Median household income in Connecticut ticked up nearly 3 percent in 2016, while the number of people living below the poverty line trended down, according to the latest data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
Household median income was $73,433 last year, up from $71,346 in 2015. Median income has been mostly on the rise since a dip in 2010.
Meanwhile, the percentage of families living in poverty in Connecticut last year fell to 6.8 percent, down from 7.4 percent in 2015, according to the Census Bureau’s data, which was released last week.
The poverty rate for individuals last year was 9.8 percent, down from 10.5 percent the year before.
