About Westbrook

Westbrook is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 6,292 people and just one neighborhood, Westbrook is the 119th largest community in Connecticut.

Westbrook is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Westbrook is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Westbrook who work in office and administrative support jobs (12.52%), management occupations (11.47%), and sales jobs (8.48%).

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

In addition, Westbrook 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.

The town is also nautical, which means that parts of Westbrook are somewhat historic and bounded by the ocean or tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Such areas are often places that visitors and locals go for waterfront activities or taking in the scenery. This is certainly the case with Westbrook, which has a vibrant tourist economy.

Westbrook is a small town, and as such doesn't have a public transit system that people use to get to and from their jobs every day.

Westbrook Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Westbrook 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: 31.38% of adults in Westbrook have a college degree.

The per capita income in Westbrook in 2000 was $28,680, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $114,720 for a family of four.

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

The most common language spoken in Westbrook is English.