Southington is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 39,728 people and ten constituent neighborhoods, Southington is the 24th largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Southington is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Southington is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Southington who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.06%), sales jobs (11.03%), and management occupations (9.65%).

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

In addition, Southington 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.

One notable thing about Southington is that if you need to go anywhere, you're going to have to drive. This is because Southington is primarily built for cars, and if you drive around you will notice that there are lots of shopping centers, parking lots, strip malls, and wide streets. Commuting to work is done by car: 97.4% of people use private automobiles to get to and from work. Sidewalks? Not so much. In fact, trying to walk in certain parts of town may be a dangerous enterprise.

Southington Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Southington is substantially better educated than the typical community in the nation, which has 14.96% of the adults holding a bachelor's degree or graduate degree: 27.23% of adults in Southington have a college degree.

The per capita income in Southington in 2000 was $26,370, which is lower middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $105,480 for a family of four.

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

The languages spoken by people in Southington 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 Southington is English. Other important languages spoken here include French, Italian, and Polish.