Eastford, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

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Total population: 1,789 (Urban population: 0, Rural population: 1,789 (28 farm, 1,761 nonfarm))

Houses: 705 (618 occupied: 495 owner occupied, 123 renter occupied)

% of renters here:	20%
State:	33%

Housing density: 24 houses/condos per square mile

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Median contract rent in 2007: $711 (lower quartile is $620, upper quartile is $915)

Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2007: $756

Median gross rent in Eastford, CT in 2007: $901

Housing units in Eastford with a mortgage: 259 (36 second mortgage, 30 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 111

Eastford,CT index of house prices

Estimated median house or condo value in 2007: $279,680 (it was $142,200 in 2000)

Eastford:	$279,680
Connecticut:	$309,200

Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $212,999 - $376,472

Mean price in 2007:

Detached houses: $311,715
Here: $311,715
State: $418,487

In 2-unit structures: $300,169
Here: $300,169
State: $295,498

In 3-to-4-unit structures: $233,060
Here: $233,060
State: $253,799

Mobile homes: $57,609
Here: $57,609
State: $51,379

Household type by relationship

Households: 1,618

In family households: 1,433 (386 male householders, 73 female householders)
398 spouses, 503 children (462 natural, 6 adopted, 35 stepchildren), 13 grandchildren, 6 brothers or sisters, 8 parents, 15 other relatives, 31 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 185 (75 male householders (59 living alone)), 81 female householders (71 living alone)), 29 nonrelatives

Size of family households: 207 2-persons, 89 3-persons, 101 4-persons, 42 5-persons, 11 6-persons, 9 7-or-more-persons.

Size of nonfamily households: 130 1-person, 25 2-persons, 1 3-persons.

344 married couples with children.
66 single-parent households (27 men, 39 women).

94.0% of residents of Eastford speak English at home.
0.5% of residents speak Spanish at home (100% speak English very well).
5.1% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (60% speak English very well, 21% speak English well, 17% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.1% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (100% speak English very well).
0.3% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 72 (4.4%)
(50.0% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:

Here:	6.1
State:	6.4

Median number of rooms in apartments:

Here:	4.1
State:	4.0

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Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Eastford, Connecticut:
	1 room: 0 2 rooms: 0 3 rooms: 21 4 rooms: 53 5 rooms: 80 6 rooms: 150 7 rooms: 86 8 rooms: 44 9 or more rooms: 61

Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eastford, Connecticut:
	1 room: 2 2 rooms: 9 3 rooms: 34 4 rooms: 26 5 rooms: 20 6 rooms: 19 7 rooms: 8 8 rooms: 3 9 or more rooms: 2

Year house built:

1999 to March 2000: 3
1995 to 1998: 44
1990 to 1994: 77
1980 to 1989: 175
1970 to 1979: 75
1960 to 1969: 94
1950 to 1959: 71
1940 to 1949: 19
1939 or earlier: 147

Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Eastford:
	no bedroom: 0 1 bedroom: 23 2 bedrooms: 112 3 bedrooms: 260 4 bedrooms: 73 5 or more bedrooms: 27

Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Eastford:
	no bedroom: 2 1 bedroom: 35 2 bedrooms: 44 3 bedrooms: 34 4 bedrooms: 8 5 or more bedrooms: 0

Owners and renters by unit type in %

Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders

Cars and other vehicles available in Eastford in owner-occupied houses/condos:
	no vehicle: 7 1 vehicle: 99 2 vehicles: 267 3 vehicles: 79 4 vehicles: 35 5 or more vehicles: 8

Cars and other vehicles available in Eastford in n renter-occupied apartments
	no vehicle: 19 1 vehicle: 51 2 vehicles: 38 3 vehicles: 13 4 vehicles: 2 5 or more vehicles: 0

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

Less than $10,000: 0
$10,000 to $14,999: 0
$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: 0
$40,000 to $49,999: 2
$50,000 to $59,999: 0
$60,000 to $69,999: 7
$70,000 to $79,999: 13
$80,000 to $89,999: 14
$90,000 to $99,999: 19
$100,000 to $124,999: 92
$125,000 to $149,999: 67
$150,000 to $174,999: 53
$175,000 to $199,999: 51
$200,000 to $249,999: 24
$250,000 to $299,999: 12
$300,000 to $399,999: 11
$400,000 to $499,999: 5
$500,000 to $749,999: 0
$750,000 to $999,999: 0
$1,000,000 or more: 0

Eastford rent paid by renters for apartments graph

Rent paid by renters in 2007 in Eastford:

Less than $100: 0 people
$100 to $149: 0
$150 to $199: 0
$200 to $249: 0
$250 to $299: 1
$300 to $349: 2
$350 to $399: 2
$400 to $449: 3
$450 to $499: 2
$500 to $549: 2
$550 to $599: 5
$600 to $649: 13
$650 to $699: 13
$700 to $749: 10
$750 to $799: 7
$800 to $899: 12
$900 to $999: 3
$1,000 to $1,249: 13
$1,250 to $1,499: 2
$1,500 to $1,999: 1
$2,000 or more: 0
No cash rent: 35

