Trumbull is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 34,243 people and seven constituent neighborhoods, Trumbull is the 28th largest community in Connecticut.

Trumbull is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.87% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Trumbull is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Trumbull who work in management occupations (14.36%), sales jobs (14.13%), and office and administrative support jobs (13.08%).

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

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

Trumbull Information and Demographics

The education level of Trumbull citizens is very high relative to the national average among all cities (14.96%): 43.43% of adults in Trumbull have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Trumbull in 2000 was $34,931, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $139,724 for a family of four. However, Trumbull contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Trumbull is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian and Spanish.