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Ashford, CT

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Overview


Ashford is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 4,222 people and just one neighborhood, Ashford is the 139th largest community in Connecticut.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Ashford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Ashford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Ashford is a town of professionals, managers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Ashford who work in management occupations (12.11%), teaching (8.40%), and office and administrative support (7.54%).

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

Telecommuters are a relatively large percentage of the workforce: 12.64% of people work from home. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce it is high relative to the nation. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

Setting & Lifestyle

Ashford 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, Ashford’s overall crime rate ranks among the lowest in the country, making it one of the safest places to raise a family.

In Ashford, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 32.69 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

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

Demographics

The citizens of Ashford are very well educated compared to the average community in the nation: 35.04% of adults in Ashford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree.

The per capita income in Ashford in 2018 was $51,136, which is middle income relative to Connecticut, and wealthy relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $204,544 for a family of four. However, Ashford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Ashford is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Ashford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Ashford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Ashford also has a sizeable Hispanic population (people of Hispanic origin can be of any race). People of Hispanic or Latino origin account for 15.36% of the town’s residents. Important ancestries of people in Ashford include German, French, Irish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Ashford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Slavic languages.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 18.0% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 5.6% have French Canadian ancestry.

The Neighbors

There are two complementary measures for understanding the income of a neighborhood's residents: the average and the extremes. While a neighborhood may be relatively wealthy overall, it is equally important to understand the rate of people - particularly children - who are living at or below the federal poverty line, which is extremely low income. Some neighborhoods with a lower average income may actually have a lower childhood poverty rate than another with a higher average income, and this helps us understand the conditions and character of a neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Ashford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.5% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 3.3% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 70.5% of America's neighborhoods.

A neighborhood is far different if it is dominated by enlisted military personnel rather than people who earn their living by farming. It is also different if most of the neighbors are clerical support or managers. What is wonderful is the sheer diversity of neighborhoods, allowing you to find the type that fits your lifestyle and aspirations.

In the neighborhood, 44.9% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.4% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (16.2%), and 11.8% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.4% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (4.4%).

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.

In the neighborhood in Ashford, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (19.2%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (18.0%), and residents who report Irish roots (13.6%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.5%), along with some English ancestry residents (9.8%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (37.2% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (77.4%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (8.3%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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