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Population (year 2000): 1,671
Males: 821 (49.1%), Females: 850 (50.9%)
Middlesex County
Median resident age: 40.8 years
Median household income: $60,405 (year 2000)
Median house value: $166,000 (year 2000)
Races in Higganum:
- White Non-Hispanic (96.3%)
- Black (1.1%)
- Hispanic (1.0%)
- Two or more races (0.8%)
Ancestries: English (19.0%), Irish (17.9%),
Italian (13.5%), German (12.9%), Polish (8.6%), Swedish (7.8%).
Elevation: 61 feet
Land area: 4.9 square miles
For population 25 years and over in Higganum
- High school or higher: 89.0%
- Bachelor's degree or higher: 39.5%
- Graduate or professional degree: 14.7%
- Unemployed: 1.7%
- Mean travel time to work: 23.4 minutes
For population 15
years and over in Higganum CDP
- Never married: 21.1%
- Now married: 63.6%
- Separated: 0.0%
- Widowed: 7.9%
- Divorced: 7.4%
6.0% Foreign born (3.0% Europe, 1.6% Latin
America, 0.9% Asia).
Hospitals/medical centers near Higganum:
- SAINT FRANCIS CARE BEHAVIORAL HEALTH (about 8 miles;
PORTLAND, CT)
- CONNECTICUT VALLEY HOSP (about 9 miles; MIDDLETOWN,
CT)
- MIDDLESEX HOSPITAL (about 9 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT)
Airports certified for carrier operations nearest to
Higganum:
- HARTFORD-BRAINARD (about 18 miles; HARTFORD, CT; ID:
HFD)
- TWEED-NEW HAVEN (about 28 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; ID:
HVN)
- BRADLEY INTL (about 32 miles; WINDSOR LOCKS, CT; ID:
BDL)
Other public-use airports nearest to Higganum:
- CHESTER (about 9 miles; CHESTER, CT; ID: 3B9)
- GOODSPEED (about 9 miles; EAST HADDAM, CT; ID: 42B)
- SALMON RIVER AIRFIELD (about 11 miles; MARLBOROUGH,
CT; ID: 9B8)
Amtrak stations near Higganum:
- 18 miles: MERIDEN (60 STATE ST.). Services: ticket
office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones,
vending machines, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
- 18 miles: BERLIN (KENSINGTON, DEPOT RD.). Services:
ticket office, partially wheelchair accessible, enclosed
waiting area, public restrooms, public payphones, free
short-term parking, free long-term parking, call for car
rental service, call for taxi service, public transit
connection.
- 19 miles: OLD SAYBROOK (455 BOSTON POST RD.).
Services: ticket office, partially wheelchair
accessible, enclosed waiting area, public restrooms,
public payphones, free short-term parking, free
long-term parking, call for car rental service, call for
taxi service, public transit connection.
Colleges/universities with over 2000 students nearest to
Higganum:
- WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY (about 9 miles; MIDDLETOWN, CT;
Full-time enrollment: 2,993)
- CENTRAL CONNECTICUT STATE UNIVERSITY (about 20
miles; NEW BRITAIN, CT; FT enrollment: 8,967)
- TRINITY COLLEGE (about 20 miles; HARTFORD, CT; FT
enrollment: 2,056)
- MANCHESTER COMMUNITY COLLEGE (about 24 miles;
MANCHESTER, CT; FT enrollment: 2,863)
- UNIVERSITY OF HARTFORD (about 25 miles; WEST
HARTFORD, CT; FT enrollment: 5,557)
- QUINNIPIAC UNIVERSITY (about 25 miles; HAMDEN, CT;
FT enrollment: 5,836)
- YALE UNIVERSITY (about 28 miles; NEW HAVEN, CT; FT
enrollment: 11,011)
Public high schools in Higganum:
- HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH HIGH (Students: 588;
Location: 95 LITTLE CITY RD.; Grades: 09 - 12)
- HADDAM-KILLINGWORTH MIDDLE (Students: 420;
Location: 57 LITTLE CITY RD.; Grades: 07 - 12)
Public primary/middle schools in Higganum:
- BURR DISTRICT ELEMENTARY (Students: 417;
Location: 792 KILLINGWORTH RD.; Grades: PK - 06)
- HADDAM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (Students: 383;
Location: 272 ROUTE 154; Grades: KG - 06)
- HOMEBOUND (Location: 95 LITTLE CITY ROAD;
Grades: PK - 12)
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