Ledyard is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 14,682 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Ledyard is the 72nd largest community in Connecticut.

Ledyard is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Ledyard is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ledyard who work in office and administrative support jobs (13.93%), sales jobs (10.12%), and teaching (8.14%).

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

There are many members of the armed forces living in Ledyard. You will notice when you visit or live here that some of the people you meet or see around town are employed by the armed services - even if they are not always in uniform.

In addition, Ledyard is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are educated, wealthy, executives and professionals, who have urbane tastes in books, food, and travel, whether they actually live in a big city, or choose to reside in a small town. In big or medium-sized cities, urban sophisticates tend to frequent art institutions such as opera, symphonies, ballet, live theatre, and museums.

Because of many things, Ledyard is a very good place for families to consider. With an enviable combination of good schools, low crime, college-educated neighbors who tend to support education because of their own experiences, and a high rate of home ownership in predominantly single-family properties, Ledyard really has some of the features that families look for when choosing a good community to raise children. Is Ledyard perfect? Of course not, and if you like frenetic night life, it will be far from your cup of tea. But overall this is a solid community, with many things to recommend it as a family-friendly place to live.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Ledyard are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery.

Ledyard is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 98.4% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Ledyard.

Ledyard is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Ledyard Information and Demographics

The population of Ledyard is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 32.82% of adults in Ledyard have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ledyard in 2000 was $24,953, 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 $99,812 for a family of four. However, Ledyard contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

The people who call Ledyard home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Ledyard is White, followed by Native American. Important ancestries of people in Ledyard include English, Irish, German, Italian, French, French Canadian, Polish, Scottish, and Scotch-Irish.

The most common language spoken in Ledyard is English.