Moving to Stamford, Connecticut

About Stamford, Connecticut
Stamford

Stamford () is a city in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States, 34 miles (55 kilometers) outside of New York City. It is the sixth-most populous city in New England. Stamford is also the largest city in the Western Connecticut Planning Region, and Connecticut's second-most populous city, behind Bridgeport. With a population of 135,470, Stamford passed Hartford and New Haven in population as of the 2020 census. It is in the Bridgeport–Stamford–Danbury metropolitan statistical area, which is part of the New York City metropolitan area (specifically, the New York–Newark, NY–NJ–CT–PA Combined Statistical Area).

As of 2023, Stamford is home to eight Fortune 500 companies and numerous divisions of large corporations. This gives it the largest financial district in the New York metropolitan region outside New York City and one of the nation's largest concentrations of corporations. Dominant sectors of Stamford's economy include financial management and real estate, tourism, information technology, healthcare, telecommunications, transportation, and retail. Its metropolitan division is home to colleges and universities including UConn Stamford and Norwalk Community College.

Gender
Gender Stamford Connecticut Country
Female 51.2% 51.2% 50.8%
Male 48.8% 48.8% 49.2%
Gender
Created with Raphaël 2.2.051%49%Female51.2%

 Female Male
Household Income
Created with Raphaël 2.2.04%3%6%6%9%13%10%19%11%20%$200K or more19.5%

 < $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 Stamford Connecticut Country
Less than $10,000 3.8% 4.9% 5.8%
$10,000 to $14,999 3% 3.4% 4.1%
$15,000 to $24,999 6.1% 6.8% 8.5%
$25,000 to $34,999 5.7% 6.9% 8.6%
$35,000 to $49,999 9.4% 10% 12.0%
$50,000 to $74,999 13% 15.4% 17.2%
$75,000 to $99,999 10.3% 12.2% 12.8%
$100,000 to $149,999 18.6% 17.6% 15.6%
$150,000 to $199,999 10.6% 9.6% 7.1%
$200,000 or more 19.5% 13.2% 8.3%
Education
Created with Raphaël 2.2.07%4%19%13%5%29%16%5%2%Bachelor Degree29%

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

Education Stamford Connecticut Country
< 9th Grade 7% 4% 5.0%
9-12th Grade 4% 5% 7.0%
High School or GED 19% 26% 27.0%
Other College 13% 17% 20.0%
Associate's Degree 5% 8% 9%
Bachelor's Degree 29% 22% 20.0%
Master's Degree 16% 13% 9.0%
Professional Degree 5% 3% 2.0%
Doctorate Degree 2% 2% 1.0%
Household Income
 Stamford Connecticut  Country
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Education
 Stamford Connecticut  Country
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Race / Ethnicity
Created with Raphaël 2.2.049%13%0%9%27%0%2%0%White48.7%

 White African American American Indian Asian Hispanic Hawaiian Mixed Other

Ethnicity Stamford Connecticut Country
White 48.7% 66% 60.1%
African American 13.1% 9.9% 12.2%
American Indian 0.1% 0.1% 0.6%
Asian 8.6% 4.5% 5.6%
Hawaiian 0% 0% 0.2%
Other 0.3% 0.4% 0.3%
Multiracial 2% 2.6% 2.8%
Hispanic 27.1% 16.4% 18.2%
Race / Ethnicity
 Stamford Connecticut  Country
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