Pomfret is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 4,313 people and just one neighborhood, Pomfret is the 134th largest community in Connecticut.
Unlike some towns, Pomfret isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Pomfret are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Pomfret is a town of professionals, service providers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Pomfret who work in management occupations (14.53%), office and administrative support (10.37%), and healthcare (8.02%).
Also of interest is that Pomfret has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Pomfret is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Pomfret’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
Pomfret is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.
The citizens of Pomfret are among the most well-educated in the nation: 40.45% of adults in Pomfret have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Pomfret in 2022 was $47,962, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,848 for a family of four.
Pomfret is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Pomfret home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Pomfret residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Pomfret include English, Irish, German, Italian, and French.
The most common language spoken in Pomfret is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Portuguese.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
While most Americans do drive to work alone each day, the neighborhood stands out by having 90.1% of commuters doing so, which is a higher proportion of people driving alone to work than NeighborhoodScout found in 96.5% of all American neighborhoods.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 6.6% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 7.9% have French ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Pomfret are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 75.2% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.9% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 68.4% of America's neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 40.7% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (22.3%), and 11.5% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 92.5% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.4%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Pomfret, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as English (17.8%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (17.4%), and residents who report German roots (10.2%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (8.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.9%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (50.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (90.1%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.