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Population (year 2000): 3,020
Males: 1,369  (45.3%)
Females: 1,651  (54.7%)

Hartford County

Median resident age:  38.4 years
Connecticut median age:  37.4 years

Zip codes: 06002.


Estimated median household income in 2005: $55,800 (it was $48,859 in 2000)
Blue Hills  $55,800
Connecticut:  $60,941

Estimated median house/condo value in 2005: $148,700 (it was $97,700 in 2000)
Blue Hills  $148,700
Connecticut:  $271,500

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Races in Blue Hills:

  • Black (83.1%)
  • White Non-Hispanic (8.6%)
  • Hispanic (4.1%)
  • Two or more races (3.9%)
  • American Indian (1.7%)
  • Other race (1.5%)
  • Other Asian (0.7%)

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Ancestries: West Indian (26.7%), Subsaharan African (4.3%), United States (2.8%), Irish (1.8%), French (1.6%).

Current Local Time: EST time zone

Land area: 1.14 square miles.

Population density: 2644 people per square mile 
 
 (average).

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For population 25 years and over in Blue Hills

  • High school or higher: 72.8%
  • Bachelor's degree or higher: 8.9%
  • Graduate or professional degree: 2.5%
  • Unemployed: 8.6%
  • Mean travel time to work: 21.2 minutes

For population 15 years and over in Blue Hills CDP

  • Never married: 33.2%
  • Now married: 39.1%
  • Separated: 4.6%
  • Widowed: 10.3%
  • Divorced: 13.0%

805 residents are foreign born (23.8% Latin America).

This place:  26.7%
Connecticut:  10.9%

According to our research there were no registered sex offenders living in this place in early 2007.

Median real estate property taxes paid for housing units in 2000:

Blue Hills:  2.4% ($2,302)
Connecticut:  1.8% ($2,961)
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Nearest city with pop. 50,000+: Hartford, CT (3.4 miles , pop. 121,578).

Nearest city with pop. 200,000+: Brookhaven, NY (69.5 miles , pop. 448,248).

Nearest city with pop. 1,000,000+: Bronx, NY (104.9 miles , pop. 1,332,650).

Nearest cities: Bloomfield, CT (2.6 miles ), Hartford, CT (3.4 miles ), Windsor, CT (3.9 miles ), West Hartford, CT (4.8 miles ), East Hartford, CT (6.5 miles ), .

Latitude: 41.81 N, Longitude: 72.70 W


107 people in nursing homes

Area code commonly used in this area: 860

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Most common industries for males:



  • Health care (11%)
  • Educational services (10%)
  • Finance and insurance (8%)
  • Construction (7%)
  • Transportation equipment (6%)
  • Accommodation and food services (6%)
  • Repair and maintenance (4%)


Most common industries for females:



  • Health care (26%)
  • Finance and insurance (17%)
  • Social assistance (9%)
  • Educational services (8%)
  • Public administration (7%)
  • Professional, scientific, and technical services (5%)
  • Department and other general merchandise stores (3%)


Most common occupations for males



  • Cooks and food preparation workers (8%)
  • Material recording, scheduling, dispatching, and distributing workers (6%)
  • Other production occupations including supervisors (6%)
  • Vehicle and mobile equipment mechanics, installers, and repairers (6%)
  • Other protective service workers including supervisors (5%)
  • Bus drivers (4%)
  • Driver/sales workers and truck drivers (4%)


Most common occupations for females



  • Other office and administrative support workers including supervisors (9%)
  • Nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides (7%)
  • Secretaries and administrative assistants (7%)
  • Business operations specialists (6%)
  • Other teachers and instructors, education, training, and library occupations (6%)
  • Sales representatives, services, wholesale and manufacturing (5%)
  • Child care workers (5%)


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Blue Hills-area historical tornado activity is slightly above Connecticut state average. It is 1% greater than the overall U.S. average.

On 10/3/1979, a category 4 (max. wind speeds 207-260 mph) tornado 5.1 miles away from the Blue Hills place center killed 3 people and injured 500 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.

On 7/10/1989, a category 4 tornado 33.0 miles away from the place center injured 40 people and caused between $50,000,000 and $500,000,000 in damages.


