Moving to Colchester, Connecticut

About Colchester, Connecticut
Colchester

Colchester is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 15,555 at the 2020 census. In 2010 Colchester became the first town in Connecticut, and the 36th in the country, to be certified with the National Wildlife Federation as a Community Wildlife Habitat.

The villages of Westchester and North Westchester are located within Colchester. The town center village, which was previously incorporated as a borough, is a census-designated place, with a population of 4,700 at the 2020 census.

The Colchester area was part of the Mohegan territory at the time of European settlement. Several members of the Paugussett tribe currently reside in Colchester, where the tribe (which also has a heritage property in Trumbull) has a larger and more recently acquired 106-acre (0.43 km2) reservation.

The Colchester Historical Society operates a local history museum.

Gender
Gender Colchester Connecticut Country
Female 51.5% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.5% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.052%49%Female51.5%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.03%3%9%10%9%23%11%15%13%2%$50K to $75K23.2%

 < $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 Colchester Connecticut Country
Less than $10,000 3% 4.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3.4% 3.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 9.4% 6.8% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 10.3% 6.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.4% 10% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 23.2% 15.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 11.1% 12.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 15.4% 17.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 12.8% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 2% 13.2% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.02%5%24%26%11%20%10%1%1%Other College26%

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

Education Colchester Connecticut Country
< 9th Grade 2% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 5% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 24% 26% 27.0%
Other College 26% 17% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 11% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 20% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 10% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 1% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 1% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Colchester Connecticut  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530>$200K$150K$200K$100K$150K$75K$100K$50K$75K$35K$50K$25K$35K$15K$25K$10K$15K<$10K34.95.83.43.44.19.46.88.510.36.98.69.4101223.215.417.211.112.212.815.417.615.612.89.67.1213.28.3
Education
 Colchester Connecticut  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.007.51522.530Dr.DegreeProf.DegreeMastersDegreeBachelorDegreeAssociateDegreeOtherCollegeHighSchool9-12thGrade< 9thGrade245557242627261720118920222010139132121
Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.087%3%0%0%10%0%1%0%White86.7%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Colchester Connecticut Country
White 86.7% 66% 60.1%
African American 2.9% 9.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 0.3% 4.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 0.5% 2.6% 2.8%
Hispanic 9.6% 16.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Colchester Connecticut  Country
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0022.54567.590Hispanic2 or More$OthersHawaiianAsianAmericanIndianAfricanAmericanWhite86.76660.12.99.912.200.10.60.34.55.6000.200.40.30.52.62.89.616.418.2