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Sprague, CT

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Overview


Sprague is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,958 people and just one neighborhood, Sprague is the 150th largest community in Connecticut. Sprague has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sprague is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sprague is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Sprague who work in management occupations (11.79%), office and administrative support (10.58%), and sales jobs (10.18%).

Of important note, Sprague is also a town of artists. Sprague has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sprague’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

The overall crime rate in Sprague is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sprague has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sprague has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sprague than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sprague may be for you.

In Sprague, however, the average commute to work is quite long. On average, people spend 31.75 minutes each day getting to work, which is significantly higher than the national average.

Demographics

The population of Sprague overall has a level of education that is slightly above the US average for all US cities and towns of 21.84%. Of adults 25 and older in Sprague, 21.64% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Sprague in 2018 was $40,699, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $162,796 for a family of four. However, Sprague contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sprague is a somewhat ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sprague home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sprague residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sprague include Irish, Italian, French, Polish, and English.

The most common language spoken in Sprague is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.

Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French Canadian and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 5.3% of this neighborhood's residents have French Canadian ancestry and 10.9% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sprague are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 72.2% of the neighborhoods in America. With 18.3% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 66.0% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 36.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 27.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (24.1%), and 12.1% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood 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 the neighborhood is English, spoken by 94.9% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish, Italian and Spanish.

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 Sprague, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.4%). There are also a number of people of Italian ancestry (11.0%), and residents who report French roots (10.9%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.0%), along with some English ancestry residents (7.2%), 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 (37.0% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (87.6%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. 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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