Redding is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 8,270 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Redding is the 107th largest community in Connecticut.

Redding is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.18% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Redding is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Redding who work in management occupations (21.44%), sales jobs (10.99%), and office and administrative support jobs (9.10%).

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

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

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their homes - 11.82% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. 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.

In addition, Redding 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, Redding is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making Redding a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, Redding has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, Redding's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

In Redding, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 37.67 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Redding 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.

Redding Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Redding is a pretty powerful place. 63.09% of the adults in Redding have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Redding in 2000 was $50,687, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $202,748 for a family of four. However, Redding contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Redding is English.