West Hartford is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 63,589 people and 17 constituent neighborhoods, West Hartford is the 9th largest community in Connecticut.

West Hartford is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.17% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, West Hartford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in West Hartford who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.80%), management occupations (11.99%), and sales jobs (11.34%).

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

Of important note, West Hartford is also a town of artists. West Hartford has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape West Hartford's character.

Another interesting thing about West Hartford, despite not being a huge town, is that there is a relatively high proportion of people living here who are young, single, and upwardly-mobile professionals. This makes it a good choice for other relocating single professionals. Here, these young singles will find many others like themselves, with opportunities for friendships, socializing, romance, and fun.

In addition to being popular with young singles, West Hartford is also home to many people who can be described as "urban sophisticates," which are people who are not only wealthy and employed in professional occupations, but highly educated to boot. Urban sophisticates have urbane tastes - whether they reside in a big or small city, a suburb, or a little town. Urban sophisticates support bookstores, quality clothing stores, enjoy luxury travel, and in big cities, they are truly the patrons of the arts, attending and supporting institutions such as opera, symphony, ballet, and theatre.

West Hartford is a decent-sized town, yet no one gets to work using public transit, because the town has no real transit system.

West Hartford Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, West Hartford is a pretty powerful place. 52.98% of the adults in West Hartford have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in West Hartford in 2000 was $33,468, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $133,872 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in West Hartford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Russian.