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Population (year 2000): 12,043
Males: 5,841  (48.5%)
Females: 6,202  (51.5%)

Hartford County

Median resident age:  38.9 years
Connecticut median age:  37.4 years

Zip codes: 06096.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $55,700 (it was $48,837 in 2000)
Windsor Locks  $55,700
Connecticut:  $60,941

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $184,600 (it was $121,300 in 2000)
Windsor Locks  $184,600
Connecticut:  $271,500

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Races in Windsor Locks:

  • White Non-Hispanic (91.3%)
  • Black (2.7%)
  • Hispanic (2.2%)
  • Two or more races (1.4%)
  • Asian Indian (1.0%)
  • Other race (0.7%)
  • Other Asian (0.6%)

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Ancestries: Irish (20.0%), Italian (19.2%), Polish (14.5%), English (11.3%), German (10.5%), French (10.3%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Incorporated on 05/1854

Elevation: 90 feet

Land area: 9.03 square miles.

Population density: 1334 people per square mile 
 
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For population 25 years and over in Windsor Locks

  • High school or higher: 86.4%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 17.2%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 5.5%
  • Unemployed: 3.2%
  • Mean travel time to work: 19.0 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Windsor Locks CDP

  • Never married: 23.1%
  • Now married: 56.3%
  • Separated: 0.9%
  • Widowed: 7.3%
  • Divorced: 12.3%

860 residents are foreign born (3.2% Europe, 2.1% Asia, 1.1% Latin America).

This place:  7.1%
Connecticut:  10.9%



According to our research there were 18 registered sex offenders living in Windsor Locks, Connecticut in early 2007.
The ratio of number of residents in Windsor Locks to the number of sex offenders is 669 to 1.

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

Windsor Locks:  1.5% ($1,801)
Connecticut:  1.8% ($2,961)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hartford, CT (11.7 miles , pop. 121,578).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Brookhaven, NY (78.1 miles , pop. 448,248).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (112.6 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Suffield Depot, CT (3.8 miles ), Suffield, CT (4.5 miles ), Windsor, CT (4.9 miles ), Southwood Acres, CT (5.5 miles ), Thompsonville, CT (5.7 miles ), East Windsor, CT (5.8 miles ), East Granby, CT (7.0 miles ), Enfield, CT (7.1 miles ).


Single-family new house construction building permits:
  • 1996: 9 buildings, average cost: $71,600
  • 1997: 15 buildings, average cost: $85,000
  • 1998: 13 buildings, average cost: $83,600
  • 1999: 16 buildings, average cost: $100,900
  • 2000: 47 buildings, average cost: $63,600
  • 2001: 25 buildings, average cost: $76,000
  • 2002: 17 buildings, average cost: $79,400
  • 2003: 52 buildings, average cost: $100,900
  • 2004: 59 buildings, average cost: $104,500
  • 2005: 46 buildings, average cost: $106,500
  • 2006: 67 buildings, average cost: $81,200

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Latitude: 41.93 N, Longitude: 72.65 W

Daytime population change due to commuting: +2,662 (+22.1%)
Workers who live and work in this place: 1,501 (24.4%)


46 people in nursing homes
3 people in religious group quarters

Area code: 860

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Most common industries for males:
  • Transportation equipment (9%)
  • Construction (6%)
  • Public administration (6%)
  • Finance and insurance (5%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (4%)
  • Accommodation and food services (4%)
  • Paper (3%)


Most common industries for females:
  • Finance and insurance (16%)
  • Health care (13%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Accommodation and food services (8%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Social assistance (4%)
  • Public administration (3%)


Most common occupations for males
  • Electrical equipment mechanics and other installation, maintenance, and repair occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (5%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (5%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (5%)
  • Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupations (5%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (4%)
  • Engineers (4%)


Most common occupations for females
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (8%)
  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (7%)
  • Information and record clerks except customer service representatives (5%)
  • Business operations specialists (4%)
  • Registered nurses (4%)
  • Other management occupations except farmers and farm managers (4%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (3%)



 

Crime in Windsor Locks by Year
Type 1999 2001 2002 2003 2005 2006
Murders 000510
    per 100,000 0.00.00.040.68.10.0
Rapes 291312
    per 100,000 16.774.38.224.48.116.1
Robberies 231502
    per 100,000 16.724.88.240.60.016.1
Assaults 542292
    per 100,000 41.833.016.316.272.916.1
Burglaries 284732353727
    per 100,000 233.9388.0261.5284.1299.6217.9
Thefts 119155145115174219
    per 100,000 993.91279.71184.8933.61408.81767.3
Auto thefts 235355343232
    per 100,000 192.1437.6449.4276.0259.1258.2
Arson 021021
    per 100,000 0.016.58.20.016.28.1
City-data.com crime index (higher means more crime, U.S. average = 242.8) 98.2186.8113.9195.4135.3127.6

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Full-time Law Enforcement Employees in 2006: 30 (24 officers).
Officers per 1,000 residents here:  1.99
US city average:  3.00

