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CERC Town Profile 2009

Town Hall
486 Oxford Road
Oxford, CT 06478
(203) 888-2543

Belongs to
New Haven County
Bridgeport Labor Market Area
Naugatuck Valley Economic Dev. Region
Central Naugatuck Valley Planning Area

Demographics

Population (2008)

Race/Ethnicity (2008)

Town

Country

State

Town

Country

State

1990

8,685

804,219

3,287,116

White

11,435

652,226

2,807,439

2000

9,821

824,008

3,405,565

Black

368

106,745

340,407

2008

12,321

857,311

3,540,846

Asian Pacific

194

31,106

128,690

2013

13,669

877,540

3,261,281

Native American

1,677

6,679

'08-'13 Growth/Yr

2.1%

0.5%

Other/Multi-Race

306

65,557

257,637

Hispanic (any race)

348

112,088

415,806

Land Area (sq. miles)

606

5,009

Pop./ Sq. Mile (2007)

328

1,412

709

Poverty Rate (1999)

2.1%

9.5%

7.9%

Median Age (2007)

Educational Attainment (2008)

Households (2007)

3,624

326,684

1,332,283

Persons Age 25 or Older	Town	%	State	%
High School Graduate	2,822	34%	723,175	30%
Some College	2,262	27%	592,297	25%
Bachelors or More	2,870	34%	824,309	34%

Med HH Inc. (2007)

$94,530

$58,854

$65,859

Age Distribution (2008)
	0-4	5-17	18-24	25-49	50-64	65+	Total
Male	361 3%	1,237 10%	489 4%	2,323 19%	1,307 11%	522 4%	6,239
Female	387 3%	1,107 9%	348 3%	2,406 20%	1,224 10%	610 5%	6,082
County Total	50,334 6%	143,836 17%	82,658 10%	298,373 35%	161,695 19%	120,415 14%	857,311
State Total	209,662 6%	597,403 17%	332,316 9%	1,219,043 34%	692,305 20%	490,117 14%	3,540,846

Economics

Business Profile (2005)	*% of Total*		Top Five Grand List (2006)	*Amount*	*% of Net*
Sector	Establishments	Employment	Northeast Generation Co	$5,106,260	0.4%
Agriculture	5.8%	2.9%	Timberlake Dev Ptnrs LLC	$4,255,190	0.4%
Const. and Mining	26.5%	17.5%	HF Industrial Park LP	$3,372,360	0.3%
Manufacturing	7.2%	14.8%	RMS Corp	$2,820,510	0.2%
Trans. and Utilities	6.4%	13.9%	Pulte Homes New Eng LLC	$2,677,500	0.2%
Trade	16.6%	15.9%	Net Grand List (2006)	$1,161,898,976
Finance, Ins. and Real Estate	4.8%	4.0%	Top Five Major Employers (2006)
Services	27.3%	28.2%	Joyce Van Lines	Oakley Plumbing & Heating
Government	5.4%	2.7%	PTA Corporation	Morse Watchman Inc.
			DeSantis
			Retail Sales (2006)	Town	State
			All Outlets	$142,156,013	$131,862,299,674

Education

2005-2006 School Year	Town	State	Connecticut Mastery Test Percent Above Goal
Total Town School Enrollment	1,99	566,606		Grade 4		Grade 6		Grade 8
Most public school students through grade 8 attend Oxford School District, which has 1,486 students. Students then go to multiple school districts including Seymour School District, Regional School District 14.				Town	State	Town	State	Town	State
			Reading	60	53	73	60	n.a	65
			Math	61	57	71	61	n.a	56
			Writing	66	63	65	61	n.a	61
For more education data please see: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/	Students per Computer	Town	State		Average Class Size		Average SAT Score
	Elementary:	7.0	4.0		Grade K 21.0	Grade 2 20.0		Town	State
	Middle:				Grade 5 22.0	Grade 7 n.a.		Verbal	n.a.
	Secondary:				High School n.a.			Math	n.a.

