HCC Service Area
Community Comparisons:
Poverty, Unemployment and Crime Rates
What the data is: Poverty, unemployment and crime rates for the state as a whole and for the communities within the HCC service area.
How to use the data: This data can be used to learn more about the communities the college serves and as a starting point for research. The data cannot be used, by itself, to conclude that correlations or causation exist between the values shown.
| State (Connecticut) Rates | |
| 2013 Unemployment Rate (%) | 7.8% |
| 2012 Poverty Rate (%) | 10.0% |
| 2012 Crime Rate (per 100,000 residents) | 2,433 |
| HCC Service Area | 2012 Poverty Rate (%) | 2013 Unemployment Rate (%) | 2012 Crime Rate (per 100,000) |
| Ansonia | 13.9% | 9.3% | 2,480 |
| Bridgeport | 23.6% | 11.8% | 4,699 |
| Derby | 13.3% | 8.4% | 3,253 |
| Easton | 1.3% | 5.7% | 522 |
| Fairfield | 4.1% | 6.5% | 2,210 |
| Milford | 4.7% | 6.9% | 2,959 |
| Monroe | 4.0% | 6.2% | 798 |
| Seymour | 6.8% | 7.7% | 1,086 |
| Shelton | 4.4% | 7.0% | 1,138 |
| Stratford | 6.4% | 8.5% | 2,893 |
| Trumbull | 2.2% | 6.2% | 1,521 |
Sources/Definitions: For all data, the source is CERC Town Profiles. CERC's definitions and sources are:
- Poverty Rate--The number of people living below the poverty level as a percentage of total population in a given area (5 year survey; 2008-2012). Source: Census, American Community Survey
- Unemployment Rate--Share of residents in the town who are unemployed relative to total labor force in town (Annual Average). Source: Connecticut Department of Labor
- Crime Rate--Number of violent crimes per 100,000 people in the town. Source: CT Department of Public Safety
Last updated: March 17, 2015