Bantam, Connecticut - City Information, Fast Facts, Schools, Colleges, and More

Demographics

People

Total Population	735
Male Share of the Population	47.6%
Female Share of the Population	52.4%
Senior Citizens	25.3%
Employed Population 16+	373
Age of the Population	48

Families

% of people married	46.4%
Average household size	2

Education and Earnings

Population % with Bachelor Degree or Higher	26.4%
Median Earnings25+	$40,104
Median Earnings Without High School Qualification	$23,750
Median Earnings With High School Degree	$34,821

Wealth

Median Family Income	$93,906
% Above Poverty Level	93%
% Below Poverty Level	7%

Commute & Sprawl

Average Commute Time	31 minutes
% Working from Home	7.2%
% Walking and Biking to Work	1.9%
% Using Public Transportation	%

Housing

People Living Alone	48.3%
Median Gross Rent	$647
Median House Value	$208,100

Ancestry

Other(often includes Hispanic and African American)	20.5%
English	15.6%
Irish	14.6%
French Except Basque	10.7%
German	8.6%
Italian	8%
Canadian	6.5%
Polish	5.4%
Swedish	3.8%
Norwegian	1.6%
Welsh	1.2%
Scottish	1.2%
Lithuanian	1.2%
Hungarian	1%
Russian	0.7%
Dutch	0.4%
Finnish	0.4%
Ukrainian	0.3%
Czech	0.3%
Australian	0.3%
Greek	0.3%
Danishn	0.3%
Croatian	0.1%
Portuguese	0.1%
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Bantam Almanac

Category	Value
County	Litchfield County
Standard Zip Codes	06750
Phone Area Codes	860
Time Zone	America/New_York
Approximate Latitude	41.72
Approximate Longitude	-73.24

Bantam Climate

Nearest Weather Stations

Notes:

Temp ranges are avg daily min and max for the month
Precipitation is rainfall (and rainfall equiv of snowfall)

Station	SHEPAUG DAM
Distance	3.3 miles
Jan Temp	12 to 34 F
Apr Temp	32 to 57 F
Jul Temp	57 to 80 F
Oct Temp	37 to 61 F
Annual Precip	50.5 inches

Station	WIGWAM RESERVOIR
Distance	6.7 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

Station	BAKERSVILLE
Distance	14.3 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

Nearby Cities and Towns

Location	Population	Median Family Income
Bristol	60,308	$83,646
Torrington	34,737	$79,572
Waterbury	108,672	$51,737
Winsted	7,367	$63,704

Sources :

American Community Survey, 2017, U.S. Census Bureau, https://www.census.gov/programs-surveys/acs/
Hospitals, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/hospitals, accessed November 2017
Private Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/private-schools, accessed November 2017
Public Libraries Survey, 2015, Institute of Museum and Library Services, https://www.imls.gov/research-evaluation/data-collection/public-libraries-survey
Public Schools, Homeland Infrastructure Foundation, https://hifld-geoplatform.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/public-schools , accessed November 2017
ZIP Code Database (All ZIPs with cities used by USPS plus the primary timezone, area code, and county), 2017, https://www.unitedstateszipcodes.org/zip-code-database/

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