Mansfield is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 20,720 people and five constituent neighborhoods, Mansfield is the 50th largest community in Connecticut.

Mansfield is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 89.83% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mansfield is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mansfield who work in teaching (18.38%), office and administrative support jobs (17.62%), and food service (9.07%).

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

In addition, Mansfield is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Mansfield culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Mansfield really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Mansfield every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Mansfield. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Mansfield benefits directly from this.

Compared to the rest of the country, citizens of Mansfield spend much less time in their cars: on average, their commute to work is only 18.30 minutes. This also means that noise and pollution levels in the town are less than they would otherwise be.

As is often the case in a small town, Mansfield doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Mansfield Information and Demographics

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mansfield, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mansfield is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 54.12% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

The per capita income in Mansfield in 2000 was $18,094, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $72,376 for a family of four.

Mansfield is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mansfield home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Mansfield is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mansfield include Italian, Irish, English, German, Polish, French Canadian, and French.

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