Waterbury is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 107,271 people and 28 constituent neighborhoods, Waterbury is the fifth largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Waterbury is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Waterbury is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Waterbury who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.68%), sales jobs (9.89%), and healthcare support services (5.55%).

Waterbury Information and Demographics

The citizens of Waterbury are slightly less educated than the national average of 14.96% for the average city or town: 13.87% of adults in Waterbury have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Waterbury in 2000 was $17,701, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $70,804 for a family of four.

Waterbury is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Waterbury home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Waterbury is White, followed by African-American. Waterbury also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 21.84% of the town's residents. Important ancestries of people in Waterbury include Italian, Irish, French, German, English, French Canadian, and Polish.

The languages spoken by people in Waterbury are also diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Waterbury is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish, Italian, and Other Indo-European languages.