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Hospitals/medical centers near Blue Hills:
  • REHABILITATION HOSPITAL OF CT, INC (about 2 miles; HARTFORD, CT)
  • HARTFORD HOSPITAL (about 3 miles; HARTFORD, CT)
  • ST FRANCIS HOSPITAL & MEDICAL CENTER (about 3 miles; HARTFORD, CT)

Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to Blue Hills:
  • HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 7 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID: HFD)
  • BRADLEY INTL (about 9 miles; WINDSOR LOCKS, CT; ID: BDL)
  • BARNES MUNI (about 24 miles; WESTFIELD/SPRINGFIELD, MA; ID: BAF)
Other public-use airports nearest to Blue Hills:
  • SIMSBURY (about 9 miles; SIMSBURY, CT; ID: 4B9)
  • SKYLARK AIRPARK (about 12 miles; WAREHOUSE POINT, CT; ID: 7B6)
  • ROBERTSON FIELD (about 14 miles; PLAINVILLE, CT; ID: 4B8)

Amtrak stations near Blue Hills:
  • 4 miles: HARTFORD (1 UNION PLACE). Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, full-service food facilities, snack bar, vending machines, ATM, paid short-term parking, paid long-term parking, call for car rental service, taxi stand, intercity bus service, public transit connection.
  • 5 miles: WINDSOR (41 CENTRAL ST.). Services: enclosed waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free short-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.
  • 10 miles: WINDSOR LOCKS (S. MAIN ST. (RTE. 159)). Services: public payphones, free short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for taxi service, public transit connection.

Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to Blue Hills:
  • MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 3 miles; MANCHESTER, CT; Full-time enrollment: 2,863)
  • UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD (about 5 miles; WEST HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 5,557)
  • TRINITY COLLEGE (about 5 miles; HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 2,056)
  • CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 12 miles; NEW BRITAIN, CT; FT enrollment: 8,967)
  • WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 18 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT; FT enrollment: 2,993)
  • SPRINGFIELD TECHNICAL COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 22 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,026)
  • SPRINGFIELD COLLEGE (about 24 miles; SPRINGFIELD, MA; FT enrollment: 4,176)

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Notable locations in Blue Hills: Blue Hills Industrial Park (A), Blue Hills Volunteer Fire Department Company 3 (B). Display/hide their locations on the map

Cemetery: Mount Saint Benedict Cemetery (1). Display/hide its location on the map

Parks in Blue Hills include: Pershing Park Playground (1), Hubbard Street Tot Lot (2). Display/hide their locations on the map

 

Average household size:
This place:  2.9 people
Connecticut:  2.5 people

Percentage of family households:
This place:  77.6%
Whole state:  67.7%

Percentage of households with unmarried partners:
This place:  4.4%
Whole state:  5.3%

Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households)
  • Lesbian couples: 0.4% of all households
  • Gay men: 0.5% of all households

Residents with income below the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  8.7%
Whole state:  7.9%

Residents with income below 50% of the poverty level in 1999:
This place:  1.5%
Whole state:  3.9%

Blue Hills compared to Connecticut state average:
  • Black race population percentage significantly above state average.
  • Hispanic race population percentage significantly below state average.
  • Renting percentage significantly below state average.
  • Institutionalized population percentage above state average.
  • Percentage of population with a bachelor's degree or higher significantly below state average.


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4.35% of this county's 2006 resident taxpayers lived in other counties in 2005 ($54,799 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.35%
Connecticut average:  5.12%

0.11% of residents moved from foreign countries ($881 average AGI)
Hartford County:  0.11%
Connecticut average:  0.19%

Top counties from which taxpayers relocated into this county between 2005 and 2006:
from New Haven County, CT  0.58% ($49,113 average AGI)
from Tolland County, CT  0.49% ($48,876)
from Middlesex County, CT  0.34% ($54,771)


4.77% of this county's 2005 resident taxpayers moved to other counties in 2006 ($56,520 average adjusted gross income)

Here:  4.77%
Connecticut average:  5.64%

0.09% of residents moved to foreign countries ($739 average AGI)
Hartford County:  0.09%
Connecticut average:  0.11%

Top counties to which taxpayers relocated from this county between 2005 and 2006:
to Tolland County, CT  0.55% ($51,650 average AGI)
to New Haven County, CT  0.40% ($46,514)
to Middlesex County, CT  0.39% ($57,435)