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Windsor Locks-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Connecticut state average. It is 4% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/3/1979, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 3.6 miles away from the Windsor Locks place center killed 3 people and injured 500 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 5/10/1954, a category 3 (max. wind speeds 158-206 mph) tornado 12.2 miles away from the place center injured 2 people and caused between $5000 and $50,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Windsor Locks:
  • REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF CT, INC (about 10 miles; HARTFORD, CT)
  • HARTFORD HOSPITAL (about 11 miles; HARTFORD, CT)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (about 12 miles; HARTFORD, CT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Windsor Locks:
  • BRADLEY INTL (about 2 miles; WINDSOR LOCKS, CT; ID: BDL)
  • HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 14 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID: HFD)
  • BARNES MUNI (about 16 miles; WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD, MA; ID: BAF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Windsor Locks:
  • SKYLARK AIRPARK (about 6 miles; WAREHOUSE POINT, CT; ID: 7B6)
  • SIMSBURY (about 9 miles; SIMSBURY, CT; ID: 4B9)
  • ELLINGTON (about 14 miles; ELLINGTON, CT; ID: 7B9)

Amtrak station:
WINDSOR LOCKS (S. MAIN ST. (RTE. 159)). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Windsor Locks:
  • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 11 miles; MANCHESTER, CT; Full-time enrollment: 2,863)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD (about 13 miles; WEST HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 5,557)
  • SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,026)
  • TRINITY COLLEGE (about 13 miles; HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 2,056)
  • SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE (about 15 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,176)
  • WESTERN NEW ENGLAND COLLEGE (about 17 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 3,285)
  • HOLYOKE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 19 miles; HOLYOKE, MA; FT enrollment: 3,747)
Public high school in Windsor Locks:
  • WINDSOR LOCKS HIGH SCHOOL (Students: 593; Location: 58 SOUTH ELM ST.; Grades: 09 - 12)
Private high school in Windsor Locks:
  • NEW LIFE CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (Students: 20; Location: 11 ALMA RD; Grades: 2 - 12)
Public elementary/middle schools in Windsor Locks:
  • WINDSOR LOCKS MIDDLE SCHOOL (Students: 460; Location: 7 CENTER ST.; Grades: 06 - 08)
  • SOUTH ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 434; Location: 87 SOUTH ST.; Grades: 03 - 05)
  • NORTH STREET SCHOOL (Students: 430; Location: 325 NORTH ST.; Grades: PK - 02)
  • HOMEBOUND (Location: 58 SOUTH ELM STREET; Grades: PK - 12)
Private elementary/middle schools in Windsor Locks:
  • NEW ENGLAND PRESCHOOL ACADEMY (Students: 57; Location: 545 SPRING STREET; Grades: PK - KG)
  • CALVARY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL (Students: 18; Location: 470 ELM STREET; Grades: 1 - 4)
Library in Windsor Locks:
  • WINDSOR LOCKS PUBLIC LIBRARY (Operating income: $321,466; Location: 28 MAIN ST.; 60,089 books; 932 audio materials; 1,173 video materials; 75 serial subscriptions)

User submitted facts and corrections:
  • You have listed "Windsor Congregational Church". It is, to be correct, "The Congregational Church of Windsor Locks". Our web site is http://www.wlcconline.org

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Notable locations in Windsor Locks: Clyde Gill Industrial Park (A), Crown Industrial Park (B), Suffield Industrial Area (C), Turnpike Industrial Park (D), Millpond (E), Polish Natl Home (F), Memorial Hall (G), Windsor Locks Town Hall (H), Windsor Locks Public Library (I), Soldiers Memorial Hall (J). Display/hide their locations on the map

Shopping Centers: Airport Center Shopping Center (1), Dexter Plaza Shopping Center (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Churches in Windsor Locks include: Saint Marys Church (A), Saint Robert Bellarmine Church (B), Windsor Congregational Church (C), Living Waters Fellowship Church (D), New Life Assembly of God Church (E), New Life Tabernacle Church (F), Calvary Baptist Church (G). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemeteries: Saint Marys Cemetery (1), Grove Cemetery (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

Lakes and reservoirs: Cannon Pond (A), Reeds Pond (B), Windsor Locks Reservoir (C). Display/hide their locations on the map

Streams, rivers, and creeks: Dibble Hollow Brook (A), Waterworks Brook (B), Kettle Brook (C), Adds Brook (D), Paper Mill Brook (E). Display/hide their locations on the map

Parks in Windsor Locks include: Noden-Reed Park (1), Spring Park (2), Peski Park (3), Southwest Park (4). Display/hide their locations on the map

Post office: Windsor Locks Post Office (A). Display/hide its location on the map

Tourist attractions: Noden-Reed Museum (58 West Street), New England Air Museum (Bradley Internationa), Kart Trak LLC (Amusement & Theme Parks; 62 Lawnacre Road), Babb's Amusement Park Inc (Amusement & Theme Parks; Lake Congamond W Suf).

