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Watertown, CT (Connecticut) Houses and Residents

Estimated median house or condo value in 2022: $318,231 (it was $147,200 in 2000)
Watertown:

$318,231
Connecticut:

$347,200
Lower value quartile - upper value quartile: $232,378 - $382,945

Total population: 22,514 (Urban population: 19,309, Rural population: 2,352 (11 farm, 2,341 nonfarm))

Houses: 8,298 (8,046 occupied: 6,381 owner occupied, 1,665 renter occupied)

% of renters here:

21%
State:

34%

Housing density: 285 houses/condos per square mile

Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $399,480.

Median contract rent in 2022: $1,110 (lower quartile is $768, upper quartile is $1,476)


Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,106


Median gross rent in Watertown, CT in 2022: $1,290

Housing units in Watertown with a mortgage: 3,826 (219 second mortgage, 722 home equity loan, 29 both second mortgage and home equity loan)
Houses without a mortgage: 1,798

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Watertown, Connecticut Age and Sex of Residents

Household type by relationship:

Households: 187,123
  • In family households: 156,490 (36,561 male householders, 14,969 female householders)
    41,185 spouses, 52,814 children (49,404 natural, 1,325 adopted, 2,085 stepchildren), 2,365 grandchildren, 1,073 brothers or sisters, 1,650 parents, foster children, 1,216 other relatives, 3,500 non-relatives
  • In nonfamily households: 30,633 (11,692 male householders (9,019 living alone)), 13,418 female householders (11,384 living alone)), 5,523 nonrelatives
  • In group quarters: 2,804 (1,566 institutionalized population)

34,479 married couples with children.
7,472 single-parent households (1,895 men, 5,577 women).

87.2% of residents of Watertown speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (77% speak English very well, 12% speak English well, 12% speak English not well).
9.6% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (63% speak English very well, 25% speak English well, 8% speak English not well, 4% don't speak English at all).
1.4% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (33% speak English very well, 36% speak English well, 28% speak English not well, 3% don't speak English at all).
0.4% of residents speak other language at home (68% speak English very well, 32% speak English well).

Foreign born population: 2,487 (10.8%)
(86.2% of them are naturalized citizens)

Median number of rooms in houses and condos:
Here:

6.5
State:

6.5

Median number of rooms in apartments
Here:

4.1
State:

4.0

Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Watertown, Connecticut
  • Bedrooms in owner-occupied houses and condos in Watertown, Connecticut
  • 28no bedroom
  • 1701 bedroom
  • 1,0592 bedrooms
  • 3,5913 bedrooms
  • 1,2154 bedrooms
  • 3185+ bedrooms
Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown, Connecticut
  • Bedrooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown, Connecticut
  • 21no bedroom
  • 5141 bedroom
  • 6582 bedrooms
  • 3773 bedrooms
  • 664 bedrooms
  • 295+ bedrooms
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown in owner-occupied houses/condos
  • 176no vehicle
  • 1,4531 vehicle
  • 3,1202 vehicles
  • 1,1643 vehicles
  • 3394 vehicles
  • 1295+ vehicles
Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown in renter-occupied apartments
  • Cars and other vehicles available in Watertown in renter-occupied apartments
  • 183no vehicle
  • 8711 vehicle
  • 5042 vehicles
  • 913 vehicles
  • 164 vehicles
  • 05+ vehicles
Owner-occupied Renter-occupied
Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Watertown, Connecticut
  • Rooms in owner-occupied houses in Watertown, Connecticut
  • 181 room
  • 192 rooms
  • 633 rooms
  • 5074 rooms
  • 1,0045 rooms
  • 1,7766 rooms
  • 1,3347 rooms
  • 8908 rooms
  • 7709+ rooms
Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown, Connecticut
  • Rooms in renter-occupied apartments in Watertown, Connecticut
  • 101 room
  • 1122 rooms
  • 3833 rooms
  • 4814 rooms
  • 3555 rooms
  • 2256 rooms
  • 527 rooms
  • 208 rooms
  • 279+ rooms
Year house built
Breakdown of mean house values by ages of householders
Owners and renters by unit type in Watertown, CT
Watertown town income, earnings, and wages data