Strongest AM radio stations in Blue Hills:
  • WDRC (1360 AM; 5 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WTIC (1080 AM; 50 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WDZK (1550 AM; 5 kW; BLOOMFIELD, CT; Owner: ABC, INC.)
  • WNNZ (640 AM; 50 kW; WESTFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WLAT (910 AM; 5 kW; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: MEGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW BRITAIN LICENSEE, LLC)
  • WPOP (1410 AM; 5 kW; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKND (1480 AM; 1 kW; WINDSOR, CT; Owner: HARTCOM, INC.)
  • WCRN (830 AM; 50 kW; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WRYM (840 AM; 1 kW; NEW BRITAIN, CT)
  • WHYN (560 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WVNE (760 AM; daytime; 25 kW; LEICESTER, MA; Owner: BLOUNT MASSCOM, INC.)
  • WACE (730 AM; 5 kW; CHICOPEE, MA; Owner: CARTER BROADCASTING CORP.)
  • WSPR (1270 AM; 5 kW; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: ANTONIO F. AND HELENA R. GOIS, TENANTS BY THE ENTIRETY)

Strongest FM radio stations in Blue Hills:
  • WQTQ (89.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: HARTFORD BOARD OF EDUCATION)
  • WCCC-FM (106.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MARLIN BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WTIC-FM (96.5 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWUH (91.3 FM; WEST HARTFORD, CT; Owner: UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD)
  • WRCH (100.5 FM; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WWYZ (92.5 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WKSS (95.7 FM; HARTFORD-MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WHCN (105.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WZMX (93.7 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: INFINITY RADIO OPERATIONS INC.)
  • WAQY (102.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: SAGA COMMUNICATIONS OF NEW ENGLAND, LLC)
  • WMRQ (104.1 FM; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WPKT (90.5 FM; MERIDEN, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WDRC-FM (102.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: BUCKLEY BROADCASTING CORPORATION)
  • WRTC-FM (89.3 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: TRUSTEES OF TRINITY COLLEGE)
  • WKCI-FM (101.3 FM; HAMDEN, CT; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WHYN-FM (93.1 FM; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: CLEAR CHANNEL BROADCASTING LICENSES, INC.)
  • WPKX (97.9 FM; ENFIELD, CT; Owner: CAPSTAR TX LIMITED PARTNERSHIP)
  • WJMJ (88.9 FM; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ST. THOMAS SEMINARY)
  • WRNX (100.9 FM; AMHERST, MA; Owner: WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS RADIO COMPANY)
  • WPLR (99.1 FM; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: COX RADIO, INC.)

TV broadcast stations around Blue Hills:
  • WUVN (Channel 18; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WHTX-LP (Channel 10; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WRDM-LP (Channel 13; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ZGS HARTFORD, INC.)
  • WTIC-TV (Channel 61; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: TRIBUNE TELEVISION COMPANY)
  • W11BJ (Channel 11; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: COMMUNICATIONS SITE MANAGEMENT LLC)
  • WMLD-LP (Channel 6; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: HARVARD BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WTXX (Channel 20; WATERBURY, CT; Owner: WTXX INC.)
  • WFSB (Channel 3; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: MEREDITH CORPORATION)
  • WVIT (Channel 30; NEW BRITAIN, CT; Owner: OUTLET BROADCASTING, INC)
  • WEDH (Channel 24; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WHCT-LP (Channel 38; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: VENTURE TECHNOLOGIES GROUP, LLC)
  • WWLP (Channel 22; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: WWLP BROADCASTING, LLC)
  • WYDN (Channel 48; WORCESTER, MA; Owner: EDUCATIONAL PUBLIC TV CORPORATION)
  • WTNH (Channel 8; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: WTNH BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WCTX (Channel 59; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: WTNH BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WEDY (Channel 65; NEW HAVEN, CT; Owner: CONNECTICUT PUBLIC BROADCASTING, INC.)
  • WUTH-CA (Channel 47; HARTFORD, CT; Owner: ENTRAVISION HOLDINGS, LLC)
  • WHPX (Channel 26; NEW LONDON, CT; Owner: PAXSON HARTFORD LICENSE, INC.)
  • W67DF (Channel 67; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: TRINITY BROADCASTING NETWORK)
  • WDMR-LP (Channel 65; SPRINGFIELD, MA; Owner: ZGS HARTFORD, INC.)
  • W12CL (Channel 12; GRANBY, CT; Owner: SALVATORE MINNITI)

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