New Hartford is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 6,698 people and just one neighborhood, New Hartford is the 120th largest community in Connecticut.
Unlike some towns, New Hartford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Hartford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Hartford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Hartford who work in management occupations (14.85%), sales jobs (12.10%), and office and administrative support (9.09%).
Of important note, New Hartford is also a town of artists. New Hartford has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape New Hartford’s character.
Also of interest is that New Hartford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
A relatively large number of people in New Hartford telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.52% 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.
New Hartford is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, New Hartford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
In New Hartford, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 36.25 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, New Hartford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
New Hartford is one of the most well-educated cities in the nation. 44.09% of adults in New Hartford have at least a bachelor's degree. Compare that to the average community in America, which has just 21.84% with a bachelor's degree or higher.
The per capita income in New Hartford in 2022 was $67,456, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $269,824 for a family of four.
The people who call New Hartford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Hartford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Hartford include German, Irish, Italian, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in New Hartford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
In a nation where 1 out of every 4 children lives in poverty, the neighborhood stands out as being ranked among the lowest 0.0% of neighborhoods affected by this global issue.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 3.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Hartford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 48.3% 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 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.5%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in New Hartford, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (21.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (14.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.