Oakville is a

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(CDP) and neighborhood section of Watertown, in Litchfield County,

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, United States. The population was 9,047 as of the 2010 census. It is the most populous community in Watertown, with more than twice as many people as the center village of Watertown. The ZIP code 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

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. The

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freeway forms the eastern edge of Oakville, with access from a half-exit at

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. Oakville is north of Interstate 84 in Waterbury and southeast of

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. According to the

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, the Oakville CDP has a total area of , of which , or 1.06%, are water. Steele Brook, a tributary of the

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, flows through Oakville, with a dam in the center of town forming Pin Shop Pond.

Demographics

The most reported ancestries in

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were: *

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(28.9%) * Irish (20%) * English (11.7%) *

German German(s) may refer to: * Germany, the country of the Germans and German things **Germania (Roman era) * Germans, citizens of Germany, people of German ancestry, or native speakers of the German language ** For citizenship in Germany, see also Ge ...

(9.5%) * French (9.2%) *

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(5.9%) *

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(5.1%) * Puerto Rican (4.6%) * Lithuanian (3.1%) *

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(2.5%) As of the

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of 2000, there were 8,618 people, 3,255 households, and 2,369 families residing in the CDP. The

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was 1,053.0/km (2,726.7/mi²). There were 3,358 housing units at an average density of 410.3/km (1,062.5/mi²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 95.72%

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, 1.17%

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, 0.08% Native American, 1.13% Asian, 0.02%

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, 0.64% from other races, and 1.24% from two or more races.

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or Latino 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

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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

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for the CDP was $20,763. About 1.6% of families and 3.2% of the population were below the

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, 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

Education

It is in the Watertown School District.
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References

External links

Town of Watertown official website
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