Granby Town Hall
15 North Granby Road, Granby, CT 06035
Community Profile
PLEASE VISIT THE FOLLOWING LINKS:

YOU MAY NEED TO PASTE THEM INTO YOUR BROWSER







Data from the Bueau of the Cencus
2000

Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,347 100.0
SEX AND AGE
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,139      percent         49.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,208                 percent 50.3

Under 5 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 718                 percent         6.9
5 to 9 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 854              percent  8.3
10 to 14 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 797                percent         7.7
15 to 19 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 627                percent         6.1
20 to 24 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 215                percent         2.1
25 to 34 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,011              percent         9.8
35 to 44 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,108              percent         20.4
45 to 54 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,839              percent         17.8
55 to 59 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 636                percent  6.1
60 to 64 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 399                percent         3.9
65 to 74 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 634                percent         6.1
75 to 84 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392                percent         3.8
85 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117           percent  1.1
Median age (years) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39.6 (X)
18 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,521                 percent         72.7
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,667          percent         35.4
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,854             percent         37.2
21 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7,291                 percent         70.5
62 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,357                 percent         13.1
65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,143                 percent         11.0
Male . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 497            percent  4.8
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 646               percent  6.2


RACE
White . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,149      percent  98.1
Black or African American . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87                  percent  0.8
American Indian and Alaska Native . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45                  percent         0.4
Asian . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93          percent         0.9
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander. . . . . . 4 -
Some other race . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43            percent  0.4
Subject Number Percent
HISPANIC OR LATINO AND RACE
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,347              percent         100.0
Hispanic or Latino (of any race) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 134                    percent         1.3
Mexican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33                 percent         0.3
Puerto Rican. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37            percent         0.4
Cuban . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9                 percent         0.1
Other Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55                     percent         0.5
Not Hispanic or Latino . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,213           percent         98.7
White alone. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,000               percent         96.6


RELATIONSHIP
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,347 100.0
In households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,238             percent         98.9
Householder . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,781                 percent         36.5
Spouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,687              percent         26.0
Child. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,287          percent         31.8
Own child under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,753                  percent         26.6
Other relatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195           percent         1.9
Under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50                     percent         0.5
Nonrelatives . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 288          percent         2.8
Unmarried partner . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 138                     percent  1.3
In group quarters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 109                 percent         1.1
Institutionalized population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94                    percent  0.9
Noninstitutionalized population . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15                        percent         0.1


HOUSEHOLD BY TYPE
Total households. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,781         percent  100.0
Family households (families). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,994                 percent         79.2
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 1,494                      percent         39.5
Married-couple family . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,687               percent         71.1
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 1,327                      percent         35.1
Female householder, no husband present . . . . . 222                    percent         5.9
With own children under 18 years . . . . . . . . . . 120                        percent         3.2
Nonfamily households . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 787                percent         20.8
Householder living alone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 624                    percent         16.5
Householder 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . 258                       percent  6.8
Households with individuals under 18 years . . . . . 1,538                      percent         40.7
Households with individuals 65 years and over . . 752                   percent         19.9
Average household size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2.71 (X)
Average family size. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.06 (X)

HOUSING OCCUPANCY
Total housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,887          percent         100.0
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,781              percent  97.3
Vacant housing units. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 106             percent         2.7
For seasonal, recreational, or
occasional use. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29                percent  0.7
Homeowner vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . 0.6 (X)
Rental vacancy rate (percent). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3.6 (X)

HOUSING TENURE
Occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,781                percent         100.0
Owner-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,356            percent         88.8
Renter-occupied housing units . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 425             percent         11.2
Average household size of owner-occupied units. 2.78 (X)
Average household size of renter-occupied units . 2.15 (X)

- Represents zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.
1 Other Asian alone, or two or more Asian categories.
2 Other Pacific Islander alone, or two or more Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander categories.
3 In combination with one or more of the other races listed. The six numbers may add to more than the total population and the six percentages
may add to more than 100 percent because individuals may report more than one race.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2000.
U.S. Census Bureau





