Census-designated place · Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Ball Pond, Connecticut

Ball Pond is a census-designated place in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area. It has 2,627 residents. Ball Pond, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 90 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,589 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #40 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), average weekly wage (high) and traffic deaths (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), child care cost burden (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

90Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,589 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #40 of 160 in CT
Population: 2,627 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 2,329.8 /mi²
FIPS code: 0902480

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 75 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US cities and towns.

Safety97#426/15,637
Economy84#2,548/15,631
Housing20#12,039/14,977
Health96#680/15,609
Healthcare90#1,492/15,650
Environment22#11,979/15,453
Education86#2,204/15,649
Infrastructure82#2,860/15,650
Community81#2,982/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#230/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Ball Pond, Connecticut ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Western Connecticut Planning Region value” are the county’s: the source publishes no figure for this city or town, and the county holding most of its residents stands in.

Strengths

Gyms and fitness centers · high3.3 /10k
99/100Connecticut 1.8 /10kUnited States 1.3 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Average weekly wage · high$2,607
99/100Connecticut $1,750United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Traffic deaths · low4.6 /100k
97/100Connecticut 8.8 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Firearm deaths · low3.0 /100k
96/100Connecticut 4.5 /100kUnited States 12.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Model-based estimateProvisional dataWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Suicide rate · low6.9 /100k
96/100Connecticut 10.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Provisional dataWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Arts, entertainment and recreation · high10.4 /10k
95/100Connecticut 6.2 /10kUnited States 5.5 /10k2025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsWestern Connecticut Planning Region value

Weaknesses

High ozone days · high15 days
4/100Connecticut 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Western Connecticut Planning Region value
Child care cost burden · high41.2%
6/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Western Connecticut Planning Region value
Days with unhealthy air · high5.6%
8/100Connecticut 3.5%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Western Connecticut Planning Region value
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.476
19/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Rent-burdened households · high44.6%
22/100Connecticut 52.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070High uncertainty
Rent as share of income · high23.7%
22/100Connecticut 31.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071High uncertainty

Trends

The largest changes over about five years, next to the country's over the same periods.

Rent-burdened householdsImproving
87.6% (2016-2020) → 44.6% (2020-2024)
−43 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
48.2% (2016-2020) → 23.7% (2020-2024)
−25 pts4 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.6% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateImproving
9.6% (2016-2020) → 1.8% (2020-2024)
−7.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Public transit commutersWorsening
4.8% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−4.8 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
High school diploma or higherImproving
93.0% (2016-2020) → 97.3% (2020-2024)
+4.3 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.5% → 89.6%
Poverty rateImproving
7.8% (2016-2020) → 4.3% (2020-2024)
−3.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 11.9% → 12.1%

What changed in five years

How each measure moved between two periods about five years apart, read against whether more or less is better, the published margin of error and the same change in other places.

There is not enough history to compare Ball Pond, Connecticut over five years.

Cities and towns like Ball Pond, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Ball Pond, Connecticut in the earlier period, ranked by how many measures improved beyond the margin of error, minus how many declined. A comparison of published data, not a forecast and not advice.

No place that looked like Ball Pond, Connecticut five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

How the ranking works

Similarity is the root-mean-square difference of standings in the earlier period over the measures most places have. Places are ranked by measures that improved beyond the margin of error minus those that declined (a count that estimation noise in small places cannot inflate), then by the mean change of standing over the measures a place has in both periods. Only places with more improvements than declines and a rise in standing are listed. Standings are relative, so a place can improve in absolute terms and still lose standing.

Who lives here

Age, race and education of residents, from the American Community Survey. Shares are of all residents (age), residents of every origin (race) or adults 25 and over (education).

Age and sex

2,627 residents (±549)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79†
60–69†
50–59†
40–49†
30–39†
20–29†
10–19†
Under 10†

Share of all residents, each sex

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

2,627 residents (±549)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White80%2,103
Black0.8%†20
Hispanic or Latino12%†304

Education

1,725 residents (±288)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma2.7%†47
High school or GED27%†461
Some college21%†365

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Income

How household income is spread, not just the middle: each bar is the share of households in that income range.

Household income

915 households (±142)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k3.5%†32
$25k–50k12%†109
$50k–75k19%†177
$75k–100k9.7%†89
$100k–150k18%†164
$150k–200k15%†136
$200k or more23%†208

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B19001View table on data.census.gov

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Homes

Who owns and who rents, what homes cost, and what the housing stock looks like.

