With 114,869 people, Waterbury is a city in Connecticut. Four-year degrees are less common here than nationally, at 17% of adults. 47% of homes are owner-occupied. That trails the Connecticut median by roughly 46%. 24.7% of people here live below the federal poverty line. Density works out to 4,022 people per square mile.
At a glance
Lower income
median household income $51,886, below the US median
US median: $82,259
Mid-age
median age 37.8
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 Waterbury
What changed most since 1990
White share73.8% → 29.3%(−44.5 pts)US over the same years: −17.8 pts
Median home value (2024 dollars)$313,449 → $208,500(−33%)US over the same years: +67%
Hispanic share12.8% → 38.5%(+25.8 pts)US over the same years: +9.9 pts
Its weight in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region
Waterbury's population equals 25% of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's. Its number of residents living in poverty equals 56% of the county's. Its number of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher equals 12% 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)23%(734)
US avg: 26.4%
Gulf War (1990s)15.1%(481)
US avg: 24.3%
Vietnam era31.5%(1,004)
US avg: 33.1%
Korean War3.6%(116)
US avg: 4.5%
World War II1.8%(58)
US avg: 1%
Share of the 3,192 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
Waterbury, decade by decade
Waterbury 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
108,961
$73,281
$313,449
14.1%
52.9
2000
107,271
$62,455
$178,158
13.9%
73.7
2010
110,366
$57,908
$237,652
16.9%
82.9
2020
114,403
$56,153
$160,838
17.1%
86.8
2024
114,869
$51,886
$208,500
17.3%
88.4
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.
