Bristol, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

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Bristol Apartments for Rent

Total population: 60,927 (Urban population: 60,627, Rural population: 300 (all nonfarm))

Bristol, Connecticut Age and Sex of Residents

Houses: 26,125 (24,886 occupied: 15,420 owner occupied, 9,466 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	38%
State:	33%

Housing density: 986 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $669 (lower quartile is $515, upper quartile is $810)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $657

Median gross rent in Bristol, CT in 2007: $800

Housing units in Bristol with a mortgage: 9,089 (970 second mortgage, 1,265 home equity loan, 31 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 3,830

Bristol,CT index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $214,500 (it was $123,700 in 2000)

Bristol:	$214,500
Connecticut:	$309,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $174,544 - $287,884

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $247,416
Here: $247,416
State: $418,487

Townhouses or other attached units: $191,593
Here: $191,593
State: $295,130

In 2-unit structures: $199,449
Here: $199,449
State: $295,498

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $201,248
Here: $201,248
State: $253,799

In 5-or-more-unit structures: $131,910
Here: $131,910
State: $220,717

Mobile homes: $44,491
Here: $44,491
State: $51,379

Household type by relationship

Households: 59,286

In family households: 48,845 (11,907 male householders, 4,314 female householders)
12,416 spouses, 16,944 children (15,942 natural, 268 adopted, 734 stepchildren), 616 grandchildren, 448 brothers or sisters, 502 parents, 536 other relatives, 1,162 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 10,441 (3,698 male householders (2,866 living alone)), 4,968 female householders (4,303 living alone)), 1,775 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 776 (606 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 7,098 2-persons, 4,002 3-persons, 3,406 4-persons, 1,237 5-persons, 355 6-persons, 123 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 7,169 1-person, 1,338 2-persons, 107 3-persons, 19 4-persons, 3 5-persons, 30 6-persons.

9,521 married couples with children.
3,436 single-parent households (704 men, 2,732 women).

84.2% of residents of Bristol speak English at home.
4.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (66% speak English very well, 20% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 5% don't speak English at all).
10.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (67% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 2% don't speak English at all).
0.7% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (39% speak English very well, 39% speak English well, 21% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (33% speak English very well, 35% speak English well, 31% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 4,672 (7.8%)
(56.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.0
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.0
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Bristol, Connecticut:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 58 3 rooms: 303 4 rooms: 1,537 5 rooms: 3,602 6 rooms: 4,311 7 rooms: 2,913 8 rooms: 1,611 9 or more rooms: 1,085

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol, Connecticut:
	1 room: 115 2 rooms: 707 3 rooms: 2,385 4 rooms: 3,064 5 rooms: 2,127 6 rooms: 730 7 rooms: 211 8 rooms: 82 9 or more rooms: 45

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 146
1995 to 1998: 628
1990 to 1994: 1,006
1980 to 1989: 4,174
1970 to 1979: 4,007
1960 to 1969: 4,176
1950 to 1959: 4,003
1940 to 1949: 2,682
1939 or earlier: 5,303

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Bristol:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 479 2 bedrooms: 3,641 3 bedrooms: 8,443 4 bedrooms: 2,471 5 or more bedrooms: 386

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Bristol:
	no bedroom: 188 1 bedroom: 3,420 2 bedrooms: 4,154 3 bedrooms: 1,468 4 bedrooms: 208 5 or more bedrooms: 28

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 403 1 vehicle: 4,054 2 vehicles: 7,671 3 vehicles: 2,524 4 vehicles: 514 5 or more vehicles: 254

Cars and other vehicles available in Bristol in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 1,347 1 vehicle: 5,053 2 vehicles: 2,463 3 vehicles: 436 4 vehicles: 115 5 or more vehicles: 52

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2007 in Bristol, CT:

Less than $10,000: 15
$10,000 to $14,999: 7
$15,000 to $19,999: 12
$20,000 to $24,999: 17
$25,000 to $29,999: 23
$30,000 to $34,999: 25
$35,000 to $39,999: 19
$40,000 to $49,999: 42
$50,000 to $59,999: 52
$60,000 to $69,999: 51
$70,000 to $79,999: 66
$80,000 to $89,999: 106
$90,000 to $99,999: 187
$100,000 to $124,999: 728
$125,000 to $149,999: 1066
$150,000 to $174,999: 1909
$175,000 to $199,999: 2210
$200,000 to $249,999: 4155
$250,000 to $299,999: 2570
$300,000 to $399,999: 1518
$400,000 to $499,999: 592
$500,000 to $749,999: 222
$750,000 to $999,999: 27
$1,000,000 or more: 23

Bristol rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Bristol:

Less than $100: 85 people
$100 to $149: 116
$150 to $199: 216
$200 to $249: 156
$250 to $299: 251
$300 to $349: 254
$350 to $399: 240
$400 to $449: 253
$450 to $499: 411
$500 to $549: 583
$550 to $599: 745
$600 to $649: 888
$650 to $699: 1,142
$700 to $749: 833
$750 to $799: 693
$800 to $899: 1,236
$900 to $999: 635
$1,000 to $1,249: 462
$1,250 to $1,499: 79
$1,500 to $1,999: 25
$2,000 or more: 6
No cash rent: 280

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 686 1990 to 1994: 518 1985 to 1989: 511 1980 to 1984: 302 1975 to 1979: 274 1970 to 1974: 284 1970 to 1974: 502 1965 to 1969: 1,595

