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About Beacon Falls
Beacon Falls is a town in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The
population was 5,246 at the 2000 census.
Beacon Falls has a Metro North railroad station on the Waterbury branch of the
New Haven line. Settlers from Derby, Connecticut settled Beacon Falls in 1678.
The town was incorporated in 1871 on lands carved from the neighboring towns of
Bethany, Seymour, Naugatuck and Oxford.
There are 2,032 households out of which 34.1% had children under the age of 18
living with them, 58.2% were married couples living together, 9.5% had a female
householder with no husband present, and 28.6% were non-families. 23.0% of all
households were made up of individuals and 6.3% had someone living alone who was
65 years of age or older. The average household size was 2.58 and the average
family size was 3.08.
In the town the population was spread out with 25.2% under the age of 18, 6.5%
from 18 to 24, 35.1% from 25 to 44, 23.6% from 45 to 64, and 9.6% who were 65
years of age or older. The median age was 37 years. For every 100 females there
were 100.6 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 96.5 males.
The median income for a household in the town was $56,592, and the median income
for a family was $62,461. Males had a median income of $41,696 versus $34,844
for females. The per capita income for the town was $25,285. About 4.2% of
families and 5.9% of the population were below the poverty line, including 9.8%
of those under age 18 and 4.6% of those age 65 or over.
Beacon Falls is home to Woodland Regional High School which is part of the
Region 16 school district. The Hawks football team are Class SS state champions
in 2004 and 2005 seasons.