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.

One thing noticeable about West Hartford, although not a huge town, is that it has a large population of people who are young, single, educated, and upwardly-mobile career starters. That's because West Hartford is full of single people in their 20s and 30s and who have undergraduate or graduate degrees and are starting careers in professional occupations. This makes West Hartford a pretty good place for young, educated career starters looking to find many people like themselves, with good 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." 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.

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

Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to West Hartford, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. West Hartford is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 52.98% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 14.96%.

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.