East Hartford is home to 50,918 people in Connecticut. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults. Density works out to 2,828 people per square mile. That trails the Connecticut median by roughly 26%. The typical home is worth $229,700, having more than doubled since 2000. The foreign-born share is 21%.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $70,778, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 38.1
US median: 38.9
Less educated
17% hold a bachelor's degree
US average: 36%
Stable housing
home values roughly flat, inflation adjusted
US median home: $376,019
Unique to this place
What stands out about East Hartford
What changed most since 1990
White share83.7% → 29.6%(−54.2 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Hispanic share5.4% → 40.1%(+34.7 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$348,970 → $229,700(−34%)US over the same years: +67%
Its weight in Capitol Planning Region
East Hartford's population equals 5.2% of Capitol Planning Region's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 2.1% of the county's. Its number of people who work from home equals 3.0% of the county's.
Shares are "alone or in combination": a person with both Medicare and Medicaid counts in each, so categories overlap and do not sum to 100%.
Section 09 · Service history
Veterans
Veterans by period of service, 2024
Gulf War (2001 or later)18.7%(282)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)23.5%(354)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era28.9%(435)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War2.7%(40)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.1%(17)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 1,507 veterans here. A veteran who served across eras counts in each, so shares can total more than 100%. Peacetime-only service is included in the total but not shown as an era.
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Over time
East Hartford, decade by decade
East Hartford population, inflation-adjusted income and home value, education, and diversity by year
Year
Population
Median household income
Median home value
Bachelor's degree+
Diversity score
1990
50,452
$87,804
$348,970
13.6%
36.0
2000
49,575
$75,460
$201,657
13.4%
73.2
2010
51,252
$69,933
$277,644
18.0%
87.0
2020
51,045
$72,667
$203,986
20.0%
89.7
2024
50,918
$70,778
$229,700
17.2%
87.5
Census years come from the decennial census and the latest year from the American Community Survey, so part of any change between those two rows can reflect the different surveys. Dollar figures are adjusted for inflation to 2024 dollars; a figure ending in "+" was at the Census Bureau's reporting cap that year. The diversity score runs from 0 to 100; see how it's calculated.
