Darien, Connecticut Neighborhood Info

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Darien, Connecticut QuickFacts

	Darien, Connecticut	United States
Total population	19,607	281,421,906
State	Connecticut
City	darien

Darien, Connecticut Population

	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
Male	9,615	49.04%	49.06%
Female	9,992	50.96%	50.94%
Median age (years)	38.0		35.3

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	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
18 years and over	13,243	67.54%	74.31%
21 years and over	12,942	66.01%	69.97%
62 years and over	2,838	14.47%	14.66%
65 years and over	2,436	12.42%	12.43%

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	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
White	18,816	95.97%	75.14%
Black or African American	89	0.45%	12.32%
Asian	474	2.42%	3.64%
Some other race	71	0.36%	5.46%
Two or more races	157	0.8%	2.43%

Darien, Connecticut Housing

	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
Total households	6,592		105,480,101
Family households (families)	5,383	81.66%	68.06%
Nonfamily households	1,209	18.34%	31.94%

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	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
Total housing units	6,792		115,904,641
- Vacant housing units	200	2.94%	8.99%
- Occupied housing units	6,592	97.06%	91.01%
- - Owner-occupied housing units	5,799	85.38%	60.24%
- - Renter-occupied housing units	793	11.68%	30.77%

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	Darien, Connecticut	United States
VALUE
Less than $50,000	14	9.89%
$50,000 to $99,999	28	30.39%
$100,000 to $149,999	28	23.75%
$150,000 to $199,999	48	14.63%
$200,000 to $299,999	224	11.92%
$300,000 to $499,999	1,264	6.49%
$500,000 to $999,999	2,347	2.37%
$1,000,000 or more	1,550	0.57%
Median (dollars)	711,000	119,600

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	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
YEAR HOUSEHOLDER MOVED INTO UNIT
1999 to March 2000	817	12.39%	19.95%
1995 to 1998	1,760	26.7%	28.9%
1990 to 1994	1,218	18.48%	16.07%
1980 to 1989	1,195	18.13%	15.58%
1970 to 1979	755	11.45%	9.86%
1969 or earlier	847	12.85%	9.65%

Darien, Connecticut Education

	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over enrolled in school	5,757		76,632,927
Nursery school, preschool	889	15.44%	6.47%
Kindergarten	382	6.64%	5.43%
Elementary school (grades 1-8)	3,002	52.15%	43.92%
High school (grades 9-12)	939	16.31%	21.38%
College or graduate school	545	9.47%	22.81%

Darien, Connecticut Economy

	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
Population 16 years and over	13,745		217,168,077
In labor force	8,470	61.62%	63.92%
- Civilian labor force	8,470	61.62%	63.39%
- - Employed	8,342	60.69%	59.73%
- - Unemployed	128	0.93%	3.66%
- - - Percent of civilian labor force	1.5		5.8
- Armed Forces	0		0.53%
Not in labor force	5,275	38.38%	36.08%
Females 16 years and over	7,177	52.22%	51.66%
In labor force	3,300	24.01%	29.72%
- Civilian labor force	3,300	24.01%	29.65%
- - Employed	3,266	23.76%	27.92%
Own children under 6 years	2,380	17.32%	10.05%
All parents in family in labor force	872		12,787,501

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	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
INCOME IN 1999
Households	6,624		105,539,122
Less than $10,000	98	1.48%	9.54%
$10,000 to $14,999	117	1.77%	6.31%
$15,000 to $24,999	253	3.82%	12.83%
$25,000 to $34,999	214	3.23%	12.81%
$35,000 to $49,999	430	6.49%	16.53%
$50,000 to $74,999	696	10.51%	19.46%
$75,000 to $99,999	562	8.48%	10.23%
$100,000 to $149,999	992	14.98%	7.72%
$150,000 to $199,999	677	10.22%	2.2%
$200,000 or more	2,585	39.02%	2.37%
Median household income (dollars)	146,755		41,994

	Darien, Connecticut	%, Darien, Connecticut	United States
With earnings	5,606	40.79%	39.12%
- Mean earnings (dollars)	225,316		56,604
With Social Security income	1,626	11.83%	12.47%
- Mean Social Security income (dollars)	15,067		11,320
With Supplemental Security Income	81	0.59%	2.13%
- Mean Supplemental Security Income (dollars)	8,105		6,320
With public assistance income	19	0.14%	1.67%
- Mean public assistance income (dollars)	337		3,032
With retirement income	1,095	7.97%	8.13%
- Mean retirement income (dollars)	37,666		17,376

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