Southington, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 39,728 (Urban population: 37,721, Rural population: 2,007 (23 farm, 1,984 nonfarm))

Houses: 15,557 (15,083 occupied: 12,259 owner occupied, 2,824 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	19%
State:	33%

Housing density: 432 houses/condos per square mile

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Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2000: $175,000

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2000: $581

Median gross rent in Southington, CT in 2000: $687

Housing units in Southington with a mortgage: 7,811 (861 second mortgage, 1,271 home equity loan, 27 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 2,935

Household type by relationship

Households: 39,132

In family households: 34,575 (8,740 male householders, 2,576 female householders)
9,710 spouses, 11,964 children (11,113 natural, 382 adopted, 469 stepchildren), 319 grandchildren, 147 brothers or sisters, 302 parents, 350 other relatives, 467 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 4,557 (1,588 male householders (1,249 living alone)), 2,185 female householders (1,877 living alone)), 784 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 596 (478 institutionalized population)

Size of family households: 4,811 2-persons, 2,651 3-persons, 2,604 4-persons, 962 5-persons, 183 6-persons, 105 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 3,126 1-person, 558 2-persons, 50 3-persons, 36 4-persons, 3 5-persons.

7,558 married couples with children.
1,383 single-parent households (296 men, 1,087 women).

89.7% of residents of Southington speak English at home.
1.6% of residents speak Spanish at home (69% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 14% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
7.9% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (68% speak English very well, 23% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.6% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (71% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 13% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 18% speak English not well).

Foreign born population: 2,620 (6.6%)
(65.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.4
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.3
State:	4.0

Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Southington, Connecticut:

1 room: 0
2 rooms: 8
3 rooms: 77
4 rooms: 1,189
5 rooms: 2,373
6 rooms: 2,886
7 rooms: 2,582
8 rooms: 1,843
9 or more rooms: 1,301

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southington, Connecticut:

1 room: 83
2 rooms: 210
3 rooms: 410
4 rooms: 841
5 rooms: 739
6 rooms: 353
7 rooms: 103
8 rooms: 69
9 or more rooms: 16

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 322
1995 to 1998: 739
1990 to 1994: 697
1980 to 1989: 2,316
1970 to 1979: 3,479
1960 to 1969: 2,743
1950 to 1959: 2,340
1940 to 1949: 1,060
1939 or earlier: 1,861

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Southington:

no bedroom: 0
1 bedroom: 184
2 bedrooms: 2,833
3 bedrooms: 6,361
4 bedrooms: 2,501
5 or more bedrooms: 380

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Southington:

no bedroom: 83
1 bedroom: 731
2 bedrooms: 1,284
3 bedrooms: 619
4 bedrooms: 89
5 or more bedrooms: 18

Cars and other vehicles available in Southington in owner-occupied houses/condos:

no vehicle: 316
1 vehicle: 2,658
2 vehicles: 6,332
3 vehicles: 2,195
4 vehicles: 576
5 or more vehicles: 182

Cars and other vehicles available in Southington in n renter-occupied apartments

no vehicle: 310
1 vehicle: 1,373
2 vehicles: 977
3 vehicles: 131
4 vehicles: 25
5 or more vehicles: 8

Estimate of home value of owner-occupied houses in 2000 in Southington, CT:

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 6
$15,000 to $19,999: 0
$20,000 to $24,999: 0
$25,000 to $29,999: 0
$30,000 to $34,999: 0
$35,000 to $39,999: 5
$40,000 to $49,999: 0
$50,000 to $59,999: 29
$60,000 to $69,999: 48
$70,000 to $79,999: 100
$80,000 to $89,999: 213
$90,000 to $99,999: 248
$100,000 to $124,999: 1354
$125,000 to $149,999: 2177
$150,000 to $174,999: 2052
$175,000 to $199,999: 1396
$200,000 to $249,999: 1503
$250,000 to $299,999: 957
$300,000 to $399,999: 487
$400,000 to $499,999: 125
$500,000 to $749,999: 35
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 11

Rent paid by renters in 2000 in Southington:

Less than $100: 44
$100 to $149: 57
$150 to $199: 83
$200 to $249: 30
$250 to $299: 114
$300 to $349: 53
$350 to $399: 41
$400 to $449: 202
$450 to $499: 216
$500 to $549: 295
$550 to $599: 261
$600 to $649: 306
$650 to $699: 191
$700 to $749: 209
$750 to $799: 193
$800 to $899: 186
$900 to $999: 75
$1,000 to $1,249: 35
$1,250 to $1,499: 24
$1,500 to $1,999: 7
$2,000 or more: 8
No cash rent: 189

Year of entry for the foreign-born population

1995 to March 2000: 305
1990 to 1994: 332
1985 to 1989: 135
1980 to 1984: 196
1975 to 1979: 196
1970 to 1974: 146
1970 to 1974: 341
1965 to 1969: 969

Percentage of workers working in this county: 70.5%
Number of people working at home: 406 (1.9% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 677
5 to 9 minutes: 2776
10 to 14 minutes: 3266
15 to 19 minutes: 3651
20 to 24 minutes: 3581
25 to 29 minutes: 1379
30 to 34 minutes: 2271
35 to 39 minutes: 608
40 to 44 minutes: 654
45 to 59 minutes: 963
60 to 89 minutes: 502
90 or more minutes: 286

