New Hartford is a somewhat small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 6,698 people and just one neighborhood, New Hartford is the 120th largest community in Connecticut.
Unlike some towns, New Hartford isn’t mainly white- or blue-collar. Instead, the most prevalent occupations for people in New Hartford are a mix of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, New Hartford is a town of professionals, sales and office workers, and managers. There are especially a lot of people living in New Hartford who work in management occupations (14.85%), sales jobs (12.10%), and office and administrative support (9.09%).
Of important note, New Hartford is also a town of artists. New Hartford has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape New Hartford’s character.
Also of interest is that New Hartford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.
One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 10.52% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.
New Hartford is a good choice for families with children because of several factors. Many other families with children live here, making it a place where both parents and children are more likely to develop social ties with other families. The town’s good public school district and large population of college-educated adults provide an environment conducive to academic success. Many people own their own single-family homes, providing areas for children to play and stability in the community. Finally, New Hartford’s overall crime rate is lower than average for the country.
One downside of living in New Hartford, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 36.25 minutes every day commuting to work.
As is often the case in a small town, New Hartford doesn't have a public transportation system that people use for their commute.
The citizens of New Hartford are among the most well-educated in the nation: 44.09% of adults in New Hartford have a bachelor's degree or even advanced degree, whereas the average US city has 21.84% holding at least a bachelor's degree.
The per capita income in New Hartford in 2022 was $67,456, which is wealthy relative to Connecticut and the nation. This equates to an annual income of $269,824 for a family of four.
The people who call New Hartford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of New Hartford residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in New Hartford include German, Irish, Italian, English, and French.
The most common language spoken in New Hartford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and Korean.
When you see a neighborhood for the first time, the most important thing is often the way it looks, like its homes and its setting. Some places look the same, but they only reveal their true character after living in them for a while because they contain a unique mix of occupational or cultural groups. This neighborhood is very unique in some important ways, according to NeighborhoodScout's exclusive exploration and analysis.
Of note is NeighborhoodScout's research finding that the neighborhood has some of the lowest rates of children living in poverty of any neighborhood in the United States. In a nation where approximately 1 in 4 children are living in poverty, the community truly stands out from the rest in this regard.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more Italian and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 21.9% of this neighborhood's residents have Italian ancestry and 3.6% have French Canadian ancestry.
How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.
The neighbors in the neighborhood in New Hartford are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 77.6% of the neighborhoods in America. In addition, 0.0% of the children seventeen and under living in this neighborhood are living below the federal poverty line, which is a lower rate of childhood poverty than is found in 100.0% of America's neighborhoods.
The old saying "you are what you eat" is true. But it is also true that you are what you do for a living. The types of occupations your neighbors have shape their character, and together as a group, their collective occupations shape the culture of a place.
In the neighborhood, 48.3% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants, with 23.3% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in manufacturing and laborer occupations (17.5%), and 10.9% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.6% of households. Some people also speak Spanish (2.6%).
Culture is shared learned behavior. We learn it from our parents, their parents, our houses of worship, and much of our culture – our learned behavior – comes from our ancestors. That is why ancestry and ethnicity can be so interesting and important to understand: places with concentrations of people of one or more ancestries often express those shared learned behaviors and this gives each neighborhood its own culture. Even different neighborhoods in the same city can have drastically different cultures.
In the neighborhood in New Hartford, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as German (25.3%). There are also a number of people of Irish ancestry (22.3%), and residents who report Italian roots (21.9%), and some of the residents are also of English ancestry (14.0%), along with some French ancestry residents (7.1%), among others.
Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 15 and 30 minutes commuting one-way to work (32.6% of working residents), which is shorter than the time spent commuting to work for most Americans.
Here most residents (85.8%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.