
  • about 1.5 times the amount in Connecticut: $93,760 ±$669

4.7% ±1.5% (1,264  ±398) Persons below poverty line
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 7.4% 45,372 (±0.6% / ±3,356)
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 10% 351,948 (±0.2% / ±8,233)

32.6 minutes ±0.6 (359,560  ±21,526) Mean travel time to work
  • a little higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 31 7,948,655 (±0.4 / ±149,396)
  • about 25 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 26.6 40,993,552 (±0.1 / ±319,633)

Families

9,496 ±364 Number of households
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 232,279 ±1,002
  • Connecticut: 1,420,170 ±3,490
2.8 ±0.1 (26,787  ±65) Persons per household
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 2.6 613,989 (±0 / ±95)
  • about 10 percent higher than the figure in Connecticut: 2.5 3,502,333

3.2% ±2.1% (180  ±116) Women 15-50 who gave birth during past year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 4.7% 6,471 (±0.5% / ±632)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 4.5% 36,544 (±0.2% / ±1,669)

Housing

9,965 ±388 Number of housing units
  • Western Connecticut Planning Region: 250,108 ±126
  • Connecticut: 1,536,049 ±285

$491,600 ±$14,626 Median value of owner-occupied housing units
  • about 80 percent of the amount in Western Connecticut Planning Region: $625,400 ±$8,022
  • about 1.4 times the amount in Connecticut: $343,200 ±$1,807

8.1% ±1.9% (2,217  ±511.8) Moved since previous year
  • about two-thirds of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 11.4% 70,303 (±0.6% / ±3,463.9)
  • about three-quarters of the rate in Connecticut: 11.1% 393,931 (±0.2% / ±8,030.4)

Social

95.8% ±4.2% (18,122  ±973.4) High school grad or higher
  • a little higher than the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 91.7% 397,467 (±1.1% / ±4,656.2)
  • a little higher than the rate in Connecticut: 91.3% 2,313,304 (±0.5% / ±11,325.7)
55.9% ±3.6% (10,562  ±752.9) Bachelor's degree or higher
  • about the same as the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 55.1% 238,638 (±0.8% / ±3,385.4)
  • about 1.3 times 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

7.6% ±1.8% (2,068  ±491) Foreign-born population
  • about one-third of the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 23.7% 147,062
  • about half the rate in Connecticut: 15.4% 555,161

4.7% ±0.9% (1,005  ±190) Population with veteran status
  • about 1.4 times the rate in Western Connecticut Planning Region: 3.4% 16,370 (±0.2% / ±851)
  • a little less than the rate in Connecticut: 4.9% 140,081 (±0.1% / ±2,445)
1,005 Total veterans ±190 886 Male ±178 119 Female ±87

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