Newington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 29,306 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Newington is the 31st largest community in Connecticut.

Newington is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Newington is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Newington who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.20%), sales jobs (11.22%), and management occupations (9.04%).

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

In addition, Newington is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Residents of Newington by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 98% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While Newington may be a convenient place for driving around town, the negative aspect of this is that places that are suitable for walking or bicycling to and from work or stores may be few and far between. In general, car-oriented communities emphasize roads and convenience of driving, but not have a lot of walking-friendly areas to get from home to work, and tend not to have a lot of public transportation options.

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

Newington Information and Demographics

The overall education level of Newington citizens is substantially higher than the typical US community, as 29.13% of adults in Newington have at least a bachelor's degree, and the average American community has 14.96%.

The per capita income in Newington in 2000 was $26,881, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $107,524 for a family of four.

The people who call Newington home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Newington is White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Newington include Italian, Polish, Irish, English, French, German, French Canadian, Portuguese, and Swedish.

The languages spoken by people in Newington 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 Newington is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese.