Stamford is a relatively large coastal city (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 139,134 people and 33 associated neighborhoods, Stamford is the second largest community in Connecticut. Stamford home prices are not only among the most expensive in Connecticut, but Stamford real estate also consistently ranks among the most expensive in America.Stamford is a decidedly white-collar city, with fully 86.60% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Stamford is a city of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stamford who work in management occupations (14.85%), business and financial occupations (10.07%), and sales jobs (9.70%). Also of interest is that Stamford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 19.38% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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. Stamford is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. For the size of the city, public transportation in Stamford is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Stamford, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Stamford, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Stamford is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 51.72% 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 Stamford in 2022 was $67,068, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $268,272 for a family of four. However, Stamford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Stamford is an extremely ethnically-diverse city. The people who call Stamford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stamford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stamford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 28.30% of the city’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stamford include Italian, Irish, German, English, and Polish. Foreign born people are also an important part of Stamford's cultural character, accounting for 31.31% of the city’s population. The most common language spoken in Stamford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.