  • Watertown, CT household income distribution

  • Distribution of median household income in Watertown, CT in 2022
  • 70,411Less than $10,000
  • 80,546$10,000 to $19,999
  • 89,898$20,000 to $29,999
  • 78,870$30,000 to $39,999
  • 79,457$40,000 to $49,999
  • 76,801$50,000 to $59,999
  • 104,493$60,000 to $74,999
  • 164,516$75,000 to $99,999
  • 125,217$100,000 to $124,999
  • 99,881$125,000 to $149,999
  • 135,732$150,000 to $199,999
  • 196,553$200,000 or more
Work and jobs in Watertown: detailed stats about occupations, industries, unemployment, workers, commute

Percentage of workers working in this county: 37.7%
Number of people working at home: 1,946 (15.7% of all workers)

Travel time to work (commute)

  • Less than 5 minutes: 392
  • 5 to 9 minutes: 1,595
  • 10 to 14 minutes: 1,830
  • 15 to 19 minutes: 1,727
  • 20 to 24 minutes: 1,447
  • 25 to 29 minutes: 526
  • 30 to 34 minutes: 1,034
  • 35 to 39 minutes: 290
  • 40 to 44 minutes: 510
  • 45 to 59 minutes: 881
  • 60 to 89 minutes: 383
  • 90 or more minutes: 285

Means of transportation to work:

  • Drove a car alone: 9,709 (87.3%)
  • Carpooled: 923 (8.3%)
  • Bus or trolley bus: 59 (0.5%)
  • Railroad: 24 (0.2%)
  • Walked: 170 (1.5%)
  • Other means: 15 (0.1%)
  • Worked at home: 220 (2.0%)
Class of Workers in 2000
Races in Watertown detailed stats: ancestries, foreign born residents, place of birth
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Watertown, Connecticut
  • Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Watertown, Connecticut
  • 1291995 to March 2000
  • 1151990 to 1994
  • 1551985 to 1989
  • 1021980 to 1984
  • 1651975 to 1979
  • 3041970 to 1974
  • 3101965 to 1969
  • 333Before 1965
Ancestries in Watertown, CT

First ancestries reported:

  • Italian: 7,378 (27.2%)
  • Irish: 4,416 (16.3%)
  • French: 2,244 (8.3%)
  • English: 2,194 (8.1%)
  • German: 1,994 (7.4%)
  • Other: 1,769 (6.5%)
  • Polish: 1,388 (5.1%)
  • French Canadian: 1,200 (4.4%)
  • Lithuanian: 1,002 (3.7%)
  • United States: 605 (2.2%)
  • Scottish: 500 (1.8%)
  • Russian: 414 (1.5%)
  • Portuguese: 406 (1.5%)
  • Swedish: 327 (1.2%)
  • Scotch-Irish: 166 (0.6%)
  • Hungarian: 160 (0.6%)
  • Czech: 152 (0.6%)
  • Ukrainian: 133 (0.5%)
  • Dutch: 132 (0.5%)
  • Swiss: 117 (0.4%)
  • Arab: 102 (0.4%)
  • Greek: 97 (0.4%)
  • Slovak: 60 (0.2%)
  • Welsh: 51 (0.2%)
  • Norwegian: 40 (0.1%)
  • Danish: 28 (0.1%)
  • West Indian: 13 (0.05%)
  • Subsaharan African: 8 (0.03%)

Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):

Italy
Watertown:

38.4% (619)
Connecticut:

7.0% (26,023)

Philippines
Watertown:

7.9% (128)
Connecticut:

1.7% (6,247)

