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Sprague, CT

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Overview


Sprague is a very small town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 2,940 people and just one neighborhood, Sprague is the 150th largest community in Connecticut. Sprague has a large stock of pre-World War II architecture, making it one of the older and more historic towns in the country.

Occupations and Workforce

Unlike some towns where white-collar or blue-collar occupations dominate the local economy, Sprague is neither predominantly one nor the other. Instead, it has a mixed workforce of both white- and blue-collar jobs. Overall, Sprague is a town of sales and office workers, professionals, and service providers. There are especially a lot of people living in Sprague who work in management occupations (11.21%), office and administrative support (10.75%), and sales jobs (10.16%).

Of important note, Sprague is also a town of artists. Sprague has more artists, designers and people working in media than 90% of the communities in America. This concentration of artists helps shape Sprague’s character.

Setting & Lifestyle

Overall, Sprague’s crime rate is one of the lowest in the nation, which makes a great place to live if safety is an important concern.

It is a fairly quiet town because there are relatively few of those groups of people who have a tendency to be noisy. (Children, for example, often can't help themselves from being noisy, and being parents ourselves, we know!) Sprague has relatively few families with children living at home, and is quieter because of it. Renters and college students, for their own reasons, can also be noisy. Sprague has few renters and college students. But the biggest reason it is quieter in Sprague than in most places in America, is that there are just simply fewer people living here. If you think trees make good neighbors, Sprague may be for you.

One downside of living in Sprague, however, is that residents on average have to contend with a long commute, spending on average 31.28 minutes every day commuting to work.

Demographics

The percentage of adults in Sprague who are college-educated is close to the national average for all communities of 21.84%: 20.96% of the adults in Sprague have a bachelor's degree or advanced degree.

The per capita income in Sprague in 2022 was $40,239, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and upper middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $160,956 for a family of four. However, Sprague contains both very wealthy and poor people as well.

Sprague is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Sprague home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Sprague residents report their race to be White, followed by Black or African-American. Important ancestries of people in Sprague include Irish, French, Polish, Italian, and English.

The most common language spoken in Sprague is English. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Notable & Unique Neighborhood Characteristics

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Diversity

Did you know that the neighborhood has more French and French Canadian ancestry people living in it than nearly any neighborhood in America? It's true! In fact, 10.5% of this neighborhood's residents have French ancestry and 4.1% have French Canadian ancestry.

is also pretty special linguistically. Significantly, 18.2% of its residents five years old and above primarily speak Polish at home. While this may seem like a small percentage, it is higher than 99.6% of the neighborhoods in America.

The Neighbors

How wealthy a neighborhood is, from very wealthy, to middle income, to low income is very formative with regard to the personality and character of a neighborhood. Equally important is the rate of people, particularly children, who live below the federal poverty line. In some wealthy gated communities, the areas immediately surrounding can have high rates of childhood poverty, which indicates other social issues. NeighborhoodScout's analysis reveals both aspects of income and poverty for this neighborhood.

The neighbors in the neighborhood in Sprague are upper-middle income, making it an above average income neighborhood. NeighborhoodScout's exclusive analysis reveals that this neighborhood has a higher income than 65.3% of the neighborhoods in America. With 17.7% of the children here below the federal poverty line, this neighborhood has a higher rate of childhood poverty than 65.8% of U.S. neighborhoods.

What we choose to do for a living reflects who we are. Each neighborhood has a different mix of occupations represented, and together these tell you about the neighborhood and help you understand if this neighborhood may fit your lifestyle.

In the neighborhood, 35.5% of the working population is employed in executive, management, and professional occupations. The second most important occupational group in this neighborhood is manufacturing and laborer occupations, with 25.1% of the residents employed. Other residents here are employed in sales and service jobs, from major sales accounts, to working in fast food restaurants (24.9%), and 14.0% in clerical, assistant, and tech support occupations.

Languages

The languages spoken by people in this neighborhood are diverse. These are tabulated as the languages people preferentially speak when they are at home with their families. The most common language spoken in the neighborhood is English, spoken by 93.8% of households. Other important languages spoken here include Polish and Italian.

Ethnicity / Ancestry

Culture is the shared learned behavior of peoples. Undeniably, different ethnicities and ancestries have different cultural traditions, and as a result, neighborhoods with concentrations of residents of one or another ethnicities or ancestries will express those cultures. It is what makes the North End in Boston so fun to visit for the Italian restaurants, bakeries, culture, and charm, and similarly, why people enjoy visiting Chinatown in San Francisco.

In the neighborhood in Sprague, CT, residents most commonly identify their ethnicity or ancestry as Irish (12.1%). There are also a number of people of French ancestry (10.5%), and residents who report Puerto Rican roots (8.7%), and some of the residents are also of Polish ancestry (8.6%), along with some Italian ancestry residents (8.1%), among others.

Getting to Work

Even if your neighborhood is walkable, you may still have to drive to your place of work. Some neighborhoods are located where many can get to work in just a few minutes, while others are located such that most residents have a long and arduous commute. The greatest number of commuters in neighborhood spend between 30 and 45 minutes commuting one-way to work (39.4% of working residents), which is at or a bit above the average length of a commute across all U.S. neighborhoods.

Here most residents (88.0%) drive alone in a private automobile to get to work. In addition, quite a number also carpool with coworkers, friends, or neighbors to get to work (5.1%) . In a neighborhood like this, as in most of the nation, many residents find owning a car useful for getting to work.


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