Griswold is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 11,683 people and two associated neighborhoods, Griswold is the 90th largest community in Connecticut.
A relatively large number of people in Griswold telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 9.00% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.
It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Griswold has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Griswold has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Griswold than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Griswold may be for you.
In Griswold, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.01 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
In terms of college education, Griswold is nearly on par with the US average for all cities of 21.84%: 19.88% of adults 25 and older in Griswold have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Griswold in 2022 was $40,179, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,716 for a family of four. However, Griswold contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Griswold is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Griswold home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Griswold residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Griswold include Italian, Irish, French, English, and German.
The most common language spoken in Griswold is English. Other important languages spoken here include Langs. of India and Spanish.