Census-designated place · Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Greenwich, Connecticut

Greenwich is a census-designated place in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area. It has 14,792 residents. Greenwich, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 86 out of 100 (very high), ranking #2,232 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #59 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on gyms and fitness centers (high), average weekly wage (high) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), home price to income ratio (high) and high ozone days (high).

86Very high

Quality-of-life score: #2,232 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #59 of 160 in CT
Population: 14,792 (2020-2024)
Land area: 5 mi²
Density: 3,054.9 /mi²
FIPS code: 0933690

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
Economy58#6,535/15,631
Housing8#13,755/14,977
Health96#566/15,609
Healthcare84#2,565/15,650
Environment22#11,979/15,453
Education94#891/15,649
Infrastructure80#3,183/15,650
Community86#2,187/15,651
Leisure & amenities98#230/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Greenwich, 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
Public transit commuters · high11.8%
98/100Connecticut 3.3%United States 3.2%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B08301
Traffic deaths · low4.6 /100k
97/100Connecticut 8.8 /100kUnited States 12.3 /100k2020-2024National Highway Traffic Safety AdministrationProvisional dataWestern Connecticut Planning Region value
Bachelor's degree or higher · high70.3%
97/100Connecticut 42.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
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

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.619
0/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Home price to income ratio · high11.2×
2/100Connecticut 3.8×United States 4.1×2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25077
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
Unemployment rate · high8.1%
16/100Connecticut 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025

Trends

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

PopulationRising
13,287 (2015-2019) → 14,792 (2020-2024)
+11%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Child poverty rateWorsening
5.1% (2015-2019) → 19.6% (2020-2024)
+15 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
45.0% (2015-2019) → 55.5% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherImproving
60.3% (2015-2019) → 70.3% (2020-2024)
+10 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
Public transit commutersWorsening
21.1% (2015-2019) → 11.8% (2020-2024)
−9.3 pts5 yearsCensus table B08301US 5.0% → 3.2%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
27.4% (2015-2019) → 34.3% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%

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, Greenwich, Connecticut improved on 2 of 14 measures with a comparison and declined on 2. 10 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.

Improved2

Bachelor's++10 points60.3% → 70.3%
Household income+23%$109,500 → $134,914

Declined2

Unemployment+3.4 points4.7% → 8.1%
Transit use−9.3 points21.1% → 11.8%

All 14 measures

Change of every measure of Greenwich, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	29.1 min2015-2019	27.9 min2020-2024	−1.1 min	Within the margin of error	62%
Bachelor's degree or higher	60.3%2015-2019	70.3%2020-2024	+10 points	Improved	90%
Broadband subscriptions	88.8%2015-2019	92.4%2020-2024	+3.6 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	0.58%2015-2019	0.70%2020-2024	+0.1 points	Within the margin of error	5%
High school diploma or higher	94.6%2015-2019	95.2%2020-2024	+0.5 points	Within the margin of error	40%
Home price to income ratio	10.3×2015-2019	11.2×2020-2024	+0.9×	Within the margin of error	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.6082015-2019	0.6202020-2024	+0.012	Within the margin of error	40%
Median household income	$109,5002015-2019	$134,9142020-2024	+23%	Improved	40%
Poverty rate	7.8%2015-2019	11.2%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Within the margin of error	18%
Public transit commuters	21.1%2015-2019	11.8%2020-2024	−9.3 points	Declined	2%
Rent as share of income	27.4%2015-2019	34.3%2020-2024	+6.9 points	Within the margin of error	15%
Rent-burdened households	45.0%2015-2019	55.5%2020-2024	+10 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Unemployment rate	4.7%2015-2019	8.1%2020-2024	+3.4 points	Declined	8%
Uninsured residents (under 65)	7.2%2015-2019	7.1%2020-2024	−0.1 points	Within the margin of error	48%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 14640 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 Greenwich, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Greenwich, 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.

For comparison, Greenwich, Connecticut itself moved −10.1 points in standing on average over the same 10 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

14,792 residents (±1,194)

Men
Women

80 and over†
70–79
60–69

Income

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

Household income

5,884 households (±372)

Greenwich, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k13%770
$25k–50k11%†642
$50k–75k9.0%†

Homes

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

Owners and renters

5,884 households (±372)

Greenwich, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own54%3,183
Rent46%2,701

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+8.6 points).

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Getting to work

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

How people get to work

6,343 workers (±571)

Greenwich, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone50%3,199
Carpool5.6%†353
Public transit12%746

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 Greenwich'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

In FY2026, an estimated $1.3M of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Greenwich, Connecticut: $86.13 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $1.3M; +189% vs FY2025
Per resident: $86.13; US $1,994
Sole-source: 73%; US 30%
Single offer: 0.0%; 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

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation$936.7K74%
Department of Veterans Affairs$270.6K21%
Department of the Army$66.8K5.2%
Department of the Air Force$5230.0%

Top recipients

Spending by fiscal year

4.7KFY2017
3.6KFY2020
-12KFY2022
31.4KFY2023
29.8KFY2024
441.1KFY2025
1.3MFY2026

What was bought

Professional services

Top industries (NAICS)

Other financial investment activities · 5239$951.3K75%
Software publishers · 5132$270.6K21%
Management, scientific, and technical consulting services · 5416$66.8K5.2%
Apparel accessories and other apparel manufacturing · 3159$5230.0%

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 Greenwich, Connecticut, so they do not add up across cities.

Greenwich, Connecticut's figures are part of those of Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT ($135.9M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.9% of that total.

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

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

House

Senate

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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