Census-designated place · Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Compo, Connecticut

Compo is a census-designated place in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area. It has 3,410 residents. Compo, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 93 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,057 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #17 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on poor or fair health (low), median household income (high) and bachelor's degree or higher (high). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), child care cost burden (high) and income inequality (Gini index) (high).

93Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,057 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #17 of 160 in CT
Population: 3,410 (2020-2024)
Land area: 2 mi²
Density: 2,015.4 /mi²
FIPS code: 0916525

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
Economy94#862/15,631
Housing6#14,123/14,977
Health98#313/15,609
Healthcare93#1,061/15,650
Environment22#11,979/15,453
Education90#1,491/15,649
Infrastructure98#332/15,650
Community90#1,557/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#230/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Compo, 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

Poor or fair health · low8.5%
100/100Connecticut 15.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$250,001
100/100Connecticut $95,670United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013At least this value: the publisher's top bracket is open-ended
Bachelor's degree or higher · high81.5%
100/100Connecticut 42.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
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
Adult smoking · low5.8%
99/100Connecticut 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Average weekly wage · high$2,607
99/100Connecticut $1,750United States $1,5142025U.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
Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.505
8/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
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
Home price to income ratio · high6.1×
10/100Connecticut 3.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
Rent as share of income · high44.4%
13/100Connecticut 31.4%United States 30.6%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071

Trends

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

PopulationFalling
3,800 (2016-2020) → 3,410 (2020-2024)
−10%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
58.1% (2016-2020) → 71.6% (2020-2024)
+13 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$170,500 (2016-2020) → $250,001 (2020-2024)
+47%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Public transit commutersWorsening
21.2% (2016-2020) → 12.8% (2020-2024)
−8.4 pts4 yearsCensus table B08301US 4.6% → 3.2%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
73.8% (2016-2020) → 81.5% (2020-2024)
+7.7 pts4 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.9% → 35.7%
Child poverty rateImproving
7.5% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−7.5 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%

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 Compo, Connecticut over five years.

Cities and towns like Compo, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Compo, 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 Compo, 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

3,410 residents (±540)

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

3,410 residents (±540)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White75%2,546
Black5.8%†198
Hispanic or Latino5.2%†177

Education

2,319 residents (±333)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma1.3%†31
High school or GED9.8%†228
Some college3.1%†72

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

1,211 households (±160)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k2.1%†25
$25k–50k7.7%†93
$50k–75k3.0%†36
$75k–100k8.6%†104
$100k–150k12%†144
$150k–200k7.9%†96
$200k or more59%713

† 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

1,211 households (±160)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own90%1,086
Rent10%†125

† 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

116 households (±78)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00016%†18
$1,000–1,50014%†16

Home values

1,086 homes (±138)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k1.4%†15
$150k–250k1.2%†13
$250k–400k4.7%†51

Age of homes

1,303 homes (±160)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later20%†256
2000–200911%†146
1980–199912%†154

Size of homes

1,303 homes (±160)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio4.9%†64
1 bedroom2.2%†29
2 bedrooms8.4%†109

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

1,429 workers (±269)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone39%551
Carpool4.9%†70
Public transit13%†183
Walk5.6%†80
Bike0.0%0
Work from home38%545
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

884 workers (±211)

Compo, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min23%†203
15–29 min27%†240
30–44 min19%†168

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 Compo'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

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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

In FY2026, an estimated $723.1K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Compo, Connecticut: $212 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $723.1K; +32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $212; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 34%; US 8.8%

A signal is a reason to look closer, not evidence of wrongdoing: most sole-source awards are lawful and justified.

Top buying agencies

Defense Logistics Agency$476.3K66%
Department of the Air Force$243.1K

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Compo 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.

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

House

Senate

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County

A city can lie in several counties. Some indicators are published for counties only: the page marks them.

Western Connecticut Planning Region89100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT88

Other cities and towns in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Largest first.

Similar cities and towns

Closest indicator profiles across the country (no model: score distances).

Data and sources

Latest published value of each indicator; periods differ by source. Values flagged by their publisher are marked.

PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Population Estimates ProgramU.S. Census Bureau · release 2025
Small Area Health Insurance EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
Small Area Income and Poverty EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2024
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement

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Strengths

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Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Compo, Connecticut five years ago that improved