Table DP-2. Profile of Selected Social Characteristics: 2000
Geographic area: Granby town, Hartford County, Connecticut


Subject Number                                                          Percent
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
Population 3 years and over
enrolled in school. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,748                                         100.0
Nursery school, preschool . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 254                                 9.2
Kindergarten. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 182                                6.6
Elementary school (grades 1-8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,308                            47.6
High school (grades 9-12) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 616                                 22.4
College or graduate school . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 388                                   14.1


EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT
Population 25 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 7,179 100.0
Less than 9th grade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87                               1.2
9th to 12th grade, no diploma. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 421                                     5.9
High school graduate (includes equivalency). . . . . 1,351                                      18.8
Some college, no degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,144                                15.9
Associate degree. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 454                             6.3
Bachelor’s degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,244                          31.3
Graduate or professional degree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,478                                      20.6
Percent high school graduate or higher . . . . . . . . . 92.9                                    (X)
Percent bachelor’s degree or higher . . . . . . . . . . . . 51.8                                        (X)


MARITAL STATUS
Population 15 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 7,991                                  100.0
Never married . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,371                               17.2
Now married, except separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,621                             70.3
Separated . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55                              0.7
Widowed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 373                             4.7
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 285                               3.6
Divorced . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 571                                    7.1
Female. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 317                               4.0


GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS
Grandparent living in household with
one or more own grandchildren under
18 years . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65                                   100.0
Grandparent responsible for grandchildren . . . . . . - -

VETERAN STATUS
Civilian population 18 years and over . . 7,530                                          100.0
Civilian veterans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,119                               14.9

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN
NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION
Population 5 to 20 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,299                                     100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136                                5.9
Population 21 to 64 years. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,209                                      100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 671                               10.8
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72.3                               (X)
No disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,538                           89.2
Percent employed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84.9                               (X)
Population 65 years and over . . . . . . . . . . 1,028                                  100.0
With a disability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 330                               32.1


RESIDENCE IN 1995
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . 9,638                                         100.0
Same house in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6,050                              62.8
Different house in the U.S. in 1995 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3,453                             35.8
Same county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2,263                           23.5
Different county . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,190                          12.3
Same state . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 332                                      3.4
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 858                                      8.9
Elsewhere in 1995. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 135                            1.4
Subject Number Percent
NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH
Total population. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10,347                              100.0
Native. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,955                                96.2
Born in United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,828                               95.0
State of residence . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5,709                                        55.2
Different state. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4,119                            39.8
Born outside United States . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 127                                      1.2
Foreign born . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392                              3.8
Entered 1990 to March 2000 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 114                                      1.1
Naturalized citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 241                             2.3
Not a citizen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 151                                 1.5


REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN
Total (excluding born at sea). . . . . . . . . . . . . . 392                                    100.0
Europe. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 220                            56.1
Asia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 1                               2.8
Africa . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . - -
Oceania. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5                              1.3
Latin America . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44                                 11.2
Northern America. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73                            18.6



LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME
Population 5 years and over . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9,638                                   100.0
English only . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8,965                            7.0
Speak English less than 3very well3 . . . . . . . . 155                                         1.6
Spanish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82                                0.9
Speak English less than 3very well3 . . . . . . . . 7                                           0.1
Other Indo-European languages . . . . . . . . . . . . . 498                                      5.2
Speak English less than 3very well3 . . . . . . . . 122                                         1.3
Asian and Pacific Island languages. . . . . . . . . . . 48                                      0.5
Speak English less than 3very well3 . . . . . . . . 18                                           0.2

        

