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Eastford, CT

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Overview


Eastford is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 1,675 people and just one neighborhood, Eastford is the 162nd largest community in Connecticut.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Eastford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Eastford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Eastford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Eastford who work in sales jobs (14.67%), management occupations (11.18%), and office and administrative support (10.36%).

Also of interest is that Eastford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 10.61% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Eastford is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Eastford really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Eastford perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic nightlife, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

One downside of living in Eastford is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Eastford, the average commute to work is 30.40 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Demographics

The citizens of Eastford are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 34.96% of adults in Eastford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Eastford in 2022 was $42,923, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $171,692 for a family of four. However, Eastford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Eastford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Eastford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Eastford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Eastford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 12.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Eastford include English, French, Irish, Polish, and Italian.

The most common language spoken in Eastford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Polish.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.7% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 13.4% have French ancestry.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Eastford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 76.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 6.2% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 60.9% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 43.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 26.2% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (15.4%), and 14.6% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.1% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.9%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Eastford, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (19.4%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (13.4%), and residents who report Irish roots (12.9%), and some of the residents are also of Puerto Rican ancestry (10.5%), along with some Polish ancestry residents (8.2%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (40.8% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (81.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (6.9%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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