Windham is also a college town, where lots of students live while attending area colleges. Because of the high percentage of people living in Windham enrolled in college, Windham has a number of services, amenities and opportunities geared towards the needs and activities of students.
The citizens of Windham are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 22.57% of adults in Windham having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Windham in 2022 was $27,497, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $109,988 for a family of four. However, Windham contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Windham is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Windham home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Windham residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Windham also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 30.47% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Windham include Irish, Italian, English, Polish, and German.
The most common language spoken in Windham is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
