Sprague is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,940 people and just one neighborhood, Sprague is the 150th largest community in Connecticut. Sprague has an unusually large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns.
Sprague is neither predominantly blue-collar nor white-collar, instead having a mixed workforce of both blue-collar and white-collar jobs. Overall, Sprague is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sprague who work in management occupations (11.21%), office and administrative support (10.75%), and sales jobs (10.16%).
Of important note, Sprague is also a town of artists. Sprague has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sprague’s character.
The overall crime rate in Sprague is one of the lowest in the US. This makes it one of the safer places to live in the country in terms of crime.
Residents will find that the town is relatively quiet. This is because it is not over-populated, and it has fewer college students, renters, and young children - all of whom can be noisy at times. So, if you're looking for a relatively peaceful place to live, Sprague is worth considering.
One downside of living in Sprague, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.28 minutes every day commuting to work.
The percentage of adults in Sprague who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.96% of the adults in Sprague have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.
The per capita income in Sprague in 2022 was $40,239, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,956 for a family of four. However, Sprague contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.
Sprague is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sprague home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sprague residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sprague include Irish, French, Polish, Italian, and English.
The most common language spoken in Sprague is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
The way a neighborhood looks and feels when you walk or drive around it, from its setting, its buildings, and its flavor, can make all the difference. This neighborhood has some really cool things about the way it looks and feels as revealed by NeighborhoodScout's exclusive research. This might include anything from the housing stock to the types of households living here to how people get around.
Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.1% have French Canadian ancestry.
is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.
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 Sprague are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.
What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.
In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.9%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.
The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.
Boston's Beacon Hill blue-blood streets, Brooklyn's Orthodox Jewish enclaves, Los Angeles' Persian neighborhoods. Each has its own culture derived primarily from the ancestries and culture of the residents who call these neighborhoods home. Likewise, each neighborhood in America has its own culture – some more unique than others – based on lifestyle, occupations, the types of households – and importantly – on the ethnicities and ancestries of the people who live in the neighborhood. Understanding where people came from, who their grandparents or great-grandparents were, can help you understand how a neighborhood is today.
In the neighborhood in Sprague, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.1%), among others.
How you get to work – car, bus, train or other means – and how much of your day it takes to do so is a large quality of life and financial issue. Especially with gasoline prices rising and expected to continue doing so, the length and means of one's commute can be a financial burden. Some neighborhoods are physically located so that many residents have to drive in their own car, others are set up so many walk to work, or can take a train, bus, or bike. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.
Here most residents (88.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.