Government

Government Form: Selectman-Town Meeting
Total Revenue (2006)	$32,101,396	Total Expenditures (2006)	$31,332,839	Annual Debt Service (2006)	$1,670,073
Tax Revenue	$23,117,372	Education	$21,122,475	As % of Expenditures	5.3%
Non-tax Revenue	$8,984,024	Other	$10,210,364	Eq. Net Grand List (2004)	$1,865,790,843
Intergovernmental	$6,265,992	Total Indebtness (2006)	$6,428,000	Per Capita	$181,180
Per Capita Tax (2006)	$2,166	As % of Expenditures	20.5%	As % of State Average	130%
As % of State Average	103.6%	Per Capita	$602	Date of Last Revaluation (2005)	2005
		As % of State Average	29.9%	Moody's Bond Rating (2006)	A1
				Actual Mill Rate (2006)	27.69
				Equalized Mill Rate (2006)	12.45
				% of Grand List Com/Ind (2003)	6.2%

Housing/Real Estate

Housing Stock (2007)	Town	County	State	Owner Occupied Dwellings (2000)	3,044	201,349	869,742
Existing Units (total)	4,392	351,139	1,445,682	As % Total Dwellings	89%	59%	63%
% Single Unit	94.6%	59.4%	64.8%	Subsidize Housing (2001)	45	42,124	148,930
New Permits Auth. (2007)	86	1,256	7,746
As % Existing Units	1.96%	0.36%	0.54%	Distribution of House Sales (2007)	Town	County	State
Demolitions (2007)	3	270	1,285	Number of Sales
House Sales (2007)	105	7,111	32,395	Less than $100,000	0	155	495
Median Price	$400,000	$261,155	$295,000	$100,000-$199,999	6	1,602	5,866
Built Pre 1950 share (2000)	18.9%	33.2%	31.5%	$200,000-$299,999	14	2,612	10,094
				$300,000-$399,999	31	1,340	5,655
				$400,000 or More	54	1,402	10,285

Labor Force

Place of Residence				Commuters (2000)
(2007)	Town	County	State	Commuters into Town from:		Town Residents Commuting to:
Labor Force	7,336	445,698	1,865,499	Oxford	749	Oxford	749
Employed	7,080	423,224	1,780,481	Seymour	154	Shelton	472
Unemployed	256	22,474	85,018	Waterbury	148	Stratford	325
Unemployment Rate	3.5%	5.0%	4.6%	Southbury	127	Bridgeport	307
Place of Work (2007)				Naugatuck	123	Southbury	251
# of Units	290	22,502	104,094	Derby	73	Seymour	249
Total Employment	2,483	366,841	1,686,262	Newtown	63	Milford	205
2000-'07 Growth AAGR	4.1%	0.0%	0.1%	Shelton	59	Waterbury	205
Mfg Employment	430	41,361	191,264	Ansonia	58	Derby	204
				Woodbury	38	New Haven	177

Quality of Life

	Town	State	Library (2001)	Town	Residential Utilities
Banks (2007)	2	1,029	Total Volumes	27,266	Electric Provider
Lodging (1998)	0	756	Circulation Per Capita		Connecticut Light & Power
Day Care Facilities (1999)	5	1,721			(800) 286-2000
Infant Mortality Rate			Distance to Major Cities	Miles	Gas Provider
Per 1,000 births (2001)	0.0	4.5	Hartford	33	Yankee Gas Company
Crime Rate (2004)			Boston	126	(800) 989-0900
Per 100,000 Residents	728	2,981	New York City	68	Water Provider
	Town	County	Providence	93	Aquarion Water Company
Hospitals (1999)	0	7			(800) 732-9678
Total Beds	0	2,487			Cable Provider
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Town Profiles January, 2009			www.cerc.com		No representation or warranties, expressed or implied, are given regarding the accuracy of this information.

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