Litchfield County Has Enlarged in Terms of Housing Units Occupied by Owners by 1.1%, As the 2010 Census Reports

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Parent Category: Connecticut

Category: Litchfield County, CT

The 2010 Census reports Litchfield County, Connecticut decreased in number of dwellings by 8,283, or 10%, since the 2000 Census. At the same time, the State of Connecticut increased in residential properties by 101,916, or 7%.

Measured against the US, Litchfield County has a very high level of vacancy in residential housing. 10,910, or 12.5%, of housing units are currently vacant in Litchfield County, Connecticut. Of these 10,910 unoccupied properties, 11.1% are listed to be sold, while 15.0% are trying to be rented.

From 2000 to 2010, owner-occupied residential properties in Litchfield County have increased by 1.1%. By 2010, there were 58,455 (76.3%) owner-occupied housing units, while there were 18,185 (23.7%) residential properties were being rented. Litchfield County has a smaller amount of residential units rented than the State of Connecticut, which saw 32.5% of units occupied by renters.

When compared to other counties across the US, Litchfield County has a low level of homes that are owned by minorities. 4.4% of housing units are owned by minorities in Litchfield County; while US as a whole had 21.7% and in the State of Connecticut 13.8% of residential properties are minority-owned.

Black is the race\ethnic group that reportedly rented the most often in Litchfield County. 46.2% the Black Census group reported to occupy a rented housing unit.

Datasource:  U.S. Census Bureau, Census 2010 Summary File 1. For more information, please visit the US Census website or visit our Request Census Data section and file a request.

In Litchfield County, Connecticut, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 3,090 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

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Parent Category: Connecticut

Category: Litchfield County, CT

In Litchfield County, Connecticut, the total number of workers for all sectors has decreased by 3,090 jobs between 2005 and 2010.

Out of the 189 industries (4-digit NAICS) with sufficient data reported by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) in each year, 86 showed an escalation in the number employed, while 100 industries reported employment loss in the period.

Out of the 4-digit NAICS industries, the general medical and surgical hospitals industry has brought the most jobs with a total of 1,857 jobs added during the time period. These new jobs in general medical and surgical hospitals makes up 25.1% percent of the total number of new jobs in Litchfield County, Connecticut for the period between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Growing Industries
1. General medical and surgical hospitals (+1857)
2. Plastics product manufacturing (+732)
3. Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing (+424)
4. Electrical equipment manufacturing (+351)
5. Fullservice restaurants (+324)

The other fabricated metal product manufacturing industry faced the greatest employment loss with a total loss of 462 jobs during the time period. The jobs lost in other fabricated metal product manufacturing make up 7.1% percent of the jobs lost during the period in Litchfield County, Connecticut between 2005 and 2010.

Top 5 Declining Industries
1. Other fabricated metal product manufacturing (-462)
2. Automobile dealers (-316)
3. Residential building construction (-263)
4. Accounting and bookkeeping services (-255)
5. Newspaper, book, and directory publishers (-224)

Datasource: U.S. Department of Labor. Bureau of Labor Statistics. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages (QCEW).