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CERC Town Profile 2012

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

Belongs to
New Haven County
LMA Bridgeport - Stamford
Naugatuck Valley Economic Dev. Region
Central Naugatuck Valley Planning Area

Demographics

Population (2011)

Race/Ethnicity (2011)

Town

Country

State

Town

Country

State

1990

8,685

804,219

3,287,116

White

12,152

651,407

2,800,328

2000

9,821

824,008

3,405,565

Black

145

110,922

365,949

2011

12,732

871,258

3,610,073

Asian Pacific

200

30,890

138,364

2016

12,906

905,825

3,754,486

Native American

2,521

11,369

'11-'16 Growth/Yr

0.3%

0.8%

Other/Multi-Race

222

75,518

294,063

Hispanic (any race)

515

1319,381

512,039

Land Area (sq. miles)

606

5,009

Pop./ Sq. Mile (2011)

387

1,438

721

Poverty Rate (2010)

2.2%

10.9%

9.2%

Median Age (2011)

Educational Attainment (2011)

Households (2011)

4,559

340,030

1,391,975

Persons Age 25 or Older	Town	%	State	%
High School Graduate	2,537	30%	702,670	29%
Some College	2,351	28%	594,209	24%
Bachelors or More	3,143	37%	883,658	36%

Med HH Inc. (2011)

$107,435

$63,310

$70,705

Age Distribution (2011)
	0-4	5-17	18-24	25-49	50-64	65+	Total
Male	450 4%	1,051 8%	602 5%	2,038 16%	1,043 8%	806 6%	5,990
Female	475 4%	1,095 9%	586 5%	2,150 17%	1,217 10%	1,219 10%	6,742
County Total	53,213 6%	145,329 17%	84,217 10%	297,919 34%	166,60 19%	124,120 14%	871,258
State Total	217,641 6%	611,932 17%	343,959 10%	1,213,300 34%	711,463 20%	511,778 14%	3,610,073

Economics

Business Profile (2005)	*% of Total*		Top Five Grand List (2009)	*Amount*	*% of Net*
Sector	Establishments	Employment	Firstlight Hydro Generating Co.	$5,173,200	0.4%
Agriculture	5.8%	2.9%	Timberlake Golf Partners	$3,830,720	0.3%
Const. and Mining	26.5%	17.5%	HF Industrial Park Limited Partnership	$3,745,650	0.3%
Manufacturing	7.2%	14.8%	Algonquin Gas Transmission LLC	$3,745,650	0.3%
Trans. and Utilities	6.4%	13.9%	Pulte Home of New England	$3,017,180	0.2%
Trade	16.6%	15.9%	Net Grand List (2009)	$1,468,537,107
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 (2007)	Town	State
			All Outlets	$162,009,784	$136,936,194,241

Education

2009-2010 School Year	Town	State	Connecticut Mastery Test Percent Above Goal
Total Town School Enrollment	2,206	552,782		Grade 4		Grade 6		Grade 8
Most public school students through District, which has 2,014 students. Students then go to multiple school districts including Seymour School District, Regional School District 14.				Town	State	Town	State	Town	State
			Reading	65	61	75	69	85	69
			Math	72	64	74	69	78	65
			Writing	77	64	76	62	77	67
For more education data please see: http://www.state.ct.us/sde/	Students per Computer	Town	State		Average Class Size		Average SAT Score
	Elementary:	7.8	4.1		Grade K 21.6	Grade 2 21.3		Town	State
	Middle:	0.0	0.0		Grade 5 25.3	Grade 7 21.5		Reading	n.a.
	Secondary:	0.0	0.0		High School 21.4			Verbal	n.a.
								Math	n.a.

Government

Government Form: Selectman-Town Meeting
Total Revenue (2010)	$39,261,493	Total Expenditures (2010)	$39,275,768	Annual Debt Service (2010)	$3,149,725
Tax Revenue	$29,026,537	Education	$26,207,478	As % of Expenditures	8.0%
Non-tax Revenue	$10,234,956	Other	$13,068,290	Eq. Net Grand List (2008)	$2,061,759,240
Intergovernmental	$7,927,245	Total Indebtness (2010)	$29,931,000	Per Capita	$167,337
Per Capita Tax (2010)	$2,290	As % of Expenditures	76.2%	As % of State Average	101%
As % of State Average	92.4%	Per Capita	$2,361	Date of Last Revaluation (2009)	2005
		As % of State Average	106.0%	Moody's Bond Rating (2009)	A1
				Actual Mill Rate (2010)	20.44
				Equalized Mill Rate (2010)	13.19
				% of Grand List Com/Ind (2007)	4.9%

Housing/Real Estate

Housing Stock (2009)	Town	County	State	Owner Occupied Dwellings (2009)	3,692	185,400	812,964
Existing Units (total)	4,493	352,042	1,452,007	As % Total Dwellings	84%	53%	57%
% Single Unit	94.7%	59.5%	64.8%	Subsidize Housing (2008)	47	41,649	149,355
New Permits Auth. (2009)	31	509	3,768
As % Existing Units	0.69%	0.14%	0.26%	Distribution of House Sales (2009)	Town	County	State
Demolitions (2009)	2	212	1,219	Number of Sales
House Sales (2009)	72	3,553	14,696	Less than $100,000		80	346
Median Price	$362,500	$246,000	$265,000	$100,000-$199,999	1	953	3,539
Built Pre 1950 share (2000)	18.9%	33.2%	31.5%	$200,000-$299,999	14	1,347	4,847
				$300,000-$399,999	29	645	2,510
				$400,000 or More	28	528	3,454

Labor Force

Place of Residence				Commuters (2000)
(2011)	Town	County	State	Commuters into Town from:		Town Residents Commuting to:
Labor Force	7,532	457,670	1,918,145	Oxford	749	Oxford	749
Employed	7,022	413,076	1,749,489	Seymour	154	Shelton	472
Unemployed	510	44,594	170,828	Waterbury	148	Stratford	325
Unemployment Rate	6.8%	9.7%	8.9%	Southbury	127	Bridgeport	307
Place of Work (2011)				Naugatuck	123	Southbury	251
# of Units	329	22,256	103,381	Derby	73	Seymour	249
Total Employment	2,776	300,474	1,612,373	Newtown	63	Milford	205
2000-'11 Growth AAGR	3.7%	-1.8%	-0.3%	Shelton	59	Waterbury	205
Mfg Employment	466	33,266	166,279	Ansonia	58	Derby	204
				Woodbury	38	New Haven	177

Other Information

	Town	State	Distance to Major Cities	Miles	Residential Utilities
Banks (2007)	2	1,029	Hartford	33	Electric Provider
Crime Rate (2009)			Boston	126	Connecticut Light & Power (800) 286-2000
Per 100,000 Residents	0	298	New York City	68	Gas Provider
			Providence	93	Yankee Gas Company (800) 989-0900
Library (2010)	Town				Water Provider
Total Volumes	33,002				Aquarion Water Company (800) 732-9678
Circulation Per Capita	3.4				Cable Provider
					COMCAST/SEYMOUR (800) 266-2278

Town Profiles July 2012.			www.cerc.com		No representation or warranties, expressed or implied, are given regarding the accuracy of this information.

Oxford Town Hall
486 Oxford Road
Oxford, CT 06478-1298
Phone Number: (203) 888-2543
Fax Number: (203) 888-2136
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