Town Demographics
 

General

Characteristics

Number
Percent
 U.S.    

Racial

Characteristics

Number Percent U.S.
                     
  Total population 15,189 100.0 100%     One race 15,117 98.9 97.8%
       Male 7,779

51.4

 52.9%     White 13,826 93.0 74.5%
       Female 7,410 48.6 49.3%    

Black or African American

421 47.8 12.4%
  Median age (years) 39.55 (X)     American Indian & Alaska 41 0.3 0.8%
       Under 5 years 760 5.6 6.2%     Native      
      5 years to 19 years 1,557   6.4 %     Asian 603 5.6 4.4%
      18 years and over 12,620 82.8 75.4%     Native Hawaiian & 0 0.0 0.1%
            Male 6,450 36.6      

     Other Pacific  Islander

     
            Female 6,l70 51.7       Some other race 86 0.6 5.6%
       65 years and over
1,934
11.3
12.6%
     Two or more races 212 1.6 2.2%
 

          Male

923
39.7
   

Hispanic or Latino (of any

729 5.6 15.1%
            Female
1,934
58.8
           race)      
                     
                     
 

Residential

Characteristics

 Number Percent U.S.    

Housing

Characteristics

 Number Percent U.S
                     
 

Household Population

15,189 98.9 97.2%     Single-family owner-occupied
6,584
100.0
  Average  houshold size 2.35 (X) 2.59            homes 
 

Average family size

 2.92 (X) 3.14     Median value  (dollars) 205,650 (X) 185.400
  Total housing units 7,298 100.0 100.0%    

      Median of selected        

(X) (X)
       Occupied housing units 6,460 92.6 91.0%    

      monthly owner costs     

 (X)
       Owner-occupied 5,173 70.6 66.2%                  With a mortgage 1,605 1,486
       Renter-occupied 2,159                      Not mortgaged 546 419
       Vacant housing units 838 10.6 11.8%     Renter-occupied housing units 1,233 29.4 33.8%
                     
           
 

Social

Characteristics

 Number Percent U.S.    

Economic

Characteristics

Number Percent U.S.
                     
  Population 25 years and over 11,200 100     In labor force 9,088 71.4  65.0%
  High school graduate or 7,720 84.3 84.6%          (population 16 years and         
      higher                over)      
  Bachelor's degree or higher 1,090 16.2 24.4%     Mean travel time to work in  24.4 (X) 25.2
  Civilian veterans 1,842 14.9 12.7%          minutes (population 16 years  
       (civilian population 18                     and over)      
        years and over)           Median household income 49,315 (X) 51,425
  Disability status      (X) (X) (X)    

   (2009 inflation-adjusted

     
       (population 21 to 64 years)           dollars)      
  Foreign born 947 2.6 11.1%     Median family income 65,826 (X) 62,363
  Now married 6,807 40.0 52.3%        (2009 inflation-adjusted      
      (population 15 years and          

dollars)

      
       over)           Per capita income 26,649 (X)  27,041
  Speak a language other than 1,117 7.2 19.6%          (2009 inflation-djusted      

    English at home

      dollars)      
  Families below poverty level (X) 8.0 9.9%
       

Individuals below poverty level

 (X) 7.1 13.5%  
                          
  All Figures include the Jewett City Borough    
 

(X) Not applicable.

  
 

Source: U.S. Census Bureau based on 2010 Census for the Town of Griswold and the Borough of Jewett City

  
 

Further Griswold Statistics are available from the U.S. Census Bureau through the American Factfinder at the following link: http://factfinder2.census.gov/   

  
     
         
 

Contact us:   28 Main Street          Griswold, CT 06351          Phone:  860 376-7060          Fax:  860 376-7070

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