Stratford is a medium-sized coastal town (ie. on the ocean or tidally-influenced rivers) located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 49,976 people and 13 constituent neighborhoods, Stratford is the 18th largest community in Connecticut.

Stratford is neither predominently blue-collar or white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Stratford is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Stratford who work in office and administrative support jobs (20.37%), sales jobs (11.25%), and management occupations (8.77%).

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

In addition, Stratford 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.

One of the nice things about Stratford 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.

Stratford Information and Demographics

In terms of college education, Stratford 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: 25.66% of adults in Stratford have a college degree.

The per capita income in Stratford in 2000 was $26,501, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $106,004 for a family of four.

Stratford is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Stratford home come from a variety of different races and ancestries. The most prevalent race in Stratford is White, followed by African-American. Important ancestries of people in Stratford include Italian, Irish, Polish, German, Slovak, and English.

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