Oakville, Connecticut

Oakville, Connecticut
GNIS feature ID		209448

Oakville is a

for Oakville is 06779.

Geography

Oakville is in the southeastern part of Watertown. It is bordered to the northwest by the village of Watertown and to the south by the city of Waterbury. The Connecticut Route 8 freeway forms the eastern edge of Oakville, with access from a half-exit at Connecticut Route 262. Oakville is 3 miles (5 km) north of Interstate 84 in Waterbury and 2 miles (3 km) southeast of U.S. Route 6.

According to the United States Census Bureau, the Oakville CDP has a total area of 3.3 square miles (8.5 km²), of which 0.04 square miles (0.1 km²), or 1.06%, are water.^[1] Steele Brook, a tributary of the Naugatuck River, flows through Oakville, with a dam in the center of town forming Pin Shop Pond.

Demographics

As of the

of any race were 2.82% of the population.

There were 3,255 households, out of which 33.7% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 58.0% were married couples living together, 10.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 27.2% were non-families. Of all households 23.2% were made up of individuals, and 10.0% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.64 and the average family size was 3.13.

In the community, the population was spread out, with 24.8% under the age of 18, 6.8% from 18 to 24, 31.6% from 25 to 44, 23.0% from 45 to 64, and 13.8% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 38 years. For every 100 females, there were 90.8 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 90.9 males.

The median income for a household in the CDP was $48,395, and the median income for a family was $59,417. Males had a median income of $41,993 versus $29,055 for females. The

, including 1.0% of those under age 18 and 5.7% of those age 65 or over.

Local media

• Waterbury Republican-American
  , a Waterbury-based independent daily newspaper
• Town Times, Prime Publishers Inc., a local newspaper serving Watertown, Oakville, Bunker Hill in Waterbury, Thomaston, and Northfield. Voices, its sister paper, covers Southbury, Middlebury, Oxford, Seymour, Naugatuck, Woodbury, Bethlehem, New Preston, Washington, Washington Depot, Roxbury, Bridgewater, Monroe, Sandy Hook and Newtown

References

External links

• Town of Watertown official website