South Windsor is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 24,471 people and five constituent neighborhoods, South Windsor is the 42nd largest community in Connecticut.

South Windsor is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.31% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, South Windsor is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in South Windsor who work in office and administrative support jobs (15.34%), sales jobs (13.14%), and management occupations (12.80%).

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

In addition, South Windsor 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.

Because of many things, South Windsor is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making South Windsor 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, South Windsor has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, South Windsor's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Residents of South Windsor by-and-large get to work each day by driving: 97.7% use their own cars for their daily commute, making it a very car-oriented town. While South Windsor 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, South Windsor does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

South Windsor Information and Demographics

The population of South Windsor 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: 41.58% of adults in South Windsor have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in South Windsor in 2000 was $30,966, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $123,864 for a family of four. However, South Windsor contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in South Windsor is English. Other important languages spoken here include French and Spanish.