United Kingdom
Watertown:

5.1% (83)
Connecticut:

4.4% (16,395)

Canada
Watertown:

5.1% (82)
Connecticut:

5.2% (19,083)

Portugal
Watertown:

5.0% (80)
Connecticut:

3.6% (13,234)

Ukraine
Watertown:

4.6% (74)
Connecticut:

1.0% (3,822)

Other Eastern Europe
Watertown:

4.2% (67)
Connecticut:

2.1% (7,596)

China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Watertown:

3.3% (53)
Connecticut:

2.5% (9,358)

India
Watertown:

3.0% (49)
Connecticut:

4.1% (15,108)

Lebanon
Watertown:

2.6% (42)
Connecticut:

0.3% (1,286)

Korea
Watertown:

2.5% (40)
Connecticut:

1.5% (5,508)

Poland
Watertown:

2.4% (39)
Connecticut:

6.9% (25,507)

Czechoslovakia (includes Czech Republic and Slovakia)
Watertown:

2.3% (37)
Connecticut:

0.5% (1,693)

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

  • This state: 16,645
  • Other state: 3,290
  • Northeast: 2,483
  • Midwest: 292
  • South: 435
  • West: 80

69% of Watertown residents lived in the same house 5 years ago.
   Out of people who lived in different houses, 48% lived in this county.
   Out of people who lived in different counties, 77% lived in Connecticut.

Education attainment for males 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 74
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 23
  • 5th and 6th grade: 98
  • 7th and 8th grade: 277
  • 9th grade: 95
  • 10th grade: 181
  • 11th grade: 186
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 174
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,288
  • Less than 1 year of college: 467
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 869
  • Associate degree: 559
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,028
  • Master's degree: 441
  • Professional school degree: 140
  • Doctorate degree: 54
Educational Attainment for Males

Education attainment for females 25 years and older:

  • No schooling: 57
  • Nursery to 4th grade: 48
  • 5th and 6th grade: 100
  • 7th and 8th grade: 289
  • 9th grade: 145
  • 10th grade: 278
  • 11th grade: 152
  • 12th grade, no diploma: 245
  • High school graduate (or equivalency): 2,420
  • Less than 1 year of college: 436
  • Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 886
  • Associate degree: 848
  • Bachelor's degree: 1,196
  • Master's degree: 703
  • Professional school degree: 143
  • Doctorate degree: 22
Educational Attainment for Females
Watertown marital status for males
Watertown marital status for females

Housing units in structures:

  • One, detached: 6,301
  • One, attached: 284
  • Two: 681
  • 3 or 4: 550
  • 5 to 9: 329
  • 10 to 19: 63
  • 20 to 49: 55
  • 50 or more: 22
  • Mobile homes: 13

Median worth of mobile homes: $438,750

Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.1%

Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%
Year householders moved into residence in Watertown
Houses and condos Apartments
Most commonly used house heating fuel in houses and condos in Watertown, CT
  • 68.7%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 17.8%Utility gas
  • 10.1%Electricity
  • 1.6%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.3%Wood
  • 0.5%Other fuel
Most commonly used house heating fuel in apartments in Watertown, CT
  • 40.4%Fuel oil, kerosene, etc.
  • 29.1%Utility gas
  • 25.4%Electricity
  • 3.3%Bottled, tank, or LP gas
  • 1.1%Wood
  • 0.7%Other fuel

Private vs. public school enrollment:

Students in private schools in grades 1 to 8 (elementary and middle school): 280
Here:

10.8%
Connecticut:

9.9%

Students in private schools in grades 9 to 12 (high school): 280
Here:

20.7%
Connecticut:

11.0%

Students in private undergraduate colleges: 207
Here:

24.0%
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 Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Physically-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Mentally-Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Self-Care Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Go-Outside-Home Disabled Noninstitutionalized Residents
Age and Sex of Noninstitutionalized Residents with Employment Disability
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