Moving to Bristol, Connecticut

About Bristol, Connecticut
Bristol

Bristol is a suburban city located in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, 20 miles (32 km) southwest-west of Hartford. The city is also 120 miles southwest from Boston, and approximately 100 miles northeast of New York City. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 61,844.

Bristol is the location of the general headquarters of ESPN, the location of Lake Compounce, the United States's oldest continuously operating theme park, and is facing approval in 2024 to become home to one of the largest biomedical waste incineration operations in the United States.

Bristol was known as a clock-making city in the 19th century, and is the location of American Clock & Watch Museum. Bristol is also the site of the former American Silver Company and its predecessor companies.

Bristol's nickname is the "Mum City", because it was once a leader in chrysanthemum production and still holds an annual Bristol Mum Festival.

Gender
Gender Bristol Connecticut Country
Female 51.8% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.2% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%48%Female51.8%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.04%3%9%7%12%19%15%19%8%5%$50K to $75K18.7%

 < $10000 $10K to $15K $15K to $25K $25K to $35K $35K to $50K $50K to $75K $75K to $100K $100K to $150K $150K to $200K $200K or more

Income Bristol Connecticut Country
Less than $10,000 4.2% 4.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.2% 3.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.1% 6.8% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 6.7% 6.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 11.6% 10% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 18.7% 15.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 15% 12.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 18.5% 17.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 7.5% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 5.3% 13.2% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.04%6%33%20%11%17%7%1%1%High School or GED33%

 < 9th Grade 9-12th Grade High School or GED Other College Associate Degree Bachelor Degree Masters Degree Professional Degree Doctorate Degree

Education Bristol Connecticut Country
< 9th Grade 4% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 6% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 33% 26% 27.0%
Other College 20% 17% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 17% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 7% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Bristol Connecticut  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.005101520>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K4.24.95.83.23.44.19.16.88.56.76.98.611.6101218.715.417.21512.212.818.517.615.67.59.67.15.313.28.3
Education
 Bristol Connecticut  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0010203040Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade44565733262720172011891722207139132121
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.073%5%0%2%16%0%3%0%White72.9%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Bristol Connecticut Country
White 72.9% 66% 60.1%
African American 5.4% 9.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 1.7% 4.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.1% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 3.4% 2.6% 2.8%
Hispanic 16.5% 16.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Bristol Connecticut  Country
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