Hotels: Days Inn at Bradley International Airport (185 Ella Grasso Turnpike), Homewood Suites (65 Ella Grasso Turnpike), The Ramada Inn at Bradley (5 Ella Grasso Turnpike), Homewood Suites Hartford/Windsor Locks (65 Ella Grasso Turnpike), Fairfield Inn Hartford Airport (2 Loten Dr), Baymont Inn & Suites - Windsor Locks (64 Ella Grasso Tpke), Econo Lodge Inn & Suites (34 Old County Road), Fairfield Inn Hartford- Airport (2 Loten Drive), Budgetel Inn (64 Ella Grasso Turnpike).

Court: Windsor Locks Town - Administrative Department- Probate Court (50 Church Street).

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.4 people
Connecticut:  2.5 people

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

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

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.3% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.2% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  4.4%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  2.5%
Whole state:  3.9%

Windsor Locks compared to Connecticut state average:
  • Unemployed percentage below state average.
  • Black race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Foreign-born population percentage significantly below state average.


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Banks with branches in Windsor Locks (2007 data):
  • Enfield Federal Savings and Loan Association: Windsor Locks Branch at 20 Main Street, branch established on 2002-08-06; Windsor Locks Community Bank, Fsl Branch at 20-I Main Street, branch established on 1913-01-01. Info updated 2006-11-09: Bank assets: $276.5 mil, Deposits: $174.7 mil, headquarters in Enfield, CT, positive income, Commercial Lending Specialization, 8 total offices
  • The First National Bank of Suffield: Windsor Locks Office Branch at 6 National Drive, branch established on 2004-07-15. Info updated 2006-11-03: Bank assets: $177.5 mil, Deposits: $150.0 mil, headquarters in Suffield, CT, positive income, Mortgage Lending Specialization, 4 total offices, Holding Company: First Suffield Financial, Inc.



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2004 Presidential Election results in Hartford County Connecticut:


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4.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,799 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.35%
Connecticut average:  5.12%

0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($881 average AGI)
Hartford County:  0.11%
Connecticut average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Haven County, CT  0.58% ($49,113 average AGI)
from Tolland County, CT  0.49% ($48,876)
from Middlesex County, CT  0.34% ($54,771)


4.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($56,520 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.77%
Connecticut average:  5.64%

0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($739 average AGI)
Hartford County:  0.09%
Connecticut average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Tolland County, CT  0.55% ($51,650 average AGI)
to New Haven County, CT  0.40% ($46,514)
to Middlesex County, CT  0.39% ($57,435)


Strongest AM radio stations in Windsor Locks:
  • 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.)
  • WDZK (1550 AM; 5 kW; BLOOMFIELD, CT; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WDRC (1360 AM; 5 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WSPR (1270 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: ANTONIO F. AND HELENA R. GOIS, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY)
  • WHYN (560 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WACE (730 AM; 5 kW; CHICOPEE, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WLAT (910 AM; 5 kW; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW BRITAIN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
  • WPOP (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKND (1480 AM; 1 kW; WINDSOR, CT; Owner: HARTCOM, INC.)
  • WALE (990 AM; 50 kW; GREENVILLE, RI; Owner: NORTH AMERICAN BROADCASTING CO., INC.)

Strongest FM radio stations in Windsor Locks:
  • WAQY (102.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WRCH (100.5 FM; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WCCC-FM (106.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MARLIN BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WTIC-FM (96.5 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWUH (91.3 FM; WEST HARTFORD, CT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD)
  • WPKX (97.9 FM; ENFIELD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WHYN-FM (93.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WRNX (100.9 FM; AMHERST, MA; Owner: WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RADIO COMPANY)
  • WWYZ (92.5 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKSS (95.7 FM; HARTFORD-MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WZMX (93.7 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WHCN (105.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WMRQ (104.1 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPKT (90.5 FM; MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WDRC-FM (102.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WFCR (88.5 FM; AMHERST, MA; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS)
  • WAMC-FM (90.3 FM; ALBANY, NY; Owner: WAMC)
  • WKCI-FM (101.3 FM; HAMDEN, CT; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WJMJ (88.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ST. THOMAS SEMINARY)
  • WPLR (99.1 FM; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Windsor Locks:
  • WTIC-TV (Channel 61; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • W11BJ (Channel 11; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: COMMUNICATIONS SITE MANAGEMENT LLC)
  • WUVN (Channel 18; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WTXX (Channel 20; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: WTXX INC.)
  • WVIT (Channel 30; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WEDH (Channel 24; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WWLP (Channel 22; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: WWLP BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WFSB (Channel 3; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WHTX-LP (Channel 10; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WRDM-LP (Channel 13; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ZGS HARTFORD, INC.)
  • WHCT-LP (Channel 38; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
  • WMLD-LP (Channel 6; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: HARVARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
  • W12CL (Channel 12; GRANBY, CT; Owner: SALVATORE MINNITI)
  • W67DF (Channel 67; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WDMR-LP (Channel 65; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: ZGS HARTFORD, INC.)
  • WHPX (Channel 26; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: PAXSON HARTFORD LICENSE, INC.)
  • WTNH (Channel 8; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: WTNH BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WUTH-CA (Channel 47; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)

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