Wethersfield was founded in 1634, and claims to be the oldest town in Connecticut. It was settled by farmers relocation from Watertown in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. Hartford was settled the year before, but was viewed as only a trading post.
Silas Deane, commissioner to France during the American Revolutionary War, lived in the town, and his house is now part of the Webb Deane Stevens Museum.
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There are 11,214 households out of which 25.2% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 53.9% are married couples living together, 9.6% have a woman whose husband does not live with her, and 33.9% are non-families. 30.2% of all households are made up of individuals and 15.9% have someone living alone who is 65 years of age or older. The average household size is 2.31 and the average family size is 2.89.
In the town the population is spread out with 20.1% under the age of 18, 4.8% from 18 to 24, 26.6% from 25 to 44, 25.1% from 45 to 64, and 23.5% who are 65 years of age or older. The median age is 44 years. For every 100 females there are 86.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there are 82.4 males.
The median income for a household in the town is $53,289, and the median income for a family is $68,154. Males have a median income of $43,998 versus $37,443 for females. The per capita income for the town is $28,930. 4.4% of the population and 2.4% of families are below the poverty line. Out of the total people living in poverty, 3.8% are under the age of 18 and 5.5% are 65 or older.