West Simsbury, CT
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None of the households in West Simsbury, CT reported speaking a non-English language at home as their primary shared language. This does not consider the potential multi-lingual nature of households, but only the primary self-reported language spoken by all members of the household.
Most people in West Simsbury, CT drove alone to work, and the average commute time was 24.3 minutes. The average car ownership in West Simsbury, CT was 2 cars per household.
The economy of West Simsbury, CT employs 1.35k people. The largest industries in West Simsbury, CT are Finance & Insurance (215 people), Manufacturing (211 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (163 people), and the highest paying industries are Construction ($235,117), Finance & Insurance ($166,766), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($166,576).
Males in Connecticut have an average income that is 1.37 times higher than the average income of females, which is $78,304. The income inequality in Connecticut (measured using the Gini index) is 0.501, which is higher than than the national average.
The most common job groups, by number of people living in West Simsbury, CT, are Management Occupations (351 people), Sales & Related Occupations (204 people), and Computer & Mathematical Occupations (109 people). This chart illustrates the share breakdown of the primary jobs held by residents of West Simsbury, CT.
This chart shows weekly unemployment insurance claims in Connecticut (not-seasonally adjusted) compared with the four states with the most similar impact.
The most recent data point uses Advance State Claims data, which can be revised in subsequent weeks.
The most common employment sectors for those who live in West Simsbury, CT, are Finance & Insurance (215 people), Manufacturing (211 people), and Professional, Scientific, & Technical Services (163 people). This chart shows the share breakdown of the primary industries for residents of West Simsbury, CT, though some of these residents may live in West Simsbury, CT and work somewhere else. Census data is tagged to a residential address, not a work address.
The industries with the best median earnings for men in 2023 are Construction ($235,117), Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($218,056), and Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($213,281).
The industries with the best median earnings for women in 2023 are Manufacturing ($174,219), Educational Services, & Health Care & Social Assistance ($92,619), and Finance & Insurance, & Real Estate & Rental & Leasing ($86,563).
As of February 2023, there are 1.67M people employed in Connecticut. This represents a 1.78% increase in employment when compared to February 2022.
Right after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, during April 2020, a general dip can be seen across industry sectors, resulting in an overall decline in employment by 17.2%.
The following chart shows monthly employment numbers for each industry sector in Connecticut.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Connecticut went to Kamala Harris with 56.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.9%), followed by Jill Stein (0.812%).
Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are the senators currently representing the state of Connecticut. In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
Connecticut is currently represented by 5 members in the U.S. house, and members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms.
In the 2024 presidential election, the popular vote in Connecticut went to Kamala Harris with 56.4% of the vote. The runner-up was Donald J. Trump (41.9%), followed by Jill Stein (0.812%).
The following chart shows the popular vote results in Connecticut for each registered party from 1976 to 2024.
Richard Blumenthal and Chris Murphy are the senators currently representing Connecticut.
In the United States, senators are elected to 6-year terms with the terms for individual senators staggered.
The following chart shows elected senators in Connecticut over time, excluding special elections, colored by their political party.
Connecticut is currently represented by 5 members in the U.S. house.
Members of the House of Representives are elected to 2-year terms, and the following chart shows the how the members for Connecticut have changed over time starting in 2008.
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People in West Simsbury, CT have an average commute time of 24.3 minutes, and they drove alone to work. Car ownership in West Simsbury, CT is approximately the same as the national average, with an average of 2 cars per household.
The following map shows all of the places in West Simsbury, CT colored by their Median Household Income (N/A).
The following chart displays the households in West Simsbury, CT distributed between a series of income buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households have an income in the $200k+ range.
In 2022, the income inequality in Connecticut was 0.501 according to the GINI calculation of the wage distribution. Income inequality had a 0.0861% decline from 2021 to 2022, which means that wage distribution grew somewhat more even. The GINI for Connecticut was higher than than the national average of 0.478. In other words, wages are distributed less evenly in Connecticut in comparison to the national average.
This chart shows the number of workers in Connecticut across various wage buckets compared to the national average.
In 2023, 67.9% of workers in West Simsbury, CT drove alone to work, followed by those who worked at home (27.5%) and those who walked to work (2.26%).
The following chart shows the number of households using each mode of transportation over time, using a logarithmic scale on the y-axis to help better show variations in the smaller means of commuting.
Using averages, employees in West Simsbury, CT have a shorter commute time (24.3 minutes) than the normal US worker (26.6 minutes). Additionally, 2.39% of the workforce in West Simsbury, CT have "super commutes" in excess of 90 minutes.
The chart below shows how the median household income in West Simsbury, CT compares to that of it's neighboring and parent geographies.
The following chart displays the households in West Simsbury, CT distributed between a series of car ownership buckets compared to the national averages for each bucket. The largest share of households in West Simsbury, CT have 2 cars.
N/A% of the population for whom poverty status is determined in West Simsbury, CT (N/A out of N/A people) live below the poverty line, a number that is approximately the same as the national average of 12.4%. The largest demographic living in poverty are N/A N/A, followed by N/A N/A and then N/A N/A.
The most common racial or ethnic group living below the poverty line in West Simsbury, CT is White, followed by Black and Native American.
The Census Bureau uses a set of money income thresholds that vary by family size and composition to determine who classifies as impoverished. If a family's total income is less than the family's threshold than that family and every individual in it is considered to be living in poverty.
N/A% of the population of West Simsbury, CT has health coverage, with N/A% on employee plans, N/A% on Medicaid, N/A% on Medicare, N/A% on non-group plans, and N/A% on military or VA plans.
Primary care physicians in Hartford County, CT see 1039 patients per year on average, which represents a 0% change from the previous year (1039 patients). Compare this to dentists who see 929 patients per year, and mental health providers who see 168 patients per year.
Primary care physicians in Hartford County, CT see an average of 1,039 patients per year. This represents a 0% change from the previous year (1,039 patients).
The following chart shows how the number of patients seen by primary care physicians has been changing over time in Hartford County, CT in comparison to its neighboring geographies.
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By gender, of the total number of insured persons, N/A were men and N/A were women.
The following chart shows the number of people with health coverage by gender.
The following chart shows how the percent of uninsured individuals in West Simsbury, CT changed over time compared with the percent of individuals enrolled in various types of health insurance.
