Demographics of Torrington city, Connecticut

Torrington city, Connecticut had 35,796 people on July 1, 2025, by the Census Bureau’s estimate: +435 since July 2020. Age, income, poverty, housing and origin below come from the survey, averaged over 2020–2024, each with its margin of error.

Torrington city, in four figures

35,796
Population: July 1, 2025, Vintage 2025 estimate. The survey’s 2020–⁠2024 figure is 35,547 ±33.; +1.2%
Change since July 2020: +435 people.; 42.9 ±1.8
Median age: ACS 2020–⁠2024.; $70,856 ±$4,937
Median household income: ACS 2020–⁠2024, in 2024 dollars.

Population, year by year

July 1 estimates from the Census Bureau’s Vintage 2025. The Bureau publishes no births, deaths or migration for a place, so the change is the difference between one July estimate and the next.

Torrington city, Connecticut's population grew 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally

The July 1 estimate of Torrington city, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).

Source: The Census Bureau

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The figures

Torrington city, Connecticut's population grew 1.2% from July 2020 to July 2025, against +3.1% nationally. The July 1 estimate of Torrington city, Connecticut's resident population and the nation's, each year of the Census Bureau's Vintage 2025, as a share of its July 2020 level (= 100).
July 1	Population	Index	United States
2020	35,361	100.0	100.0
2021	35,526	100.5	100.2
2022	35,548	100.5	100.7
2023	35,549	100.5	101.6
2024	35,730	101.0	102.5
2025	35,796	101.2	103.1

Population of Torrington city, Connecticut on July 1 of each year, Vintage 2025
July 1	Population	Change
2020	35,361	—
2021	35,526	+165
2022	35,548	+22
2023	35,549	+1
2024	35,730	+181
2025	35,796	+66

Age, 2020–2024

The median age is 42.9 ±1.8: for men 42.3 ±2.0 and for women 44.6 ±3.9. Shares are of everyone the survey counts, in the Bureau’s sex-by-age table (B01001).

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People in Torrington city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under 5	1,741 ±220	4.9% ±0.6	5.0% ±<0.1	5.6% ±<0.1
5 to 17	4,632 ±511	13.0% ±1.4	15.2% ±0.1	16.3% ±<0.1
18 to 24	2,889 ±420	8.1% ±1.2	9.3% ±0.1	9.1% ±<0.1
25 to 44	9,402 ±632	26.4% ±1.8	25.3% ±0.1	26.9% ±<0.1
45 to 64	10,059 ±686	28.3% ±1.9	26.7% ±0.1	24.8% ±<0.1
65 and over	6,824 ±534	19.2% ±1.5	18.5% ±0.1	17.2% ±<0.1

Income and poverty, 2020–2024

Median household income is $70,856 ±$4,937, and income per person $39,031 ±$2,280, in 2024 dollars. The median is $95,781 ±$732 in Connecticut and $80,734 ±$166 in the United States.

Households by income

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Households in Torrington city by income, ACS 2020–2024
Household income	Households	Share	Connecticut	United States
Under $25,000	2,364 ±376	15.4% ±2.4	12.9% ±0.3	14.6% ±<0.1
$25,000 to $49,999	2,684 ±447	17.4% ±2.8	13.7% ±0.3	16.7% ±<0.1
$50,000 to $74,999	2,984 ±529	19.4% ±3.4	13.3% ±0.3	15.5% ±<0.1
$75,000 to $99,999	2,280 ±373	14.8% ±2.4	11.9% ±0.3	12.6% ±<0.1
$100,000 to $149,999	2,829 ±335	18.4% ±2.1	17.7% ±0.3	17.5% ±<0.1
$150,000 to $199,999	1,068 ±222	6.9% ±1.4	11.3% ±0.2	9.6% ±<0.1
$200,000 or more	1,187 ±268	7.7% ±1.7	19.2% ±0.3	13.4% ±0.1

Poverty by age

The poverty rate is the share of people whose family income is below the federal threshold for their family’s size, of everyone for whom the Bureau determines it (B17020).

