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Canterbury, CT

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Overview


Canterbury is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 5,102 people and just one neighborhood, Canterbury is the 130th largest community in Connecticut.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Canterbury is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Canterbury is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Canterbury who work in management occupations (16.52%), office and administrative support (11.18%), and healthcare (8.10%).

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

A relatively large number of people in Canterbury telecommute to their jobs. Overall, about 10.27% of the workforce works from home. While this may seem like a small number, as a fraction of the total workforce it ranks among the highest in the country. 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.

Setting & Lifestyle

Because of many things, Canterbury is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Canterbury a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Canterbury has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Canterbury’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

The town is relatively quiet, having a combination of lower population density and few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. For example, Canterbury has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Canterbury a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.

In Canterbury, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 33.84 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Being a small town, Canterbury does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Demographics

The citizens of Canterbury are slightly better educated than the national average of 21.84% for all cities and towns, with 23.85% of adults in Canterbury having a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Canterbury in 2022 was $45,668, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $182,672 for a family of four.

Canterbury is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Canterbury home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Canterbury residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Canterbury include French, Irish, English, German, and French Canadian.

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

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 11.4% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 15.4% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 12.1% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Italian at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Canterbury are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 73.4% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 4.5% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 66.3% of America's neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 44.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 21.6% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (19.2%), and 14.3% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 90.3% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Canterbury, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (15.4%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (15.2%), and residents who report English roots (13.8%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (12.7%), along with some French Canadian ancestry residents (11.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (86.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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