Blue Hills, Connecticut

Blue Hills, Connecticut
FIPS code		09-06050
GNIS feature ID	2378337
All figures are for the CDP portion of Blue Hills.

Blue Hills is a community in

Blue Hills is home to many schools and homes. Including the portion in Hartford, it has roughly 10,000 residents, and has several schools and one university located there. Its main thoroughfares are Granby Street, Blue Hills Avenue (

Connecticut Transit

operates several bus routes through the neighborhood, such as the 50, 52 and 54, which run on Blue Hills Avenue, the 56 and 58, which run up on Albany Avenue and Bloomfield Avenue, the 74, which runs through Westbrook Village on its way to Copaco Shopping Center via Granby Street, and the 76, which runs on Cornwall Street towards Bowles Park.

Blue Hills has a majority of West Indian and African American people. Educational institutions include Annie Fisher ES, Mountain Laurel School (Annie Fisher School Annex), Sarah J. Rawson ES, Mark Twain ES, Martin Luther King, Jr. ES, Weaver HS, Watkinson School, and the University of Hartford.

Geography

According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP portion of Blue Hills has a total area of 1.2 square miles (3.0 km²), all land.^[2]

Demographics

Historical population

Census	Pop.	Note	%±
2000	3,020		—
2010	2,901		−3.9%
2020	2,762		−4.8%
U.S. Decennial Census[3] 2010[4] 2020[5]

2020 census

Blue Hills CDP, Connecticut – Racial and ethnic composition
Note: the US Census treats Hispanic/Latino as an ethnic category. This table excludes Latinos from the racial categories and assigns them to a separate category. Hispanics/Latinos may be of any race.

Race / Ethnicity (NH = Non-Hispanic)	Pop 2010[4]	Pop 2020[5]	% 2010	% 2020
White alone (NH)	130	96	4.48%	3.48%
Black or African American alone (NH)	2,510	2,300	86.52%	83.27%
Alaska Native alone (NH)	2	7	0.07%	0.25%
Asian alone (NH)	6	17	0.21%	0.62%
Pacific Islander alone (NH)	1	0	0.03%	0.00%
Some Other Race alone (NH)	3	17	0.10%	0.62%
Mixed Race or Multi-Racial (NH)	89	92	3.07%	3.33%
Hispanic or Latino (any race)	160	233	5.52%	8.44%
Total	2,901	2,762	100.00%	100.00%

2000 Census

As of the

of any race were 4.07% of the population.

In 2000, 23.9% of Blue Hills residents identified as being of Jamaican heritage. This was the highest percentage of Jamaican Americans of any place in the country.

There were 1,008 households, out of which 30.2% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 43.9% were married couples living together, 28.4% had a female householder with no husband present, and 22.4% were non-families. 19.5% of all households were made up of individuals, and 8.7% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.89 and the average family size was 3.29.

In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 25.7% under the age of 18, 7.8% from 18 to 24, 25.8% from 25 to 44, 25.6% from 45 to 64, and 15.1% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 82.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 79.1 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,859, and the median income for a family was $52,361. Males had a median income of $36,842 versus $30,972 for females. The

, including 14.6% of those under age 18 and 13.1% of those age 65 or over.

Transportation

The main north-south roads are Granby Street and Blue Hills Avenue (

.

Education

Blue Hills is home to Annie Fisher School, Mark Twain School, Weaver High School, Watkinson School, and the University of Hartford

Religion

Blue Hills is home to The First Cathedral, New England's largest Protestant church.

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