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.

Woodbury is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-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," 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.

Woodbury is a very car-oriented town. 96.77% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because Woodbury is a small town, and most people who live here have to drive out of town for work, and the town population is not large nor dense enough to support an extensive public transportation system. Woodbury has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

Woodbury 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.

Woodbury Information and Demographics

The citizens of Woodbury are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 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.