Year of entry for the foreign-born population
	1995 to March 2000: 16 1990 to 1994: 12 1985 to 1989: 4 1980 to 1984: 4 1975 to 1979: 0 1970 to 1974: 2 1970 to 1974: 4 1965 to 1969: 30

Percentage of workers working in this county: 52.6%
Number of people working at home: 45 (5.3% of all workers)

Travel time to work

Less than 5 minutes: 40
5 to 9 minutes: 98
10 to 14 minutes: 47
15 to 19 minutes: 88
20 to 24 minutes: 133
25 to 29 minutes: 78
30 to 34 minutes: 92
35 to 39 minutes: 29
40 to 44 minutes: 19
45 to 59 minutes: 102
60 to 89 minutes: 60
90 or more minutes: 15

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 655 (77%)
Carpooled: 94 (11%)
Bus or trolley bus: 7 (1%)
Walked: 36 (4%)
Other means: 9 (1%)
Worked at home: 45 (5%)

Household income:

Less than $10,000: 25
$10,000 to $14,999: 33
$15,000 to $19,999: 28
$20,000 to $24,999: 30
$25,000 to $29,999: 28
$30,000 to $34,999: 26
$35,000 to $39,999: 34
$40,000 to $44,999: 35
$45,000 to $49,999: 26
$50,000 to $59,999: 61
$60,000 to $74,999: 106
$75,000 to $99,999: 77
$100,000 to $124,999: 50
$125,000 to $149,999: 18
$150,000 to $199,999: 19
$200,000 or more: 19

First ancestries reported:

English: 241

Irish: 150

French (except Basque): 142

Italian: 131

French Canadian: 111

United States or American: 95

Polish: 91

German: 86

Other groups: 85

Russian: 42

Hungarian: 25

British: 21

Swedish: 19

Ukrainian: 15

Portuguese: 14

Scottish: 14

Finnish: 13

Scotch-Irish: 13

Norwegian: 11

Lithuanian: 8

Canadian: 6

Dutch: 5

European: 5

Czechoslovakian: 4

Estonian: 3

Scandinavian: 3

Albanian: 2

Slovak: 2

Czech: 2

Latvian: 2

Slavic: 2

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

Russia (24%)
Poland (17%)
Ukraine (11%)
Other Eastern Europe (11%)
Canada (8%)
United Kingdom (7%)
Other Northern Europe (6%)

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

This state: 1093
Northeast: 287
Midwest: 43
South: 90
West: 21

67% of Eastford residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
Out of people who lived in different houses, 61% lived in this county.
Out of people who lived in different counties, 57% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

No schooling: 0
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 2
7th and 8th grade: 12
9th grade: 12
10th grade: 19
11th grade: 13
12th grade, no diploma: 24
High school graduate (or equivalency): 194
Less than 1 year of college: 17
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 77
Associate degree: 29
Bachelor's degree: 92
Master's degree: 34
Professional school degree: 14
Doctorate degree: 11

Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

No schooling: 6
Nursery to 4th grade: 0
5th and 6th grade: 0
7th and 8th grade: 13
9th grade: 4
10th grade: 2
11th grade: 3
12th grade, no diploma: 21
High school graduate (or equivalency): 167
Less than 1 year of college: 25
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 78
Associate degree: 48
Bachelor's degree: 115
Master's degree: 57
Professional school degree: 7
Doctorate degree: 4

Educational Attainment for Females

Class of Workers

Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic males: 4.3%
Unemployment rate for White non-Hispanic females: 5.9%

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: 25.0%
Unemployment rate for Hispanic or Latino females: 0.0%

Median household income in 2007 for:

White non-Hispanic householders: $72,053
Black householders: $247,004
Asian householders: $188,747
Hispanic or Latino race householders: $144,075

Eastford household income for White non-Hispanic householders

Eastford marital status for males

Eastford marital status for females

Median 2007 house value for:

White Non-Hispanic householders: $272,993
Asian householders: $186,846
Hispanic or Latino householders: $327,866

Housing units in structures:

One, detached: 572
One, attached: 7
Two: 21
3 or 4: 26
5 to 9: 23
10 to 19: 3
Mobile homes: 47
Boats, RVs, vans, etc.: 6

Median worth of mobile homes: $47,593

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 3%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 3%

Year Householders Moved Into Unit in Eastford:

Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (76%) Wood (11%) Electricity (7%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (5%) Other fuel (1%) Solar energy (1%)

Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments:
	Fuel oil, kerosene, etc. (73%) Bottled, tank, or LP gas (11%) Electricity (9%) Wood (7%)

Private vs. public school enrollment:
Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 17

Here:	8.7%
Connecticut:	9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 8

Here:	7.6%
Connecticut:	11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 5

Here:	13.5%
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)

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