Old Saybrook Center is the primary village and a

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(CDP) in the town of

Old Saybrook Old Saybrook is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 10,481 at the 2020 census. It contains the incorporated borough of Fenwick, as well as the census-designated places of Old Saybrook Center and Saybroo ...

, Middlesex County,

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, United States. The population was 2,278 at the 2020 census, out of 10,481 in the entire town of Old Saybrook. The CDP includes the traditional town center and the peninsula known as Saybrook Point.

Geography

Old Saybrook Center is in the southeast part of Middlesex County, in the central and eastern part of the town of Old Saybrook. It is bordered to the east by the tidal Connecticut River and its coves, North Cove near the center of the community and South Cove along the southern edge of the community. Saybrook Point, part of the CDP, occupies the land between the two coves.

U.S. Route 1 U.S. Route 1 or U.S. Highway 1 (US 1) is a major north–south United States Numbered Highway that serves the East Coast of the United States. It runs from Key West, Florida, north to Fort Kent, Maine, at the Canadian border, making ...

passes through the northwest part of the community, leading west to Clinton and northeast to Old Lyme Center.

Connecticut Route 154 Route 154 is a state highway in Connecticut running for . It serves as one of the main thoroughfares in the town of Old Saybrook, intersecting twice with U.S. Route 1. North of I-95, Route 154 runs parallel to Route 9, along to the west bank o ...

passes through the center of Old Saybrook and leads north to

Essex Village Essex Village is a village and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Essex, Connecticut, in the United States. The population was 2,583 at the 2020 census, out of 6,733 in the entire town of Essex. The government offices of the town are loca ...

and southeast to Fenwick. According to the

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, the Old Saybrook Center CDP has a total area of , of which are land and , or 31.47%, are water.

Demographics

As of the

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of 2000, there were 1,962 people, 908 households, and 548 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 984 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 96.08%

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, 0.61%

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, 0.05% Native American, 2.14% Asian, 0.20%

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, 0.66% from

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, and 0.25% from two or more races.

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or Latino of any race were 1.68% of the population. There were 908 households, out of which 19.9% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 50.6% were married couples living together, 6.8% had a female householder with no husband present, and 39.6% were non-families. 34.6% of all households were made up of individuals, and 19.6% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.14 and the average family size was 2.74. In the CDP, the population was spread out, with 17.3% under the age of 18, 4.3% from 18 to 24, 22.8% from 25 to 44, 28.2% from 45 to 64, and 27.3% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 48 years. For every 100 females, there were 88.5 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 84.9 males. The median income for a household in the CDP was $50,625, and the median income for a family was $63,021. Males had a median income of $46,522 versus $41,250 for females. The

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for the CDP was $33,217. None of the families and 4.6% of the population were living below the

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, including no under eighteens and 7.5% of those over 64.

References

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