Housing density: 271 houses/condos per square mile
Median price asked for vacant for-sale houses and condos in 2022 in this county: $371,867.
Median contract rent in 2022: $1,284 (lower quartile is $760, upper quartile is $1,840)
Median rent asked for vacant for-rent units in 2022: $1,065
Median gross rent in Wolcott, CT in 2022: $1,467
Housing units in Wolcott with a mortgage: 3,299 (382 second mortgage, 494 home equity loan, 0 both second mortgage and home equity loan) Houses without a mortgage: 1,150
In family households: 686,398 (135,155 male householders, 80,594 female householders)
152,067 spouses, 248,015 children (234,078 natural, 5,289 adopted, 8,648 stepchildren), 16,153 grandchildren, 8,819 brothers or sisters, 9,694 parents, foster children, 10,947 other relatives, 19,201 non-relatives
In nonfamily households: 146,881 (52,812 male householders (40,674 living alone)), 65,941 female householders (55,844 living alone)), 28,128 nonrelatives
In group quarters: 29,198 (10,313 institutionalized population)
129,243 married couples with children.
54,016 single-parent households (8,416 men, 45,600 women).
90.2% of residents of Wolcott speak English at home.
1.8% of residents speak Spanish at home (65% speak English very well, 31% speak English well, 4% speak English not well).
6.5% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (76% speak English very well, 14% speak English well, 9% speak English not well, 1% don't speak English at all).
0.5% of residents speak Asian or Pacific Island language at home (91% speak English very well, 9% speak English well).
1.0% of residents speak other language at home (93% speak English very well, 7% speak English well).
Foreign born population: 1,334 (8.3%)
(80.9% of them are naturalized citizens)
Year of entry for the foreign-born population in Wolcott, Connecticut
741995 to March 2000
561990 to 1994
491985 to 1989
761980 to 1984
1071975 to 1979
1381970 to 1974
941965 to 1969
272Before 1965
First ancestries reported:
Italian: 5,804 (28.9%)
Irish: 3,171 (15.8%)
French: 2,172 (10.8%)
German: 1,628 (8.1%)
Polish: 1,447 (7.2%)
English: 1,291 (6.4%)
Other: 1,062 (5.3%)
French Canadian: 912 (4.5%)
Lithuanian: 328 (1.6%)
Russian: 301 (1.5%)
United States: 297 (1.5%)
Scottish: 256 (1.3%)
Swedish: 249 (1.2%)
Portuguese: 237 (1.2%)
Hungarian: 217 (1.1%)
Arab: 169 (0.8%)
Scotch-Irish: 136 (0.7%)
Dutch: 118 (0.6%)
Danish: 81 (0.4%)
Welsh: 58 (0.3%)
Ukrainian: 32 (0.2%)
Subsaharan African: 30 (0.1%)
Czech: 26 (0.1%)
Norwegian: 20 (0.10%)
Greek: 11 (0.05%)
Swiss: 9 (0.04%)
West Indian: 7 (0.03%)
Slovak: 6 (0.03%)
Most common places of birth for foreign-born residents (%):
Italy
Wolcott:
20.1% (174)
Connecticut:
7.0% (26,023)
Canada
Wolcott:
14.4% (125)
Connecticut:
5.2% (19,083)
Romania
Wolcott:
8.7% (75)
Connecticut:
0.6% (2,371)
United Kingdom
Wolcott:
6.7% (58)
Connecticut:
4.4% (16,395)
Portugal
Wolcott:
5.0% (43)
Connecticut:
3.6% (13,234)
Korea
Wolcott:
4.5% (39)
Connecticut:
1.5% (5,508)
El Salvador
Wolcott:
4.2% (36)
Connecticut:
0.7% (2,465)
Germany
Wolcott:
3.7% (32)
Connecticut:
3.1% (11,432)
Pakistan
Wolcott:
3.6% (31)
Connecticut:
0.9% (3,317)
Hungary
Wolcott:
3.1% (27)
Connecticut:
0.7% (2,646)
Poland
Wolcott:
3.1% (27)
Connecticut:
6.9% (25,507)
Middle Africa
Wolcott:
1.8% (16)
Connecticut:
0.1% (356)
Other Western Europe
Wolcott:
1.7% (15)
Connecticut:
0.5% (1,983)
Other Eastern Europe
Wolcott:
1.7% (15)
Connecticut:
2.1% (7,596)
China, excluding Hong Kong and Taiwan
Wolcott:
1.7% (15)
Connecticut:
2.5% (9,358)
Japan
Wolcott:
1.7% (15)
Connecticut:
0.9% (3,472)
Austria
Wolcott:
1.5% (13)
Connecticut:
0.3% (1,224)
Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:
This state: 12,371
Other state: 1,942
Northeast: 1,544
Midwest: 151
South: 158
West: 89
68% of Wolcott residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 82% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 72% lived in Connecticut.
Education attainment for males 25 years and older:
No schooling: 39
Nursery to 4th grade: 12
5th and 6th grade: 15
7th and 8th grade: 124
9th grade: 114
10th grade: 127
11th grade: 96
12th grade, no diploma: 119
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,952
Less than 1 year of college: 384
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 699
Associate degree: 383
Bachelor's degree: 581
Master's degree: 174
Professional school degree: 67
Doctorate degree: 39
Education attainment for females 25 years and older:
No schooling: 43
Nursery to 4th grade: 5
5th and 6th grade: 23
7th and 8th grade: 131
9th grade: 99
10th grade: 169
11th grade: 79
12th grade, no diploma: 72
High school graduate (or equivalency): 1,957
Less than 1 year of college: 383
Some college more than 1 year, no degree: 730
Associate degree: 594
Bachelor's degree: 664
Master's degree: 383
Professional school degree: 93
Doctorate degree: 0
Housing units in structures:
One, detached: 4,861
One, attached: 110
Two: 157
3 or 4: 96
5 to 9: 213
10 to 19: 48
20 to 49: 51
Mobile homes: 8
Median worth of mobile homes: $351,105
Housing units lacking complete plumbing facilities: 0.6%
Housing units lacking complete kitchen facilities: 0.2%