About Woodbury

Woodbury is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 9,198 people and just one neighborhood, Woodbury is the 97th largest community in Connecticut.

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Woodbury is neither predominently one or the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Woodbury is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Woodbury who work in management occupations (12.77%), office and administrative support jobs (11.61%), and sales jobs (11.39%).

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

In addition, Woodbury 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.

Woodbury is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Woodbury isn't large enough or dense enough to support an extensive public transit system. It has a lot of rural roads, and the distance between houses can be quite large, which together tends to discourage walking and bicycling to work. 96.77% of residents commute to work in their own car (and the drive is typically to a job out of town). People also tend to drive out of town for other services as well, such as shopping, doctors appointments, and more.

Being a small town, Woodbury does not have a public transit system used by locals to get to and from work.

Woodbury Information and Demographics

The population of Woodbury is very well educated relative to most cities and towns in the nation, where the average community has 14.96% of its adult population holding a 4-year degree or higher: 41.84% of adults in Woodbury have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Woodbury in 2000 was $37,903, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $151,612 for a family of four. However, Woodbury contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Woodbury is English. Some people also speak Spanish.