Bristol, CT Time Leaving Home for Work

Percentage of workers working in this county: 83.9%
Number of people working at home: 397 (1.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 1158
5 to 9 minutes: 3999
10 to 14 minutes: 5739
15 to 19 minutes: 4550
20 to 24 minutes: 4313
25 to 29 minutes: 2221
30 to 34 minutes: 3592
35 to 39 minutes: 900
40 to 44 minutes: 941
45 to 59 minutes: 1595
60 to 89 minutes: 901
90 or more minutes: 492

Bristol mode of transportation to work chart

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 26,465 (86%)
Carpooled: 3,016 (10%)
Bus or trolley bus: 186 (1%)
Railroad: 9 (0%)
Motorcycle: 9 (0%)
Bicycle: 56 (0%)
Walked: 566 (2%)
Other means: 94 (0%)
Worked at home: 397 (1%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 1651
$10,000 to $14,999: 1372
$15,000 to $19,999: 1599
$20,000 to $24,999: 1248
$25,000 to $29,999: 1513
$30,000 to $34,999: 1541
$35,000 to $39,999: 1603
$40,000 to $44,999: 1401
$45,000 to $49,999: 1035
$50,000 to $59,999: 2495
$60,000 to $74,999: 3564
$75,000 to $99,999: 3182
$100,000 to $124,999: 1479
$125,000 to $149,999: 540
$150,000 to $199,999: 407
$200,000 or more: 257

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 10397

French (except Basque): 7980

Polish: 5704

Other groups: 5319

Irish: 5087

French Canadian: 4235

German: 3553

English: 3036

United States or American: 1864

Swedish: 808

Scottish: 523

Lithuanian: 502

Scotch-Irish: 485

Russian: 402

Canadian: 386

Greek: 307

Ukrainian: 262

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 215

Jamaican: 177

Portuguese: 162

Hungarian: 138

Slovak: 128

Welsh: 120

British: 113

Subsaharan African:: 112

Norwegian: 109

Dutch: 107

Austrian: 107

Albanian: 106

Arab:: 102

African: 99

Danish: 91

Armenian: 73

Czechoslovakian: 70

Macedonian: 57

Egyptian: 54

Romanian: 44

European: 39

Swiss: 39

Brazilian: 38

Lebanese: 37

Belgian: 34

Slavic: 33

Iranian: 23

Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 21

Northern European: 21

British West Indian: 19

Carpatho Rusyn: 18

Czech: 15

Cape Verdean: 13

Arab/Arabic: 11

Celtic: 10

Finnish: 8

Icelander: 7

Latvian: 7

Haitian: 7

Yugoslavian: 7

Barbadian: 6

Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 6

Pennsylvania German: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

Canada (26%)
Poland (15%)
Italy (9%)
India (4%)
Other Eastern Europe (4%)
Germany (3%)
Colombia (3%)

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

This state: 41641
Northeast: 9247
Midwest: 893
South: 1641
West: 796

58% of Bristol residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 73% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 56% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 157
Nursery to 4th grade: 60
5th and 6th grade: 244
7th and 8th grade: 900
9th grade: 540
10th grade: 738
11th grade: 486
12th grade, no diploma: 834
High school graduate (or equivalency): 7,405
Less than 1 year of college: 1,295
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,470
Associate degree: 1,161
Bachelor's degree: 2,331
Master's degree: 720
Professional school degree: 315
Doctorate degree: 59

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 108
Nursery to 4th grade: 110
5th and 6th grade: 196
7th and 8th grade: 1,049
9th grade: 580
10th grade: 710
11th grade: 630
12th grade, no diploma: 697
High school graduate (or equivalency): 8,472
Less than 1 year of college: 1,596
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 2,748
Associate degree: 1,919
Bachelor's degree: 2,169
Master's degree: 840
Professional school degree: 286
Doctorate degree: 42

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 3.5%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 18.5%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 11.5%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 5.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 7.8%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 11.1%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 6.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 6.5%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 8.5%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 7.9%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $61,509
Black householders: $47,850
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $21,542
Asian householders: $66,544
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $28,909
Some other race householders: $37,221
Two or more races householders: $58,863
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $43,202

Bristol household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Bristol household income for Black householders

Bristol household income for Asian householders

Bristol household income for Some other race householders

Bristol household income for Two or more races householders

Bristol household income for Hispanic or Latino race householders

Bristol marital status for males

Bristol marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $224,904
Black or African American householders: $194,558
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $182,073
Asian householders: $225,251
Some other race householders: $206,003
Two or more races householders: $188,489
Hispanic or Latino householders: $229,933

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 13,761
One, attached: 1,018
Two: 2,815
3 or 4: 3,182
5 to 9: 1,793
10 to 19: 1,058
20 to 49: 1,126
50 or more: 1,151
Mobile homes: 204
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 17

Median worth of mobile homes: $40,352

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Bristol:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (67%) Electricity (17%) Utility gas (12%) Wood (1%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (1%) Other fuel (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Electricity (37%) Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (35%) Utility gas (25%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%) Other fuel (1%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 772

Here:	12.0%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 269

Here:	8.3%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 459

Here:	22.0%
Connecticut:	33.4%

School Enrollment by Level of School for Male Students

School Enrollment by Level of School for Female Students

Age and Sex of Sensory-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Residents (Noninstitutionalized)

Age and Sex of Residents with Employment Disability (Noninst.)

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