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Groton Long Point, CT map Population (year 2000): 667. Estimated population in July 2006: 668 (+0.1% change)
 

Males: 326  (48.9%)
Females: 341  (51.1%)

New London County

Median resident age:  47.7 years
Connecticut median age:  37.4 years

Estimated median household income in 2005: $101,800 (it was $87,027 in 2000)
Groton Long Point  $101,800
Connecticut:  $60,941

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $585,800 (it was $350,900 in 2000)
Groton Long Point  $585,800
Connecticut:  $271,500

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Races in Groton Long Point:

  • White Non-Hispanic (93.4%)
  • Hispanic (3.4%)
  • Two or more races (2.4%)
  • American Indian (1.5%)
  • Asian Indian (0.9%)

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Ancestries: Irish (24.6%), English (20.8%), Italian (18.7%), Polish (13.9%), German (10.9%), French (7.2%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Elevation: 15 feet

Land area: 0.44 square miles.

Population density: 1534 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Groton Long Point

  • High school or higher: 98.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 62.6%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 34.5%
  • Unemployed: 3.7%
  • Mean travel time to work: 28.6 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Groton Long Point borough

  • Never married: 14.9%
  • Now married: 71.1%
  • Separated: 0.0%
  • Widowed: 6.5%
  • Divorced: 7.4%

44 residents are foreign born (3.7% Europe, 1.2% Latin America, 1.0% Asia).

This city:  6.6%
Connecticut:  10.9%

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Groton Long Point:  1.4% ($4,896)
Connecticut:  1.8% ($2,961)
Groton Long Point satellite photo by USGS

Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Southampton, NY (44.3 miles , pop. 54,712).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Brookhaven, NY (73.6 miles , pop. 448,248).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Queens, NY (131.3 miles , pop. 2,229,379).

Nearest cities: Noank, CT (1.4 miles ), Poquonock Bridge, CT (2.2 miles ), Groton, CT (3.0 miles ), Fishers Island, NY (3.6 miles ), Mystic, CT (4.1 miles ), Long Hill, CT (4.4 miles ), Groton, CT (5.0 miles ), Old Mystic, CT (5.5 miles ).

Latitude: 41.31 N, Longitude: 72.01 W


Groton Long Point household income distribution Groton Long Point home values distribution


Population change in the 1990s: +41 (+6.5%).



Most common industries for males:



  • Transportation equipment (12%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Public administration (9%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Arts, entertainment, and recreation (7%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Health care (6%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Educational services (33%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (10%)
  • Real estate and rental and leasing (9%)
  • Health care (7%)
  • Accommodation and food services (7%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Public administration (5%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Top executives (9%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (9%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Financial managers (6%)
  • Engineers (5%)
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (4%)
  • Librarians, curators, and archivists (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Preschool, kindergarten, elementary and middle school teachers (16%)
  • Other sales and related workers including supervisors (13%)
  • Waiters and waitresses (6%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (5%)
  • Life and physical scientists (5%)
  • Registered nurses (5%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (5%)


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Crime in Groton Long Point by Year

Type 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006
Murders 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Rapes 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Robberies 100100
    per 100,000 149.00.00.0146.20.00.0
Assaults 302011
    per 100,000 447.10.0293.30.0146.2147.3
Burglaries 424200
    per 100,000 596.1295.0586.5292.40.00.0
Thefts 111312854
    per 100,000 1639.31917.41759.51169.6731.0589.1
Auto thefts 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
Arson 000000
    per 100,000 0.00.00.00.00.00.0
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 239.8) 241.497.3170.1111.158.553.0

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 10 (7 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  10.46
US city average:  3.00

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Groton Long Point-area historical tornado activity is below Connecticut state average. It is 54% smaller than the overall U.S. average.

On 8/21/1951, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 38.5 miles away from the Groton Long Point city center injured 8 people and caused between $50,000 and $500,000 in damages.

On 10/3/1979, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 60.0 miles away from the city center killed 3 people and injured 500 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Groton Long Point:
  • LAWRENCE & MEMORIAL HOSPITAL (about 8 miles; NEW LONDON, CT)
  • WILLIAM W BACKUS HOSPITAL (about 13 miles; NORWICH, CT)
  • WESTERLY HOSPITAL (about 15 miles; WESTERLY, RI)

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Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Groton Long Point:
  • GROTON-NEW LONDON (about 2 miles; GROTON NEW LONDON, CT; ID: GON)
  • THEODORE FRANCIS GREEN STATE (about 50 miles; PROVIDENCE, RI; ID: PVD)
  • HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 53 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID: HFD)
Other public-use airports nearest to Groton Long Point:
  • ELIZABETH FIELD (about 5 miles; FISHERS ISLAND, NY; ID: 0B8)
  • WESTERLY STATE (about 15 miles; WESTERLY, RI; ID: WST)
  • MONTAUK (about 19 miles; MONTAUK, NY; ID: MTP)

Amtrak stations near Groton Long Point:
  • 5 miles: MYSTIC (RTE. 1). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 7 miles: NEW LONDON (27 WATER ST.). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 11 miles: FOXWOOD CASINO (LEDYARD, ROUTE 2) - Bus Station

