Granby is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 10,347 people and two constituent neighborhoods, Granby is the 93rd largest community in Connecticut.

Granby is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 85.70% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Granby is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Granby who work in management occupations (15.09%), office and administrative support jobs (13.39%), and sales jobs (9.35%).

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

In addition, Granby 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.

Granby is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town's good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, Granby's overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.

Granby is very much a car-oriented town. This is because the population of Granby 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. 97.25% 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.

As is often the case in a small town, Granby doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.

Granby Information and Demographics

If knowledge is power, Granby is a pretty powerful place. 51.85% of the adults in Granby have earned a 4-year college degree, masters degree, MD, law degree, or even PhD. Compare that to the national average of 14.96% for all cities and towns.

The per capita income in Granby in 2000 was $33,863, which is upper middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $135,452 for a family of four. However, Granby contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

The most common language spoken in Granby is English.