Census-designated place · Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut

Daniels Farm, Connecticut

Daniels Farm is a census-designated place in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area. It has 5,976 residents. Daniels Farm, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #1,944 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #49 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on poor or fair health (low), distance to an Amtrak station (low) and adult smoking (low). It ranks worst on high ozone days (high), child care cost burden (high) and days with unhealthy air (high).

88Very high

Quality-of-life score: #1,944 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #49 of 160 in CT
Population: 5,976 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 1,225.3 /mi²
FIPS code: 0918675

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.

Safety85#2,381/15,637
Economy93#1,069/15,631
Housing16#12,554/14,977
Health98#342/15,609
Healthcare95#852/15,650
Environment29#10,960/15,453
Education90#1,510/15,649
Infrastructure94#888/15,650
Community69#4,857/15,651
Leisure & amenities60#6,278/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Daniels Farm, Connecticut ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Greater Bridgeport 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 · low9.2%
99/100Connecticut 15.9%United States 19.9%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Distance to an Amtrak station · low4 mi
99/100Connecticut 8 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauGreater Bridgeport Planning Region value
Adult smoking · low6.5%
98/100Connecticut 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Adult obesity · low21.5%
98/100Connecticut 30.7%United States 38.2%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteModel-based estimate
Median household income · high$189,091
98/100Connecticut $95,670United States $81,6042020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19013
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.8%
98/100Connecticut 7.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

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)Greater Bridgeport Planning Region value
Child care cost burden · high41.4%
5/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Greater Bridgeport Planning Region value
Days with unhealthy air · high5.8%
7/100Connecticut 3.5%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Greater Bridgeport Planning Region value
Effective property tax rate · high1.68%
15/100Connecticut 1.54%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Natural hazard risk · high78.5
20/100Connecticut 69.12025Federal Emergency Management AgencyGreater Bridgeport Planning Region value
Rent as share of income · high38.0%
20/100Connecticut 31.4%United States 30.6%2019-2023U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25071High uncertainty

Trends

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

PopulationRising
5,656 (2016-2020) → 5,976 (2020-2024)
+5.7%4 yearsCensus table B01003US 331,578,104 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateImproving
8.0% (2016-2020) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−8 pts4 yearsCensus table B17001US 15.7% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
62.0% (2016-2020) → 55.0% (2020-2024)
−7 pts4 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.1% → 51.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$155,478 (2016-2020) → $189,091 (2020-2024)
+22%4 yearsCensus table B19013US $67,340 → $81,604
Average commute timeWorsening
37.9 min (2016-2020) → 42.9 min (2020-2024)
+13%4 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Income inequality (Gini index)Improving
0.437 (2016-2020) → 0.379 (2020-2024)
−13%4 yearsCensus table B19083US 0.482 → 0.483

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 Daniels Farm, Connecticut over five years.

Cities and towns like Daniels Farm, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Daniels Farm, 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 Daniels Farm, 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

5,976 residents (±731)

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

5,976 residents (±731)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White82%4,918
Black0.9%†52
Hispanic or Latino3.5%†208

Education

3,869 residents (±404)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma1.7%†64
High school or GED16%632
Some college12%†463

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

1,954 households (±204)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k3.3%†64
$25k–50k9.3%†181
$50k–75k4.1%†80
$75k–100k3.0%†59
$100k–150k17%†324
$150k–200k15%†302
$200k or more48%944

† 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

1,954 households (±204)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own95%1,851
Rent5.3%†103

† 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

20 households (±22)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00055%†11
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

1,851 homes (±197)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k2.2%†40
$150k–250k6.4%†118
$250k–400k4.6%†86

Age of homes

2,007 homes (±207)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later1.7%†34
2000–200911%†213
1980–199918%352

Size of homes

2,007 homes (±207)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.3%†7
1 bedroom0.0%0
2 bedrooms2.2%†44

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

2,878 workers (±400)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone64%1,853
Carpool1.6%†45
Public transit7.5%†216
Walk0.0%0
Bike0.0%0
Work from home27%764
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

2,114 workers (±430)

Daniels Farm, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min13%†269
15–29 min25%531
30–44 min28%†584

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 Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, the county holding most of Daniels Farm's residents.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region has 6,941 employer establishments, 209 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.85× Connecticut's), with 107,114 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,734. The Census Bureau also counts 32,778 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 6,941; 32,778 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 209; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 107,114
Average annual pay: $61,734; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	749	22.6	1.08×About typical	9,408	$72,969	1,916
Restaurants and other eating places	607	18.3	1.00×About typical	8,268	$26,695	223
Specialty trade contractors	435	13.1	0.85×About typical	3,123	$75,614	2,388
Offices of physicians	315	9.5	1.46×More than typical	3,489	$100,777	252
Full-service restaurants	251	7.6	0.98×About typical	3,965	$30,774	98
Limited-service restaurants	249	7.5	0.93×About typical	3,250	$23,041	95
Services to buildings and dwellings	245	7.4	1.09×About typical	3,645	$34,681	1,686
Lessors of real estate	230	6.9	0.56×Fewer than typical	820	$69,639	3,388
Legal services	209	6.3	1.17×About typical	1,078	$127,642	321
Building equipment contractors	204	6.1	1.02×About typical	1,416	$82,732	379
Personal care services	181	5.5	1.14×About typical	990	$28,792	1,142
Schools, colleges and instruction	157	4.7	1.35×More than typical	9,083	$36,673	1,164

Rank places for an industry Open Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 332,081 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 $86.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Daniels Farm, Connecticut: $14.45 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $86.3K; −82% vs FY2025
Per resident: $14.45; US $1,994
Sole-source: 38%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.3%; 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$53.4K62%
Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Indian Education$32.1K37%
Department of Veterans Affairs$7420.9%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

-20.4KFY2017
7.8KFY2018
2.4KFY2019
2.1KFY2020
13KFY2021
11KFY2022
16.9KFY2023
63.3KFY2024

Top industries (NAICS)

Electrical equipment manufacturing · 3353$51.5K60%
Scientific research and development services · 5417$32.1K37%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$1,2331.4%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$7420.9%
Other electrical equipment and component manufacturing · 3359$4940.6%
Semiconductor and other electronic component manufacturing · 3344

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 3, 2026, loaded Oct 3, 2026.

How this is estimated

Agencies report each contract action's place of performance as a county and a ZIP code. A ZIP code's money is split among the cities it covers by the share of its land inside each (Census 2020 ZIP code tabulation areas); the part outside city limits stays with the county.

The place of performance is what the contracting agency reports, often the contractor's office rather than where the work happens.
Shares are of land, not of people or businesses: a ZIP code that is mostly rural land but has its offices in town gives the town less than it should.
ZIP codes that are not mapped areas (post office boxes, the unique ZIP codes of large federal sites and companies) stay with their county, unless one city covers nearly all of it.
Counts of actions and awards include those only partly in Daniels Farm, Connecticut, so they do not add up across cities.

Daniels Farm, Connecticut's figures are part of those of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT ($3B in FY2026), never added to them: 0.0% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Daniels Farm is mostly in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region.

See federal money in Greater Bridgeport 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.

Daniels Farm, 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.

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region72100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT88

Other cities and towns in Greater Bridgeport 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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Scores by category

Strengths · Weaknesses

Strengths

Weaknesses

Trends

What changed in five years

Cities and towns like Daniels Farm, Connecticut five years ago that improved