Voluntown is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,612 people and just one neighborhood, Voluntown is the 152nd largest community in Connecticut.
Unlike some towns, Voluntown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Voluntown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Voluntown is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Voluntown who work in office and administrative support (19.03%), teaching (7.45%), and management occupations (7.45%).
Voluntown is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Voluntown’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, Voluntown has relatively fewer families with younger children, and/or college students. Combined, this makes Voluntown a pretty quiet place to live overall. If you like quiet, you will probably enjoy it here.
In Voluntown, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.15 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
As is often the case in a small town, Voluntown doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The percentage of people in Voluntown who are college-educated is somewhat higher than the average US community of 21.84%: 25.33% of adults in Voluntown have at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in Voluntown in 2022 was $46,907, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $187,628 for a family of four. However, Voluntown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Voluntown is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Voluntown home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Voluntown residents report their race to be White, followed by Native Hawaiian. Important ancestries of people in Voluntown include French, English, Irish, Italian, and German.
The most common language spoken in Voluntown is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Finnish ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 20.8% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.1% have Finnish ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.0% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.
There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in Voluntown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 67.5% of the neighborhoods in America. With 10.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 50.7% of U.S. neighborhoods.
A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.
In the neighborhood, 30.6% 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 30.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations (21.6%), and 17.6% in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 95.4% of households. Some people also speak Polish (10.0%).
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 Voluntown, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (20.8%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (15.5%), and residents who report Irish roots (14.7%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (11.9%), along with some German ancestry residents (10.2%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (38.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (84.2%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (9.7%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.