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Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs (/stɔːrz/ storz) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 15,979 at the 2020 census.
Storrs is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land (170 acres (0.69 km2)) and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Slate named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster."
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has an area of 14.9 km2 (5.7 mi2), of which 14.7 km2 (5.7 mi2) is land and 0.1 km2 (0.04 mi2) (0.53%) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Storrs had a population of 15,979. The median age was 20.6 years. 2.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 5.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.2 males age 18 and over.
97.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.6% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,172 households in Storrs, of which 13.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 19.7% were married-couple households, 31.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 45.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,494 housing units, of which 12.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.1%.
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Storrs, Connecticut
Storrs (/stɔːrz/ storz) is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Mansfield in eastern Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The village is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 15,979 at the 2020 census.
Storrs is dominated economically and demographically by the main campus of the University of Connecticut and the associated Connecticut Repertory Theatre.
Storrs was named after Charles and Augustus Storrs, two brothers who founded the University of Connecticut (originally called the Storrs Agricultural College) by giving the land (170 acres (0.69 km2)) and $6,000 in 1881. In the aftermath of September 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Slate named Storrs "America's Best Place to Avoid Death Due to Natural Disaster."
According to the United States Census Bureau, the community has an area of 14.9 km2 (5.7 mi2), of which 14.7 km2 (5.7 mi2) is land and 0.1 km2 (0.04 mi2) (0.53%) is water.
As of the 2020 census, Storrs had a population of 15,979. The median age was 20.6 years. 2.8% of residents were under the age of 18 and 5.3% of residents were 65 years of age or older. For every 100 females there were 91.4 males, and for every 100 females age 18 and over there were 91.2 males age 18 and over.
97.4% of residents lived in urban areas, while 2.6% lived in rural areas.
There were 2,172 households in Storrs, of which 13.8% had children under the age of 18 living in them. Of all households, 19.7% were married-couple households, 31.7% were households with a male householder and no spouse or partner present, and 45.5% were households with a female householder and no spouse or partner present. About 37.4% of all households were made up of individuals and 13.2% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.
There were 2,494 housing units, of which 12.9% were vacant. The homeowner vacancy rate was 4.8% and the rental vacancy rate was 8.1%.