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Stratford, CT
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Living in Stratford



Stratford is a larger medium-sized coastal town (i.e. on the ocean, a bay, or inlet) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 52,477 people and 12 associated neighborhoods, Stratford is the 17th largest community in Connecticut.

Also of interest is that Stratford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.40% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Stratford is also nautical, which means that parts of it are somewhat historic and touch the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and bays. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

For the size of the town, public transportation in Stratford is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the train. For Stratford, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of Stratford citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 37.49% of adults in Stratford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Stratford in 2018 was $47,849, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $191,396 for a family of four. However, Stratford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Stratford is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stratford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Stratford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Stratford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 13.53% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Stratford include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Polish.

The most common language spoken in Stratford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and French.


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