Norwalk is a larger medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 82,951 people and 22 constituent neighborhoods, Norwalk is the sixth largest community in Connecticut.

Norwalk is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Norwalk is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Norwalk who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.13%), management occupations (12.56%), and sales jobs (11.77%).

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

Of important note, Norwalk is also a town of artists. Norwalk has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Norwalk's character.

Another interesting thing about Norwalk, despite not being a huge town, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, Norwalk is also home to many people who can 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Norwalk 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.

Norwalk Information and Demographics

The education level of Norwalk citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 34.21% of adults in Norwalk have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Norwalk in 2000 was $31,781, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $127,124 for a family of four.

Norwalk is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Norwalk home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Norwalk is White, followed by African-American. Norwalk also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.57% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Norwalk include Italian, Irish, English, German, and Polish.

Foreign born people are also an important part of Norwalk's cultural character, accounting for 20.25% of the town's population.

The most common language spoken in Norwalk is English. Some people also speak Spanish.