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Roxbury, CT

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Overview


Roxbury is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,279 people and just one neighborhood, Roxbury is the 155th largest community in Connecticut.

Roxbury home prices are not only among the most expensive in Connecticut, but Roxbury real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.

Occupations and Workforce

Roxbury is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.50% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Roxbury is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Roxbury who work in management occupations (20.17%), sales jobs (11.75%), and office and administrative support (8.58%).

Of important note, Roxbury is also a town of artists. Roxbury has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Roxbury’s character.

Also of interest is that Roxbury 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 Roxbury telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 21.08% 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Roxbury is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Roxbury a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Roxbury has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Roxbury’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

One downside of living in Roxbury, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.51 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Roxbury, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Roxbury is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 62.24% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%.

The per capita income in Roxbury in 2022 was $85,405, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $341,620 for a family of four.

Roxbury is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Roxbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Roxbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Roxbury include English, Irish, Italian, German, and Scottish.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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.

People

If you are planning to retire in Connecticut, this neighborhood should be on your must-see list. For many reasons, may be considered a retiree's dream neighborhood. According to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis and metrics, it's peaceful and quiet, has above average safety from crime compared to other neighborhoods in Connecticut, while also offering a diverse range of housing options. This, along with the vibrant mix of very educated seniors and other age groups who choose to live here, makes the neighborhood more retiree-friendly than 99.1% of neighborhoods in CT. If a Connecticut retirement is in your future, this neighborhood should be one of the places you visit. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for urban sophisticates.

In addition, with more than 1.7% of residents living with a same sex partner, is truly a neighborhood that stands out from the rest in this regard. In fact, exclusive analysis by NeighborhoodScout reveals that this neighborhood has a greater concentration of same sex couples than 95.6% of U.S. neighborhoods.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more Scottish and Armenian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 8.8% of this neighborhood's residents have Scottish ancestry and 2.5% have Armenian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 9.7% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.0% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Roxbury are wealthy, making it among the 15% highest income neighborhoods in America. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 90.0% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.3% 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 70.4% of America's neighborhoods.

The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.

In the neighborhood, 56.3% 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 22.9% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (10.3%), and 10.2% in manufacturing and laborer occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 89.2% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

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 Roxbury, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (20.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (20.2%), and residents who report Italian roots (14.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (13.6%), along with some Scottish ancestry residents (8.8%), 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 (36.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (64.8%) 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 (7.2%) and 6.1% of residents also hop out the door and walk to work for their daily commute. 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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