Owners and renters

915 households (±142)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own90%823
Rent10%†92

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

83 households (±59)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0
$1,500–2,000

Home values

823 homes (±132)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k1.1%†9
$150k–250k9.7%†80
$250k–400k40%†332

Age of homes

959 homes (±141)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later1.0%†10
2000–20090.4%†4
1980–19997.8%†75

Size of homes

959 homes (±141)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms28%†270

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Getting to work

How workers travel to their job and how long it takes them.

How people get to work

1,213 workers (±332)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone72%874
Carpool10.0%†121
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home18%†218
Other0.0%0

† Wide margin of error (more than 30% of the estimate): read with care.

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

995 workers (±316)

Ball Pond, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min17%†166
15–29 min37%†364
30–44 min15%†145

Counts are survey estimates, each with a margin of error. The grouping into ranges is ours; every count is the Census Bureau's.

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics publishes pay by metro area, not by county or city. The metro area page lists its largest occupations and lets you look up any job.

Pay in the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

Local businesses

Employer businesses and sole proprietors by industry, per resident and against the state and the nation. Counts of businesses next to counts of people, not a measure of demand.

The Census Bureau publishes business counts by county, not by city, so these are the figures of Western Connecticut Planning Region, the county holding most of Ball Pond's residents.

Western Connecticut Planning Region has 19,955 employer establishments, 317 for every 10,000 residents (1.28× the US rate of 248; 1.29× Connecticut's), with 292,288 paid employees at an average annual pay of $113,020. The Census Bureau also counts 79,134 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 19,955; 79,134 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 317; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 292,288
Average annual pay: $113,020; US $68,342

Employer establishments, employees, average pay and nonemployers of Western Connecticut Planning Region by industry, with the density per resident against the nation

Ambulatory health care services	1,597	25.3	1.22×About typical	18,754	$86,850	3,859
Restaurants and other eating places	1,543	24.5	1.33×More than typical	21,048	$32,048	319
Specialty trade contractors	1,094	17.4	1.12×About typical	7,066	$76,650	5,062
Services to buildings and dwellings	830	13.2	1.95×More than typical	7,355	$45,647	4,490
Full-service restaurants	755	12	1.56×More than typical	12,399	$36,049	161
Lessors of real estate	752	11.9	0.97×About typical	4,672	$94,790	10,102
Management, scientific and technical consulting	728	11.6	1.72×More than typical	6,766	$137,882	5,051
Landscaping services	619	9.8	2.80×More than typical	3,041	$63,191	1,308
Offices of physicians	588	9.3	1.44×More than typical	8,636	$115,521	797
Personal care services	582	9.2	1.93×More than typical	3,600	$30,274	1,569
Construction of buildings	547	8.7	1.15×About typical	2,751	$98,142	2,557
Limited-service restaurants	547	8.7	1.08×About typical	6,294	$26,813	106

Rank places for an industry Open Western Connecticut Planning Region

County Business Patterns (2023); Nonemployer Statistics (2024)

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 630,270 residents here, 336,755,052 in the United States. County Business Patterns counts establishments in 2023; the Nonemployer Statistics count businesses in 2024.
“More than typical” is a density at least 1.25 times the nation's per resident, “fewer” at most 0.8 times, with at least 10 establishments. It compares counts of businesses with counts of people: it says nothing about demand, incomes, size, quality or profit, and visitors and commuters are not residents.
The Census Bureau adds noise to employment and payroll to protect confidentiality, and withholds some figures: an industry with few establishments can show employees or pay as unavailable.
Industries overlap: a narrower industry (full-service restaurants) is part of a broader one (restaurants), so the rows do not add up.
Industries follow the North American Industry Classification System; the two surveys use different editions (NAICS 2017 and 2022), which this page matches industry by industry.

Federal contracts performed here

No federal contract obligations recorded here in FY2026.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Ball Pond is mostly in Western Connecticut Planning Region.

See federal money in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Representation in Congress

Members serving today, with their record in the current Congress (party-unity votes cast with their caucus, roll calls missed). Not a grade.

Ball Pond, Connecticut is split between congressional districts: each representative is shown with the share of its residents in their district (current boundaries).