        
2000 US Census Employment Comparison Report     ~       

        
Occupation & Employment 
~~~Not in Labor Force   2,118   
~~~In Labor Force       5,701   
~~~~~~~~Employed        96.90%  
~~~~~~~~Unemployed      3.10%   
~~~~~~~~In Armed Forces 0.00%   
~       
Employment by Industry  
~~~Accommodation and food services      3.10%   
~~~Administrative, support & waste management service   2.90%   
~~~Agriculture forestry fishing and hunting     0.50%   
~~~Arts entertainment and recreation    1.20%   
~~~Construction 4.90%   
~~~Educational services 7.90%   
~~~Finance and insurance        14.60%  
~~~Health care and social assistance    12.90%  
~~~Information  2.10%   
~~~Management of companies and enterprises      0.10%   
~~~Manufacturing        15.30%  
~~~Mining       0.00%   
~~~Other services (except public administration)        3.70%   
~~~Professional scientific and technical services       8.10%   
~~~Public administration        2.90%   
~~~Real estate and rental and leasing   1.70%   
~~~Retail trade 9.00%   
~~~Transportation and warehousing       3.70%   
~~~Utilities    2.40%   
~~~Wholesale trade      3.00%   
~       
Means of Transportation to Work 
~~~Workers Age 16+      5,522   
~~~Bicycle      0.00%   
~~~Bus or trolley bus   1.00%   
~~~Carpooled    7.30%   
~~~Drove alone  86.10%  
~~~Ferryboat    0.00%   
~~~Motorcycle   0.20%   
~~~Other means  0.30%   
~~~Railroad     0.20%   
~~~Streetcar or trolley car     0.00%   
~~~Subway or elevated   0.00%   
~~~Taxicab      0.00%   
~~~Walked       1.00%   
~~~Worked at home       4.10%   
~       
Occupation      
~~~Aircraft and traffic control occupations     0.30%   
~~~Architects surveyors cartographers and engineers     5.10%   
~~~Arts design entertainment sports and media occupation        2.10%   
~~~Building and grounds cleaning and maintenance occupat        1.10%   
~~~Business operations specialists      5.00%   
~~~Community and social services occupations    1.50%   
~~~Computer and mathematical occupations        5.30%   
~~~Construction trades workers  2.20%   
~~~Drafters engineering and mapping technicians 0.80%   
~~~Education training and library occupations   5.90%   
~~~Extraction workers   0.00%   
~~~Farmers and farm managers    0.20%   
~~~Farming fishing and forestry occupations     0.30%   
~~~Financial specialists        3.90%   
~~~Fire fighting prevention and law enforcement workers 0.50%   
~~~Food preparation and serving related occupations     3.00%   
~~~Health diagnosing and treating practitioners and tech        5.00%   
~~~Health technologists and technicians 1.20%   
~~~Healthcare support occupations       1.20%   
~~~Installation maintenance and repair occupations      2.40%   
~~~Legal occupations    1.60%   
~~~Life physical and social science occupations 0.80%   
~~~Management occupations except farmers and farm manage        15.10%  
~~~Material moving workers      2.00%   
~~~Motor vehicle operators      1.80%   
~~~Office and administrative support occupations        13.40%  
~~~Personal care and service occupations        2.30%   
~~~Production   4.10%   
~~~Protective Service Occupations       0.60%   
~~~Rail water and other transportation occupations      0.00%   
~~~Sales and related occupations        9.30%   
~~~Supervisors construction and extraction workers      1.00%   
~~~Supervisors transportation and material moving worker        0.10%   
~       
~~~% in Blue Collar Occupations 23.10%  
~~~% in White Collar Occupations        76.90%  
~       
Travel Time to Work     
~~~Median Travel Time To Work in Minutes        28      
~~~ 0 to 5      3.10%   
~~~ 5 to 9      6.20%   
~~~10 to 14     10.10%  
~~~15 to 19     10.90%  
~~~20 to 24     13.20%  
~~~25 to 29     8.10%   
~~~30 to 34     15.00%  
~~~35 to 39     6.30%   
~~~40 to 44     7.60%   
~~~45 to 59     9.70%   
~~~60 to 89     3.50%   
~~~90 or more   2.30%   
~~~Worked at home       4.10%