Middlesex County, Connecticut (CT)

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• • 132,45081.6%White Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 11,1396.9%Hispanic or Latino
  • 8,0595.0%Black Non-Hispanic Alone
  • 5,4093.3%Asian alone
  • 4,6762.9%Two or more races
  • 4270.3%Some other race alone
  • 910.06%American Indian and Alaska Native alone

Mean price in 2022:

Detached houses: $403,130

Here:	$403,130
State:	$503,946

Townhouses or other attached units: $256,262

Here:	$256,262
State:	$304,959

In 2-unit structures: $274,238

Here:	$274,238
State:	$304,133

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $246,924

Here:	$246,924
State:	$272,970

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $191,256

Here:	$191,256
State:	$249,308

Mobile homes: $82,291

Here:	$82,291
State:	$151,361

Health of residents in Middlesex County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2013 to 2021:

Health of residents in Middlesex County based on CDC Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System Survey Questionnaires from 2003 to 2012:

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with mortgages in 2022: $6,375 (1.9%)
Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units with no mortgage in 2022: $6,082 (1.8%)

Area name: Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT HUD Metro FMR Area
Fair market rent in 2006 for a 1-bedroom apartment in Middlesex County is $801 a month.
Fair market rent for a 2-bedroom apartment is $979 a month.
Fair market rent for a 3-bedroom apartment is $1176 a month.

Cities in this county include: Middletown, Cromwell, Old Saybrook, East Haddam, Haddam, Essex, Westbrook, Killingworth, Portland, Deep River.

2023 air pollution in Middlesex County:

Ozone (1-hour): 0.038 ppm (standard limit: 0.12 ppm). Near U.S. average.

Neighboring counties: Newport County, Rhode Island , Newport County, Rhode Island , Burt County, Nebraska , Cass County, Michigan .

Current college students: 9,945
People 25 years of age or older with a high school degree or higher: 95.0%
People 25 years of age or older with a bachelor's degree or higher: 44.2%

Number of foreign born residents: 13,247 (62.9% naturalized citizens)

• Year of entry for the foreign-born population
• 2,9122010 or later
• 2,9592000 to 2009
• 2,2391990 to 1999
• 1,7311980 to 1989
• 1,1061970 to 1979
• 3,286Before 1970

Mean travel time to work (commute):  minutes

Percentage of county residents living and working in this county: 98.3%

Housing units in structures:

• One, detached: 54,108
• One, attached: 3,170
• Two: 3,893
• 3 or 4: 3,185
• 5 to 9: 3,522
• 10 to 19: 2,840
• 20 to 49: 2,478
• 50 or more: 2,804
• Mobile homes: 810
• Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Housing units in Middlesex County with a mortgage: 33,238 (4,592 second mortgage, 141 home equity loan, 3,697 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,350

Religion statistics for Middlesex County

Food Environment Statistics:

Agriculture in Middlesex County:

Tornado activity:

Earthquake activity:

Most recent natural disasters:

• Connecticut Severe Winter Storm, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 12, 2013, Emergency Declared EM-3361: February 10, 2013, FEMA Id: 3361, Natural disaster type: Winter Storm
• Connecticut Severe Winter Storm and Snowstorm, Incident Period: February 08, 2013 to February 12, 2013, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4106: March 21, 2013, FEMA Id: 4106, Natural disaster type: Snowstorm, Winter Storm
• Connecticut Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Emergency Declared EM-3353: October 28, 2012, FEMA Id: 3353, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Connecticut Hurricane Sandy, Incident Period: October 27, 2012 to November 08, 2012, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4087: October 30, 2012, FEMA Id: 4087, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Connecticut Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3342: October 31, 2011, FEMA Id: 3342, Natural disaster type: Storm
• Connecticut Severe Storm, Incident Period: October 29, 2011 to October 30, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4046: November 17, 2011, FEMA Id: 4046, Natural disaster type: Storm
• Connecticut Tropical Storm Irene, Incident Period: August 27, 2011 to September 01, 2011, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-4023: September 02, 2011, FEMA Id: 4023, Natural disaster type: Tropical Storm
• Connecticut Hurricane Irene, Incident Period: August 26, 2011 to September 01, 2011, Emergency Declared EM-3331: August 27, 2011, FEMA Id: 3331, Natural disaster type: Hurricane
• Connecticut Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: March 12, 2010 to May 17, 2010, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1904: April 23, 2010, FEMA Id: 1904, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• Connecticut Severe Storms and Flooding, Incident Period: April 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007, Major Disaster (Presidential) Declared DR-1700: May 11, 2007, FEMA Id: 1700, Natural disaster type: Storm, Flood
• 11 other natural disasters have been reported since 1953.