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 18,682 (89%)
Carpooled: 1,388 (7%)
Bus or trolley bus: 43 (0%)
Subway or elevated: 5 (0%)
Railroad: 21 (0%)
Taxi: 5 (0%)
Motorcycle: 5 (0%)
Bicycle: 19 (0%)
Walked: 311 (1%)
Other means: 135 (1%)
Worked at home: 406 (2%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 536
$10,000 to $14,999: 564
$15,000 to $19,999: 627
$20,000 to $24,999: 672
$25,000 to $29,999: 721
$30,000 to $34,999: 635
$35,000 to $39,999: 672
$40,000 to $44,999: 733
$45,000 to $49,999: 700
$50,000 to $59,999: 1604
$60,000 to $74,999: 2060
$75,000 to $99,999: 2454
$100,000 to $124,999: 1548
$125,000 to $149,999: 823
$150,000 to $199,999: 483
$200,000 or more: 257

First ancestries reported:

Italian: 9523
Polish: 4719
Irish: 4704
French (except Basque): 3320
English: 2285
German: 2122
French Canadian: 1850
Other groups: 1584
United States or American: 1106
Swedish: 671
Scottish: 405
Lithuanian: 366
Scotch-Irish: 319
Russian: 306
Ukrainian: 299
Canadian: 209
Greek: 169
Hungarian: 166
Norwegian: 158
Dutch: 148
Portuguese: 135
Slovak: 133
Danish: 132
Czech: 101
Austrian: 98
Arab:: 83
British: 83
West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups):: 80
European: 67
Czechoslovakian: 65
Armenian: 60
Lebanese: 45
Slavic: 37
Romanian: 36
Slovene: 34
Belgian: 32
Trinidadian and Tobagonian: 32
Albanian: 29
Subsaharan African:: 27
Eastern European: 25
Scandinavian: 24
Swiss: 22
Serbian: 22
Jamaican: 22
British West Indian: 21
Northern European: 19
Celtic: 19
Finnish: 18
African: 16
Assyrian/Chaldean/Syriac: 15
Pennsylvania German: 14
Iranian: 13
Croatian: 12
Welsh: 12
Yugoslavian: 12
Palestinian: 9
Iraqi: 9
Other Arab: 8
Syrian: 7
Latvian: 7
Cape Verdean: 6
South African: 5
Estonian: 5
Arab/Arabic: 5
West Indian: 5

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

Poland (21%)
Canada (18%)
Italy (15%)
United Kingdom (5%)
Germany (4%)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan (3%)
Other Western Europe (2%)

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

This state: 29018
Northeast: 6119
Midwest: 659
South: 708
West: 306

66% of Southington residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 68% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 66% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 76
Nursery to 4th grade: 48
5th and 6th grade: 101
7th and 8th grade: 362
9th grade: 285
10th grade: 272
11th grade: 306
12th grade, no diploma: 387
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,078
Less than 1 year of college: 825
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,742
Associate degree: 854
Bachelor's degree: 2,535
Master's degree: 933
Professional school degree: 297
Doctorate degree: 100

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 42
Nursery to 4th grade: 53
5th and 6th grade: 74
7th and 8th grade: 440
9th grade: 363
10th grade: 422
11th grade: 275
12th grade, no diploma: 395
High school graduate (or equivalency): 4,763
Less than 1 year of college: 1,011
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 1,725
Associate degree: 1,434
Bachelor's degree: 2,348
Master's degree: 1,138
Professional school degree: 203
Doctorate degree: 55

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 3.0%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 2.6%

Unemployment rate for Black males: 15.4%
Unemployment rate for Black females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native males: 54.5%
Unemployment rate for American Indian and Alaska Native females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Asian males: 7.7%
Unemployment rate for Asian females: 6.6%

Unemployment rate for other race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for other race females: 14.8%

Unemployment rate for two or more race males: 0.0%
Unemployment rate for two or more race females: 0.0%

Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino males: 4.7%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 8.8%

Median household income in 1999 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $60,495
Black householders: $57,344
American Indian and Alaska Native householders: $75,000
Asian householders: $93,512
Native Hawaiian and other Pacific Islander householders: $102,264
Some other race householders: $44,792
Two or more races householders: $58,036
Median household income in 1999, Hispanic or Latino race: $54,063

Southington household income for Black or African American householders

Southington marital status for males

Southington marital status for females

Median house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $165,000
Black or African American householders: $112,500
American Indian or Alaska Native householders: $99,300
Asian householders: $227,300
Some other race householders: $132,600
Two or more races householders: $136,400
Hispanic or Latino householders: $144,300

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 11,037
One, attached: 850
Two: 1,122
3 or 4: 556
5 to 9: 627
10 to 19: 523
20 to 49: 263
50 or more: 119
Mobile homes: 460

Median worth of mobile homes: $29,300

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Southington:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:

Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (47%)
Utility gas (43%)
Electricity (6%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (4%)
Wood (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:

Utility gas (42%)
Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (31%)
Electricity (24%)
Bottled, tank, or LP gas (2%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 324

Here:	7.3%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 219

Here:	9.6%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 467

Here:	28.7%
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 (Noninstitutionalized)

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