About East Haddam

East Haddam is a somewhat small coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 8,333 people and just one neighborhood, East Haddam is the 105th largest community in Connecticut.

East Haddam is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, East Haddam is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in East Haddam who work in office and administrative support jobs (14.53%), management occupations (11.91%), and sales jobs (6.62%).

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

Because of many things, East Haddam is a great place for families with children to consider. First of all, many other families with children live here, making East Haddam a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families, as well as find family-oriented services and community. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic values. With regard to real estate, East Haddam has a high rate of owner-occupied single family homes, which tends to reflect stability in the local community. Finally, East Haddam's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

One of the nice things about East Haddam is that is it nautical, meaning that parts of the town are somewhat historic and on the ocean, or touch tidal bodies of water, such as inlets and tidal rivers. Because of this, visitors and locals will often go to these areas to take in the scenery or to enjoy waterfront activities. This is definately true of East Haddam, which supports a strong tourist economy.

In East Haddam, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.18 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

East Haddam is a very car-oriented town. 97.94% of residents commute to work in a private automobile rather than by other means, such as public transit, bicycling, or walking. This is because East Haddam 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. East Haddam has a lot of rural roads, and houses can be far apart. Many residents drive out of town for regular shopping trips as well.

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

East Haddam Information and Demographics

The education level of East Haddam citizens is substantially higher than the average US city or town, as 30.37% of adults in East Haddam have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in East Haddam in 2000 was $28,112, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $112,448 for a family of four. However, East Haddam contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in East Haddam is English.