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Everything You Need to Know About West Hartford, CT

In Hartford County, Connecticut there is a small town named West Hartford, CT. This town was settled in the 1700s by Protestants that moved from the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Up until the early 1900s this was a town still deeply rooted in agriculture. It was at this time that the majority of the well to do that lived in Hartford moved away and they were soon followed by the white middle class citizens as they all created a thriving suburb known as West Hartford.

West Hartford has been referred to as an "upmarket inner-ring suburb" of Hartford. While West Hartford is small it does have a downtown which is referred to West Hartford Center. The downtown area is centered around North/South Main Street and Farmington Avenue. The West Hartford Center has been the hub of the community since the late 17^th century. 

The United States Census Bureau lists the town as being made up of 22.4 square miles in total, 22 square miles of it is land that the remaining is water. On the west side you will find the Metacomet Ridge, this is a rather mountainous ridgeline that extends to Long Island Sound and the Vermont border. One of the must see spots is the Talcott Mountain which can be seen in West Hartford. There are also a few highland water reservoirs that sit amongst the Metropolitan district.

During the last census in 2000, West Hartford was home to 63,589 people, 24576 households and 15925 families. That makes a population density of 2892.6 people per square mile. The diversity of the town is rather limited compared to other cities. The majority of the inhabitants being white (85.96%), followed by Hispanic or Latino (6.27%), Asians (4.8%), African Americans (4.78%), Native Americans (.12%) and Pacific Islanders (.07%). There are approximately 2.5% from other races and 1.7% of the population are considered mixed.

Out of the 24576 households approximately 30% of them have children under the age of 18 living at home. Married couples made up 53% of the households and 35% of the household were non-family households. The average size of a household is 2.39 and the average family size was 3. There is a disparity in ages through the population with the 25% of the people being between the ages of 25 and 44. Twenty two percent were under 18 years of age, 23% ranged from 45 to 64 and 20% were over the age of 65. If you are interested in knowing the median income for households living in West Hartford is $79443 and for families is it $97,873 according to an estimate done in 2007.

Interesting facts about West Hartford include being ranked as the 10^th most educated town in the United States. This was measured by the number of people living in West Hartford that have either a professional or graduate degree. The public school system in West Hartford was ranked number three in the state.  

If you are visiting West Hartford you will definitely want to take time to visit downtown, as well as Blue Black Square, Bishops Corner, Westfarms Mall and Elizabeth Park.