Wethersfield is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 26,236 people and six constituent neighborhoods, Wethersfield is the 38th largest community in Connecticut.

Wethersfield is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 86.15% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Wethersfield is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in Wethersfield who work in office and administrative support jobs (17.10%), sales jobs (11.95%), and management occupations (11.16%).

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

In addition, Wethersfield is home to many people who could be described as "urban sophisticates." Urban sophisticates are people who are both educated and wealthy, and thus tend to be older, richer, and more established than young professionals. "Urban sophisticates" is not just about being educated and well-off financially: it is a point of view and state of mind, one that you might call 'urbaneness.' But such people can and do regularly live in small towns, suburbs and rural areas, as well as in big cities. They read, support the arts and high-end shops, and love travel.

Residents of the town have the good fortune of having one of the shortest daily commutes compared to the rest of the country. On average, they spend only 19.23 minutes getting to work every day.

For most residents of Wethersfield, getting to work requires a car. In fact, 96.8% of people in Wethersfield drive alone to work on most days, making Wethersfield a very car-oriented town. In general, car-oriented communities tend to emphasize streets, highways, and ease of parking, often to the detriment of walkability. Strip centers are a feature of Wethersfield's landscape.

Wethersfield 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.

Wethersfield Information and Demographics

The population of Wethersfield 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: 33.26% of adults in Wethersfield have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Wethersfield in 2000 was $28,930, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $115,720 for a family of four.

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

The languages spoken by people in Wethersfield are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in Wethersfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Italian, Spanish, and Polish.