26 Hartford Business Journal • September 19, 2016 www.HartfordBusiness.com
5-Sep
ECONOMICS
Land area (sq. miles) 23 Business profile (2014)
Pop./sq. mile (2010) 406 Sector Units
Median age (2010-14) 45 Construction 27 194
Households (2010-14) 3,955 Manufacturing 16 281
Median HH Inc. (2010-14) $82,770 Retail Trade 35 377
16 234
Population (2010-14) 27 345
2000 8,732
Total government
18 358
2010 9,508
2014 9,483
2020 100,017
LABOR FORCE
Commuters (2014)
Race/Ethnicity (2010-14) Commuters into town from:
White 8,950 Portland 525 51
Black 101 Middletown 267 48
Asian Pacific 59 East Hampton 206 48
Native American 0 Town % State % Cromwell 59
Other/Multi-race 174 1,961 29% 28%
Hispanic 290 675 10% 7%
2,623 38% 37% Labor Force (Residence) 5,415
HOUSING
5,122
Housing stock (2010-14)
GOVERNMENT
293
Existing units (total) 4,404 5.4%
% single unit 81.0%
New permits auth. (2014) 6
Place of Work (2014)
as % existing units 0.10% 256
Demolitions (2015) 3 2,258
Residential sales (2013) 112
281
Median price $269,000
TOP 5 GRAND LIST
Top 5 Employers Company Amount % of Net
$13.9M 1.20%
$4.7M 0.40%
Safety-Kleen Systems Inc $2.8M 0.23%
Jarvis Airfoil Inc. $2.6M 0.23%
Buckeye Cattle Company $2.6M 0.23%
Employment
Daniels Propane Llc
YMCA
Portland
33 East Main Street,
Portland, CT 06480
(860) 342-6743
Annual debt service (2014)
as % of expenditures
as % of state average
per capita
Educational attainment (2010-14)
Persons age 25 or older
High school graduate
Associate's Degree
98.0%
Health Care & Social Assistance
Middlefield
Haddam
Glastonbury
Accommodation and Food Services
Employed
Unemployed
50.5%
Government form
as % of expenditures
Unemployment Rate
# of units
Total Employment
Manufacturing Employment
Total revenue (2014)
Per capita tax (2014)
$15,905,860 Total indebtedness (2014)
Total expenditures (2014)
as % of state average
$32,710,977
St. Clements Foundation
Connecticut Light & Power
$1,684
$1,123,640,030
8.0%
$2,520,086
72.7%
Bachelor's or more
Equalized net grand list (2014)
Valley Oil as % of state average 82%
Standard-Knapp Inc per capita $118,979
Promold Plastics
$2,646
Selectman-Town Meeting
$31,489,904
PORTLAND
Town Hall: 33 East Main Street,
Portland, CT 06480
(860) 342-6743
TOWN PROFILE
Source: Connecticut Economic Resource Center, www.cerc.com
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