7.93% of this county's 2021 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2020 ($86,932 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved from foreign countries.
5.51% relocated from other counties in Connecticut ($56,695 average AGI)
2.42% relocated from other states ($30,237 average AGI)

Middlesex County:	2.42%
Connecticut average:	3.44%

from Hartford County, CT	2.13% ($86,447 average AGI)
from New Haven County, CT	2.02% ($73,870)
from New London County, CT	0.61% ($83,579)
from Fairfield County, CT	0.33% ($108,068)
from Tolland County, CT	0.20% ($84,783)
from Litchfield County, CT	0.14% ($61,586)
from New York County, NY	0.13% ($227,067)

7.06% of this county's 2020 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2021 ($90,803 average adjusted gross income)

10 or fewer of this county's residents moved to foreign countries.
4.35% relocated to other counties in Connecticut ($52,403 average AGI)
2.71% relocated to other states ($38,400 average AGI)

Middlesex County:	2.71%
Connecticut average:	3.47%

to Hartford County, CT	1.89% ($73,938 average AGI)
to New Haven County, CT	1.23% ($77,805)
to New London County, CT	0.71% ($81,353)
to Tolland County, CT	0.20% ($113,129)
to Fairfield County, CT	0.17% ($270,214)
to Litchfield County, CT	0.09% ($62,455)
to Middlesex County, MA	0.08% ($81,842)

Births per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 13.3
Births per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 10.7
Births per 1000 population from 2010 to 2022: 6.9

Deaths per 1000 population from 1990 to 1999: 8.5
Deaths per 1000 population from 2000 to 2009: 8.3
Deaths per 1000 population from 2010 to 2020: 9.4

Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 1990 to 1999: 6.5
Infant deaths per 1000 live births from 2000 to 2006: 4.5

Percentage of population without health insurance coverage in Middlesex County

All 18-64 40-64 50-64 Under 19

Population without health insurance coverage in 2000: 7%
Children under 18 without health insurance coverage in 2000: 5%

Household type by relationship:

• Male householders: 33,312 (8,826 living alone), Female householders: 35,644 (11,688 living alone)

• 33,965 spouses (33,565 opposite-sex spouses), 5,205 unmarried partners, (4,998 opposite-sex unmarried partners), 40,117 children (37,904 natural, 608 adopted, 1,617 stepchildren), 2,171 grandchildren, 898 brothers or sisters, 1,902 parents, 20 foster children, 1,407 other relatives, 4,140 non-relatives

• In group quarters: 5,881

Size of family households: 21,335 2-persons, 10,815 3-persons, 7,335 4-persons, 2,683 5-persons, 823 6-persons, 276 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 20,514 1-person, 4,594 2-persons, 443 3-persons, 142 4-persons, 31 5-persons.

19,067 married couples with children.
7,703 single-parent households (1,798 men, 5,905 women).

89.3% of residents of Middlesex speak English at home.
3.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (63% speak English very well, 18% speak English well, 7% speak English not well, 12% don't speak English at all).
4.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (71% speak English very well, 19% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (54% speak English very well, 28% speak English well, 15% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak other language at home (77% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 1% speak English not well).

