East Hartford is a larger medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 50,718 people and 14 associated neighborhoods, East Hartford is the 18th largest community in Connecticut.

Also of interest is that East Hartford has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US.

One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 8.44% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes.

For the size of the town, public transportation in East Hartford is quite heavily used. Mostly, people who use it for their daily commute are taking the bus. For East Hartford, the benefits are reduced air pollution and congestion on the highways.

The education level of East Hartford citizens, measured as those with bachelor's degrees or advanced degrees, is similar to the national average for all American cities and towns. 18.12% of adults 25 and older in East Hartford have a college degree.

The per capita income in East Hartford in 2022 was $32,527, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $130,108 for a family of four. However, East Hartford contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

East Hartford is an extremely ethnically-diverse town. The people who call East Hartford home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. People of Hispanic or Latino origin are the most prevalent group in East Hartford, accounting for 37.32% of the town’s residents (people of Hispanic or Latino origin can be of any race). The greatest number of East Hartford residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in East Hartford include Irish, Italian, Jamaican, German, and Polish.

East Hartford also has a high percentage of its population that was born in another country: 19.47%.

The most common language spoken in East Hartford is English. Other important languages spoken here include Spanish and African languages.