Census-designated place · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

East Brooklyn, Connecticut

East Brooklyn is a census-designated place in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Putnam, CT metro area. It has 2,377 residents. East Brooklyn, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 41 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,236 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #154 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on students per teacher (low), poverty rate (low) and public libraries (high). It ranks worst on child care cost burden (high), new business applications (low) and unemployment rate (high).

41Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,236 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #154 of 160 in CT
Population: 2,377 (2020-2024)
Land area: 3 mi²
Density: 935.5 /mi²
FIPS code: 0921160

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 73 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.

Safety53#7,271/15,637
Economy40#9,389/15,631
Housing12#13,165/14,977
Health59#6,425/15,609
Healthcare50#7,799/15,650
Environment76#3,751/15,453
Education33#10,414/15,649
Infrastructure40#9,337/15,650
Community43#8,847/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,867/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where East Brooklyn, Connecticut ranks highest and lowest among US cities and towns (score = percentile, 100 = best). Values marked “Northeastern 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

Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100Connecticut 11.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Poverty rate · low3.0%
93/100Connecticut 10.1%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Public libraries · high2.0 /10k
92/100Connecticut 0.6 /10kUnited States 0.5 /10k2024Institute of Museum and Library ServicesNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.8 µg/m³
91/100Connecticut 6.8 µg/m³United States 8.0 µg/m³2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Median Air Quality Index · low35
84/100Connecticut 422025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Dental care shortage · low0.0
84/100Connecticut 3.5United States 5.7Oct 2026Health Resources and Services AdministrationNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value

Weaknesses

Child care cost burden · high41.7%
5/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
New business applications · low8.1 /1k
7/100Connecticut 13.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Unemployment rate · high10.3%
9/100Connecticut 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025High uncertainty
Hospital quality rating · low2.0
9/100Connecticut 3.4United States 3.2Jul 2026Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Bachelor's degree or higher · low11.8%
11/100Connecticut 42.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Time spent in the emergency room · high221 min
12/100Connecticut 190 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value

Trends

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

PopulationRising
1,521 (2015-2019) → 2,377 (2020-2024)
+56%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
73.5% (2015-2019) → 51.5% (2020-2024)
−22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.1% (2015-2019) → 89.3% (2020-2024)
+17 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Child poverty rateImproving
17.4% (2015-2019) → 1.7% (2020-2024)
−16 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Poverty rateImproving
16.6% (2015-2019) → 3.0% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 12.3% → 12.1%
Median household incomeImproving
$48,315 (2015-2019) → $73,698 (2020-2024)
+53%5 yearsCensus table B19013US $65,712 → $81,604

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.

Over about five years, East Brooklyn, Connecticut improved on 1 of 6 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 5 moved within the margin of error and 0 barely changed.

Earlier (2015-2019)
Latest (2020-2024)
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among cities and towns: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts.

Improved1

Broadband+17 points72.1% → 89.3%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 6 measures

Change of every measure of East Brooklyn, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	31.4 min2015-2019	25.3 min2020-2024	−6.0 min	Within the margin of error	93%
Broadband subscriptions	72.1%2015-2019	89.3%2020-2024	+17 points	Improved	85%
High school diploma or higher	86.2%2015-2019	88.0%2020-2024	+1.8 points	Within the margin of error	57%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.4642015-2019	0.4892020-2024	+0.025	Within the margin of error	30%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%
Rent as share of income	34.3%2015-2019	35.4%2020-2024	+1.1 points	Within the margin of error	46%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15075 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Values are the latest and the one five years earlier of the same publisher dataset; datasets that changed publisher in between are never compared.

Survey estimates (American Community Survey) compare the two most recent 5-year windows that do not share years, so the margin of error of the difference holds. The 2015-2019 window predates the pandemic and 2020-2024 includes it.
A change counts only when it is larger than 1.645 times the square root of the two standard errors squared, summed (a 90% margin). Measures published without a margin must change by at least 5% to count.
“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 15651 cities and towns that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.
Standing is a percentile among the same places: 0 is the lowest value on the measure (or the worst when lower is better), 100 the best.

Cities and towns like East Brooklyn, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of East Brooklyn, 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 East Brooklyn, Connecticut five years ago has more measures that improved than declined, with a higher standing among its peers today.

For comparison, East Brooklyn, Connecticut itself moved +7.5 points in standing on average over the same 5 measures (standings of all places average about zero).

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

2,377 residents (±472)

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

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: 10–19 women (+6.3 points).

† 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

2,377 residents (±472)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White70%1,663
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino1.1%†25

Education

1,789 residents (±354)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma12%†215
High school or GED36%†642
Some college33%

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

905 households (±155)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k10%†92
$25k–50k34%†309
$50k–75k7.1%†64
$75k–100k12%†113
$100k–150k18%†161
$150k–200k9.5%†86
$200k or more8.8%†80

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−25.3 points).

† 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

905 households (±155)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own74%667
Rent26%†238

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+29.8 points).

† 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

205 households (±103)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $75039%†80
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,50049%†101

Home values

667 homes (±168)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k8.8%†59
$150k–250k32%†211
$250k–400k33%†

Age of homes

993 homes (±186)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later3.5%†35
2000–200914%†138
1980–199930%†

Size of homes

993 homes (±186)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom11%†113
2 bedrooms23%†232

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

999 workers (±235)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone88%879
Carpool9.2%†92
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.9%†9
Bike0.0%0
Work from home1.9%†19
Other0.0%0

No change since 2015–2019 is larger than the margin of error.

† 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

980 workers (±237)

East Brooklyn, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min30%†290
15–29 min24%†236
30–44 min30%†

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 Putnam, 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 Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, the county holding most of East Brooklyn's residents.

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 1,751 employer establishments, 181 for every 10,000 residents (0.73× the US rate of 248; 0.74× Connecticut's), with 25,003 paid employees at an average annual pay of $50,970. The Census Bureau also counts 6,655 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 1,751; 6,655 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 181; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 25,003
Average annual pay: $50,970; US $68,342

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

Specialty trade contractors	162	16.7	1.08×About typical	698	$68,438	693
Restaurants and other eating places	154	15.9	0.87×About typical	2,215	$23,921	22
Ambulatory health care services	110	11.4	0.55×Fewer than typical	1,222	$68,425	348
Building equipment contractors	76	7.9	1.30×More than typical	234	$64,316	128
Full-service restaurants	68	7	0.91×About typical	1,137	$26,630	11
Services to buildings and dwellings	67	6.9	1.03×About typical	172	$45,047	362
Limited-service restaurants	50	5.2	0.64×Fewer than typical	759	$19,921	8
Religious organizations	50	5.2	0.93×About typical	200	$20,875	—
Automotive repair and maintenance	46	4.8	0.94×About typical	181	$43,061	87
Construction of buildings	46	4.8	0.63×Fewer than typical	143	$50,420	241
Landscaping services	46	4.8	1.36×More than typical	95	$57,337	175
Electrical contractors and wiring installation	44	4.5	1.84×More than typical	147	$64,816	70

Rank places for an industry Open Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 96,790 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: East Brooklyn is mostly in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

See federal money in Northeastern 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.

East Brooklyn, Connecticut is represented in the 119th Congress by these members.

House

Joe CourtneyD-CT-2 · 100% of residentsWith party 96%Missed 4.6%

Senate

Explore Congress The 2026 races

County

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

Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region78100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Putnam, CT80

Other cities and towns in Northeastern 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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