Operable nuclear power plants near Groton Long Point:
  • 10 miles: Millstone 1 and 2 in Waterford, CT.
  • 10 miles: Millstone 3 in Waterford, CT.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Groton Long Point:
  • EASTERN CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 31 miles; WILLIMANTIC, CT; Full-time enrollment: 4,165)
  • UNIVERSITY OF RHODE ISLAND (about 36 miles; KINGSTON, RI; FT enrollment: 11,759)
  • UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT (about 38 miles; STORRS, CT; FT enrollment: 16,952)
  • COMMUNITY COLLEGE OF RHODE ISLAND (about 47 miles; WARWICK, RI; FT enrollment: 8,650)
  • NEW ENGLAND INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY (about 47 miles; WARWICK, RI; FT enrollment: 2,419)
  • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 48 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,993)
  • SUNY AT STONY BROOK (about 52 miles; STONY BROOK, NY; FT enrollment: 16,829)

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Average household size:
This city:  2.2 people
Connecticut:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This city:  67.0%
Whole state:  67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This city:  1.6%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.0% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.3% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  0.3%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This city:  0.3%
Whole state:  3.9%

Groton Long Point compared to Connecticut state average:
  • Median household income above state average.
  • Median house value significantly above state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Median age significantly above state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Number of rooms per house above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly above state average.


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Local government employment and payroll (March 2002)

Function Full-time employees Monthly full-time payroll Average yearly full-time wage Part-time employees Monthly part-time payroll
Financial Administration 0$0 1$600
Water Supply 0$0 1$100
Streets and Highways 0$0 1$1,000
Firefighters 0$0 4$200
Police Protection - Officers 5$18,533$44,4794$1,826
Other Government Administration 0$0 8$1,167
Totals for Government 5$18,533$44,47919$4,893



6.16% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($47,406 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.16%
Connecticut average:  5.12%

0.29% of residents moved from foreign countries ($1,547 average AGI)
New London County:  0.29%
Connecticut average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from Windham County, CT  0.55% ($34,428 average AGI)
from Hartford County, CT  0.44% ($58,618)
from Middlesex County, CT  0.38% ($52,650)


6.79% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($46,435 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  6.79%
Connecticut average:  5.64%

0.21% of residents moved to foreign countries ($953 average AGI)
New London County:  0.21%
Connecticut average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Windham County, CT  0.59% ($36,914 average AGI)
to Hartford County, CT  0.38% ($45,089)
to Middlesex County, CT  0.34% ($52,016)


Strongest AM radio stations in Groton Long Point:
  • WSUB (980 AM; 1 kW; GROTON, CT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WICH (1310 AM; 5 kW; NORWICH, CT; Owner: WICH, INCORPORATED)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WEEI (850 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
  • WRKO (680 AM; 50 kW; BOSTON, MA; Owner: ENTERCOM BOSTON LICENSE, LLC)
  • WKOX (1200 AM; 50 kW; FRAMINGHAM, MA; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WBIX (1060 AM; 40 kW; NATICK, MA; Owner: LANGER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WXNI (1230 AM; 1 kW; WESTERLY, RI; Owner: WRNI FOUNDATION)
  • WLIS (1420 AM; 5 kW; OLD SAYBROOK, CT; Owner: CROSSROADS COMM. OLD SAYBROOK, LLC)

Strongest FM radio stations in Groton Long Point:
  • WQGN-FM (105.5 FM; GROTON, CT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WBMW (106.5 FM; LEDYARD, CT; Owner: RED WOLF BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WHJM (107.7 FM; PAWCATUCK, CT; Owner: FULLER BROADCASTING INTERNATIONAL, LLC)
  • WNLC (98.7 FM; EAST LYME, CT; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • WCTY (97.7 FM; NORWICH, CT; Owner: WICH, INC.)
  • WCNI (90.9 FM; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT COLLEGE BROADCASTING ASSOCIATION, INC.)
  • WKNL (100.9 FM; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: HALL COMMUNICATIONS, INC.)
  • W233AG (94.5 FM; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: MONROE BOARD OF EDUCATION)
  • WXLM (102.3 FM; STONINGTON, CT; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WWRX-FM (103.7 FM; WESTERLY, RI; Owner: FNX BROADCASTING OF RHODE ISLAND, LLC)
  • WMOS (104.7 FM; MONTAUK, NY; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WILI-FM (98.3 FM; WILLIMANTIC, CT; Owner: NUTMEG BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WSKO-FM (99.7 FM; WAKEFIELD-PEACEDALE, RI; Owner: CITADEL BROADCASTING COMPANY)
  • WHBE (96.7 FM; EAST HAMPTON, NY; Owner: AAA ENTERTAINMENT LICENSING LLC)

TV broadcast stations around Groton Long Point:
  • WHPX (Channel 26; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: PAXSON HARTFORD LICENSE, INC.)
  • WPXQ (Channel 69; BLOCK ISLAND, RI; Owner: OCEAN STATE TELEVISION, L.L.C.)
  • WEDN (Channel 53; NORWICH, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)

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