In fiscal year 2004:

Federal Government expenditure: $798,644,000 ($4,921 per capita)
Department of Defense expenditure: $64,334,000
Federal direct payments to individuals for retirement and disability: $356,464,000
Federal other direct payments to individuals: $167,025,000
Federal direct payments not to individuals: $3,280,000
Federal grants: $184,924,000
Federal procurement contracts: $60,198,000 ($52,631,000 Department of Defense)
Federal salaries and wages: $26,753,000 ($1,470,000 Department of Defense)
Federal Government direct loans: $0,000
Federal guaranteed/insured loans: $74,307,000
Federal Government insurance: $471,411,000

Population change from April 1, 2000 to July 1, 2005:

Here:	+29 per 1000 residents
State:	-10 per 1000 residents

Total withdrawal of fresh water for public supply: 5.51 millions of gallons per day (47% from ground, 53% from surface)

• Year house built in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• 1,1692014 or later
• 2,5792010 to 2013
• 6,8432000 to 2009
• 7,6641990 to 1999
• 11,9771980 to 1989
• 11,6781970 to 1979
• 9,0691960 to 1969
• 8,4571950 to 1959
• 3,5171940 to 1949
• 14,9381939 or earlier

Rooms in houses/apartments in Middlesex County, Connecticut

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• 01 room
• 1352 rooms
• 9123 rooms
• 4,3154 rooms
• 8,9705 rooms
• 11,5546 rooms
• 9,7507 rooms
• 7,2388 rooms
• 7,7489+ rooms

• Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• 9771 room
• 1,3172 rooms
• 4,4313 rooms
• 4,8604 rooms
• 3,3915 rooms
• 1,5746 rooms
• 8157 rooms
• 3098 rooms
• 5149+ rooms

Bedrooms in houses/apartments in Middlesex County, Connecticut

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• 0no bedroom
• 1,4901 bedroom
• 10,1922 bedrooms
• 25,5233 bedrooms
• 11,8034 bedrooms
• 1,6815+ bedrooms

• Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Middlesex County, Connecticut
• 1,081no bedroom
• 6,1381 bedroom
• 6,9332 bedrooms
• 3,2233 bedrooms
• 4434 bedrooms
• 3735+ bedrooms

Cars and other vehicles available in Middlesex County, Connecticut in houses/condos/apartments

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied

• Cars and other vehicles available in Middlesex County in owner-occupied houses/condos
• 901no vehicle
• 12,0911 vehicle
• 22,1562 vehicles
• 10,0193 vehicles
• 4,0064 vehicles
• 1,5075+ vehicles

• Cars and other vehicles available in Middlesex County in renter-occupied apartments
• 2,565no vehicle
• 9,4271 vehicle
• 4,6832 vehicles
• 1,1073 vehicles
• 2334 vehicles
• 2225+ vehicles

90.0% of Middlesex County residents lived in the same house 1 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 26% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 68% lived in Connecticut.

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

• This state: 104,382
• Other state: 44,179
• Northeast: 30,241
• Midwest: 4,493
• South: 6,194
• West: 3,271

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Supplemental Security Income (SSI) in 2006:

• Total number of recipients: 1,305
• Number of aged recipients: 119
• Number of blind and disabled recipients: 1,186
• Number of recipients under 18: 116
• Number of recipients between 18 and 64: 944
• Number of recipients older than 64: 245
• Number of recipients also receiving OASDI: 459
• Amount of payments (thousands of dollars): 586

Middlesex County on our top lists:

• #4 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that visited a dentist within the past year"
• #11 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the best general health status score of residents (1-5), 3 years of data"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013"
• #17 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest number of births per 1000 residents 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #25 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest average weight of females"
• #32 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the largest decrease in the number of births per 1000 residents 2000-2006 to 2007-2013 (pop 50,000+)"
• #40 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that smoked 100+ cigarettes in their lives"
• #51 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011"
• #54 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that keep firearms around their homes"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the highest percentage of residents that exercised in the past month"
• #60 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents relocating from foreign countries between 2010 and 2011 (pop. 50,000+)"
• #96 on the list of "Top 101 counties with the lowest percentage of residents that drank alcohol in the past 30 days"