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Poverty rate in Torrington city by age, ACS 2020–2024
Age	Below poverty	Rate	Connecticut	United States
All ages	4,810 ±922	13.7% ±2.6	10.0% ±0.2	12.5% ±0.1
Under 18	1,058 ±312	16.8% ±4.7	13.0% ±0.5	16.1% ±0.1
18 to 59	2,377 ±513	12.2% ±2.6	9.4% ±0.3	11.6% ±0.1
60 and over	1,375 ±313	15.0% ±3.2	8.9% ±0.3	11.0% ±<0.1

Housing, 2020–2024

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Housing in Torrington city, ACS 2020–2024
Measure	Torrington city	Connecticut	United States
Housing units	16,874 ±406	1,541,822 ±276	143,775,355 ±10,234
Occupied	91.2% ±1.9	93.0% ±0.2	89.9% ±0.1
Vacant	8.8% ±1.6	7.0% ±0.2	10.1% ±0.1
Owner occupied	66.1% ±3.4	66.5% ±0.4	65.2% ±0.3
Renter occupied	33.9% ±3.0	33.5% ±0.3	34.8% ±0.1
Median home value	$215,500 ±$8,132	$366,900 ±$1,621	$332,700 ±$236
Median gross rent	$1,169 ±$43	$1,488 ±$10	$1,413 ±$2
Median year built	1960 ±3	1967 ±1	1980 ±1

Occupied and vacant are shares of all housing units; owner and renter occupied are shares of occupied units. Value and rent are medians in 2024 dollars.

Origin and place of birth, 2020–2024

Hispanic or Latino origin is not a race in the Census Bureau’s tables. Here the people of Hispanic origin, of any race, are one row, and everyone else is counted by race alone (B03002), so the rows add to the whole.

Hispanic origin and race

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People in Torrington city by Hispanic origin and race, ACS 2020–2024
Origin	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Hispanic or Latino	5,739 ±560	16.1% ±1.6	18.3% ±<0.1	19.3% ±<0.1
White alone, not Hispanic	24,822 ±819	69.8% ±2.3	61.9% ±0.1	57.4% ±<0.1
Black alone, not Hispanic	1,998 ±552	5.6% ±1.6	9.8% ±0.1	11.9% ±<0.1
Asian alone, not Hispanic	1,198 ±272	3.4% ±0.8	4.7% ±<0.1	5.9% ±<0.1
American Indian and Alaska Native alone, not Hispanic	0 to 14	0% to < 0.1%	0.1% ±<0.1	0.5% ±<0.1
Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone, not Hispanic	0 to 29	0% to 0.1%	< 0.1% ±<0.1	0.2% ±<0.1
Some other race alone, not Hispanic	26 to 274	0.1% to 0.8%	0.9% ±0.1	0.6% ±<0.1
Two or more races, not Hispanic	1,635 ±380	4.6% ±1.1	4.3% ±0.1	4.3% ±<0.1

A range (the estimate less and plus its margin) where the Bureau's estimate is too uncertain to state as one number: a coefficient of variation over 30%.

Place of birth and citizenship

“Born a citizen outside the states” counts people born in Puerto Rico, the island areas, or abroad to American parents. Naturalized citizens and those who are not citizens together make up the people born abroad (B05002).

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People in Torrington city by place of birth and citizenship, ACS 2020–2024
Born	People	Share	Connecticut	United States
Born in the state	23,154 ±833	65.1% ±2.3	53.3% ±0.3	57.3% ±<0.1
Born in another state	6,684 ±758	18.8% ±2.1	27.1% ±0.2	26.9% ±<0.1
Born a citizen outside the states	512 ±201	1.4% ±0.6	3.9% ±0.1	1.7% ±<0.1
Born abroad	5,197 ±725	14.6% ±2.0	15.7% ±0.2	14.1% ±<0.1
Naturalized citizens	2,778 ±387	7.8% ±1.1	8.7% ±0.1	7.4% ±<0.1
Not citizens	2,419 ±655	6.8% ±1.8	7.1% ±0.2	6.8% ±<0.1

Torrington city among the places and towns of Connecticut

30th of 168 places and towns of 5,000 or more by the survey’s 2020–2024 count. Every one is listed on the Connecticut page.

Places of Connecticut near Torrington city in population, ACS 2020–2024
Place	ACS 2020–⁠2024
Enfield town	41,090 ±36
Norwich city	39,973 ±44
Groton town	38,130 ±86
Trumbull town	37,281 ±29
Manchester CDP	36,759 ±1,174
Torrington city	35,547 ±33
Glastonbury town	35,293 ±52
Naugatuck borough	31,800 ±63
Newington CDP	30,896 ±29
Vernon town	30,577 ±32
Windsor town	29,468 ±47

Elsewhere on the site

Reported crime in Torrington city, Connecticut

Rankings this appears in

No. 11 Places in Connecticut by poverty rate
No. 20 Places in Connecticut by foreign-born share
No. 21 Places in Connecticut by Hispanic or Latino share
No. 27 Places in Connecticut by median age
No. 106 Places in Connecticut by homeownership rate
No. 108 Places in Connecticut by median rent

Sources

Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns — U.S. Census Bureau · U.S. Government work · retrieved September 25, 2026
American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File · U.S. Government work

Compiled automatically from Census Bureau population estimates — incorporated places and New England towns and American Community Survey 5-year estimates — table-based Summary File by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

Data retrieved September 25, 2026