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Winchester, Connecticut

Winchester, Connecticut, in Litchfield county, is 18 miles NW of Bristol, Connecticut (center to center) and 92 miles NE of New York, New York. The town benefits from easy access to the nearby cities and towns with which it shares the Hartford metropolitan area. Winchester contains a population of approximately 10,664.

The People and Families of Winchester

In Winchester, about 54% of adults are married.

Winchester Housing

Winchester sports a large amount of seasonal housing, typically for vacation or part-time use.

Comparative Profile of Winchester, CT

Comparing Winchester to similar size places nationwide (Peers) and to other places in Connecticut (State):

Ratings range from (lowest) to (highest).

The People

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Age of the Population
Male Share of the Population
Senior Citizens
Female Share of the Population
Racial Diversity
Children Under 5 Years Old

Families

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Portion of People Married
Average Household Size

Wealth

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
College Educated Adults

Housing

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Seasonal and Vacation Housing

Crime

Characteristic	Compared to Peers	Compared to State
Low Property Crime
Low Violent Crime

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Category	Value
Near Medium City	18 miles NW of Bristol, Connecticut (center to center)
Nearest Large City	92 miles NE of New York, New York
County	Litchfield
Metro Area	Hartford
Standard Zip Codes	06098
P.O. Box Zip Codes	06094
Phone Area Codes	860
Time Zone	Eastern (-5 hours from GMT)
Daylight Savings	The city observes Daylight Saving Time.
Latitude	41.91
Longitude	-73.099

Station	BAKERSVILLE
Distance	6 miles
Jan Temp	14 to 33 F
Apr Temp	33 to 58 F
Jul Temp	58 to 81 F
Oct Temp	37 to 60 F
Annual Precip	54.5 inches

Station	NORFOLK 2 SW
Distance	7.2 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 29 F
Apr Temp	33 to 53 F
Jul Temp	58 to 78 F
Oct Temp	38 to 57 F
Annual Precip	53.8 inches

Station	WIGWAM RESERVOIR
Distance	16.9 miles
Jan Temp	13 to 34 F
Apr Temp	33 to 58 F
Jul Temp	58 to 83 F
Oct Temp	36 to 62 F
Annual Precip	51 inches

Library
Beardsley & Memorial Library 40 Munro Place Winchester, Connecticut (860) 379-6043 Library Web Site

Category	Count	Percent
Total Population	10,664	100%
Male	5,167	48.5%
Female	5,497	51.5%
Under 18	2,484	23.3%
18+	8,180	76.7%
65+	1,626	15.2%
Median Age	39.5
Average Family Size	2.97
White	10,071	94.4%
African-American	132	1.2%
Asian	99	0.9%
American Indian & Alaskan	25	0.2%
Other	180	1.7%
Mixed Race	156	1.5%
Hispanic (included in categories above)	338	3.2%

Category	Value
Est. 2005 Population	10,857
Growth	193
Growth %	1.8%

Ancestry	Percent
Italian	18.9%
Irish	13.7%
French (except Basque)	9.8%
English	9.8%
German	8.6%
Other (often includes Hispanic and African American)	8.3%
Polish	5.6%
US/American	5.2%
French Canadian	3.8%
Swedish	2.3%
Greek	1.5%
Scottish	1.2%
Norwegian	0.9%
Slovak	0.8%
British	0.8%
Hungarian	0.7%
Canadian	0.7%
Scotch-Irish	0.7%
Czech	0.7%
Dutch	0.6%
Danish	0.6%
Ukrainian	0.6%
Lithuanian	0.5%
Welsh	0.4%
Russian	0.4%
Lebanese	0.4%
Macedonian	0.3%
European	0.3%
Swiss	0.3%
Romanian	0.2%
Czechoslovakian	0.2%
Latvian	0.2%
Portuguese	0.2%
Jamaican	0.2%

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