Southbury is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 18,567 people and three constituent neighborhoods, Southbury is the 56th largest community in Connecticut.

Southbury is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Southbury is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Southbury who work in management occupations (16.29%), office and administrative support jobs (12.85%), and sales jobs (11.36%).

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

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

Southbury is a very car-oriented town. This is because most people - 96.8% - drive by car to work every day, and few people choose alternative modes of transportation, such as public transit, cycling, or walking. In general, car-oriented communities have a layout that emphasizes streets, highways, and ease of parking, and sometimes this can be to the detriment of human-scale priorities such as walkability alongside roads, and public spaces. For example, strip malls are something you will find in Southbury.

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

Southbury Information and Demographics

The education level of Southbury citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 42.49% of adults in Southbury have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Southbury in 2000 was $32,545, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,180 for a family of four. However, Southbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Southbury is English.