Mansfield is a medium-sized town located in the state of Connecticut. With a population of 25,401 people and four associated neighborhoods, Mansfield is the 44th largest community in Connecticut.Mansfield is a decidedly white-collar town, with fully 90.91% of the workforce employed in white-collar jobs, well above the national average. Overall, Mansfield is a town of professionals, service providers, and sales and office workers. There are especially a lot of people living in Mansfield who work in teaching (19.92%), office and administrative support (11.61%), and sales jobs (8.76%). Also of interest is that Mansfield has more people living here who work in computers and math than 95% of the places in the US. One interesting thing about the economy is that relatively large numbers of people worked from their home: 26.92% of the workforce. While this number may seem small overall, as a fraction of the total workforce this is high compared to the rest of the county. These workers are often telecommuters who work in knowledge-based, white-collar professions. For example, Silicon Valley has large numbers of people who telecommute. Other at-home workers may be self-employed people who operate small businesses out of their homes. In addition, Mansfield is a major college town that has a very high percentage of its residents over 18 years old who are college students. Naturally, collegiate life has a major influence on local Mansfield culture, lifestyle and entertainment options. Mansfield really pulses to the beat of the academic calendar. In Mansfield every fall, returning students reinvigorate the community, who you will notice are all over town, buying groceries, out with friends, and getting acquainted or re-acquainted with each other and Mansfield. One of the beneficial effects that colleges provide is that they tend to be lasting institutions that deliver direct economic benefits to the local economy in the form of such things as jobs for faculty and staff, and spending by students. Mansfield benefits directly from this. Like elsewhere in America, most people in Mansfield use a private automobile to get to work. But notably, a substantial number of Mansfield‘s citizens do make use of public transit in their daily commute, primarily riding the bus. This helps more people get to work with less air pollution, and require fewer highways to get them there.Do you like to read, write and learn? If you move to Mansfield, you'll likely find that many of your neighbors like to as well. Mansfield is one of the more educated communities in America, with a full 57.16% of its adults having a college degree or even advanced degree, compared to a national average across all communities of 21.84%. The per capita income in Mansfield in 2022 was $27,852, which is low income relative to Connecticut, and lower middle income relative to the rest of the US. This equates to an annual income of $111,408 for a family of four. However, Mansfield contains both very wealthy and poor people as well. Mansfield is a very ethnically-diverse town. The people who call Mansfield home describe themselves as belonging to a variety of racial and ethnic groups. The greatest number of Mansfield residents report their race to be White, followed by Asian. Important ancestries of people in Mansfield include Irish, English, Italian, German, and Polish. The most common language spoken in Mansfield is English. Other important languages spoken here include Chinese and Spanish.
