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Voluntown, CT

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Overview


Voluntown is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,592 people and just one neighborhood, Voluntown is the 152nd largest community in Connecticut.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns, Voluntown isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in Voluntown are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Voluntown is a town of sales and office workers, service providers, and professionals. There are especially a lot of people living in Voluntown who work in office and administrative support (17.39%), food service (7.11%), and management occupations (6.69%).

Setting & Lifestyle

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

One downside of living in Voluntown is that it can take a long time to commute to work. In Voluntown, the average commute to work is 32.32 minutes, which is quite a bit higher than the national average.

Voluntown 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.

Demographics

The population of Voluntown 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 Voluntown, 24.06% have at least a bachelor's degree.

The per capita income in Voluntown in 2018 was $41,446, 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 $165,784 for a family of four. However, Voluntown contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

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

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

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 Finnish and French ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 4.4% of this neighborhood's residents have Finnish ancestry and 15.7% have French ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 10.0% 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 98.1% of the neighborhoods in America.

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 Voluntown are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 63.6% of the neighborhoods in America. With 12.2% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 54.3% of U.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, 27.9% of the working population is employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is executive, management, and professional occupations, with 27.5% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (23.3%), and 21.3% 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 94.4% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Spanish.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.

In the neighborhood in Voluntown, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as French (15.7%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (13.9%), and residents who report English roots (12.5%), and some of the residents are also of Italian ancestry (12.3%), along with some German ancestry residents (11.4%), among others.

Getting to Work

How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (31.5% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.

Here most residents (85.3%) 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 (8.6%) . 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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