Willington is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 5,544 people and just one neighborhood, Willington is the 124th largest community in Connecticut.
Unlike some towns, Willington isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Willington are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Willington is a town of professionals, managers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Willington who work in management occupations (12.06%), teaching (11.14%), and office and administrative support (8.02%).
Also of interest is that Willington has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 7.96% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. 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.
Overall, Willington’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.
In Willington, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 30.38 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.
The education level of Willington citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (21.84%): 36.22% of adults in Willington have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.
The per capita income in Willington in 2022 was $43,822, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $175,288 for a family of four. However, Willington contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Willington is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Willington home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Willington residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Willington include Irish, English, French, German, and Italian.
The most common language spoken in Willington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Tagalog.
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.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
In addition, if you're nearing retirement age, or in retirement, the is an excellent choice for you to consider for top-quality retirement living. This neighborhood is rated by NeighborhoodScout as among the top 8.6% of retiree-friendly neighborhoods in Connecticut, combining peace and quiet, safety from crime, and offering diverse housing options from which retirees can choose. Maybe it's because of these amenities that a large proportion of the residents here are college educated seniors, mixed with other age groups. For these and other reasons, NeighborhoodScout identifies this neighborhood as a top-notch place to consider if you are thinking of or planning to retire in Connecticut. In addition to being an excellent choice for active retirees, this neighborhood is also a very good choice for college students.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and Slovak ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 12.1% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 1.5% have Slovak ancestry.
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 Willington are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.1% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% 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 100.0% 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, 52.0% 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 21.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (17.7%), and 8.7% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 91.9% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (3.0%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in Willington, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (22.0%). There are also a number of people of English ancestry (12.8%), and residents who report French roots (12.1%), and some of the residents are also of German ancestry (11.7%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (11.2%), among others.
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 (39.1% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.3%) 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 (6.2%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.