Hartford

Population & Demographics

Hartford, CT

Hartford is home to 121,127 people. Explore its demographics, housing, and economy — plus how its 48,295 resident workers commute each day.

ConnecticutCensus ACS 5-Year · LODES 2023
121,127
people
Population

121,127 residents

Median age 33.1 · U.S. Census Bureau, ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hartford population & demographics

Who lives in Hartford — population, age, housing, and income, from the U.S. Census Bureau.

Population
121,127
Median age
33.1yrs
Median household income
$46,411
Median home value
$228,600
Median gross rent
$1,269/mo
Bachelor’s degree or higher
19.4%
Poverty rate
26.3%

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey (ACS) 2024 5-Year Estimates. Values shown as “—” are suppressed or unavailable for this place.

Race & ethnicity in Hartford

How Hartford breaks down by race and ethnicity — each bar is that group’s share of the population, from the U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year (2024).

Hispanic or Latino44.5%
Black33.8%
White15.1%
Two or more races3.2%
Asian2.4%
Some other race0.8%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.1%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Hartford at a glance
Employed Residents
48,295
Fewer than the city’s total population
Median home–work distance
8.6mi
Straight-line, not road distance
Work Locally
26.5%
Share working within the area
Work from home
9.4%
Residents who work from home (ACS)
Top destination outside city
West Hartford
Excludes local — most work in-city

These figures are for Hartford proper — the Census place within its city limits — not the surrounding metro area. Metro-wide totals you’ll see elsewhere are larger because they bundle in neighboring cities and suburbs.

How Hartford commutes

Every dot is a worker moving between home and job. Trace where the area pulls people in from — and where its residents head each day.

63
Commute Score

63 / 100

How short the typical commute is here, on an absolute 0–100 scale (higher is shorter). How it’s calculated.

Hartford

48,295 commutes, one dot at a time

Hartford

Where 48,295 workers commute

Each dot ≈ 75 workers

Where residents work

Top destinations for people who live in Hartford, by worker count.

1Hartford0.0 mi12,799
2West Hartford2.8 mi2,823
3East Hartford3.7 mi2,140
4Newington5.6 mi1,258
5New Britain7.9 mi1,231
6Middletown14.5 mi763
7North Haven27.8 mi744
8Wethersfield4.2 mi737

Who commutes in

Top origin places for workers who travel into Hartford.

1Hartford0.0 mi12,799
2West Hartford2.8 mi6,666
3East Hartford3.7 mi4,476
4New Britain7.9 mi3,464
5Wethersfield4.2 mi2,978
6Manchester8.6 mi2,707
7Bristol13.7 mi2,598
8Newington5.6 mi2,595

Top industries

The sectors that employ Hartford’s workforce. Each bar is scaled to that sector’s share of all local jobs — the top sectors shown don’t add up to 100%.

Bar length = each sector’s share of all local jobs (0–100%)
HCHealth Care and Social Assistance23.9%
FIFinance and Insurance20.7%
PTProfessional, Scientific, and Technical Services10.4%
PAPublic Administration9.6%
EDEducational Services6.1%
ADAdministrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services5.9%
RTRetail Trade3.4%
AFAccommodation and Food Services3.3%
MGManagement of Companies and Enterprises2.9%
Connectivity

Internet options for Hartford

The biggest home-internet providers in the area — tap any to compare local plans.

5 providers · 1 with fiber
Speed availabilityshare of homes a plan reaches
1 Gbps60% of homes
2 Gbps60%
5 Gbps59%
8 Gbps
See all internet providers in Hartford

FindBetterInternet is a CensusFlow partner site — we link out so you can compare local plans, and CensusFlow’s Census data stays independent. Provider data is from the FCC National Broadband Map (satellite + fixed wireless excluded).