Scores by category

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

Safety66#5,267/15,637
Economy59#6,413/15,631
Housing9#13,603/14,977
Health75#3,874/15,609
Healthcare86#2,139/15,650
Environment30#10,807/15,453
Education57#6,668/15,649
Infrastructure69#4,788/15,650
Community67#5,196/15,651
Leisure & amenities82#2,793/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Mental health providers · high656 /100k
95/100Connecticut 514 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteCapitol Planning Region value
Public EV charging ports · high15.9 /10k
91/100Connecticut 13.4 /10kUnited States 7.6 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergyCapitol Planning Region value
Average weekly wage · high$1,628
90/100Connecticut $1,750United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor StatisticsCapitol Planning Region value
Distance to an Amtrak station · low6 mi
90/100Connecticut 8 miUnited States 43 mi2026Federal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census BureauCapitol Planning Region value
Flu vaccinations · high53.2%
89/100Connecticut 52.0%United States 44.0%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Capitol Planning Region value
Uninsured residents (under 65) · low2.5%
88/100Connecticut 7.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010High uncertainty

Weaknesses

Rent-burdened households · high66.1%
6/100Connecticut 52.6%United States 51.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25070
Time spent in the emergency room · high232 min
7/100Connecticut 190 minUnited States 170 minOct 2024–Sep 2025Centers for Medicare & Medicaid ServicesCapitol Planning Region value
Effective property tax rate · high1.96%
8/100Connecticut 1.54%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Child care cost burden · high40.3%
8/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Capitol Planning Region value
High ozone days · high8 days
11/100Connecticut 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Capitol Planning Region value
Rent as share of income · high40.5%
18/100Connecticut 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.

PopulationRising
4,615 (2015-2019) → 6,022 (2020-2024)
+30%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsWorsening
22.3% (2015-2019) → 66.1% (2020-2024)
+44 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Rent as share of incomeWorsening
18.5% (2015-2019) → 40.5% (2020-2024)
+22 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Child poverty rateWorsening
1.9% (2015-2019) → 11.7% (2020-2024)
+9.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B17001US 16.8% → 15.5%
Home price to income ratioWorsening
2.0× (2015-2019) → 3.0× (2020-2024)
+47%5 yearsCensus table B25077US 3.5× → 4.1×
Income inequality (Gini index)Worsening
0.347 (2015-2019) → 0.434 (2020-2024)
+25%5 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.

Over about five years, Hazardville, Connecticut improved on 0 of 12 measures with a comparison and declined on 4. 8 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.

Improved0

No measure improved by more than its margin of error.

Declined4

Rent / income+22 points18.5% → 40.5%
Rent burden+44 points22.3% → 66.1%
Inequality+0.0870.347 → 0.434
Price / income+0.9×2.0× → 3.0×

All 12 measures

Change of every measure of Hazardville, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	24.0 min2015-2019	23.5 min2020-2024	−0.5 min	Within the margin of error	54%
Bachelor's degree or higher	31.2%2015-2019	28.4%2020-2024	−2.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Broadband subscriptions	88.5%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+3.5 points	Within the margin of error	23%
Effective property tax rate	2.25%2015-2019	1.96%2020-2024	−0.3 points	Within the margin of error	73%
High school diploma or higher	94.3%2015-2019	94.6%2020-2024	+0.3 points	Within the margin of error	37%
Home price to income ratio	2.0×2015-2019	3.0×2020-2024	+0.9×	Declined	25%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3472015-2019	0.4342020-2024	+0.087	Declined	6%
Median household income	$90,8112015-2019	$81,8932020-2024	−9.8%	Within the margin of error	3%
Poverty rate	3.2%2015-2019	5.8%2020-2024	+2.7 points	Within the margin of error	22%
Rent as share of income	18.5%2015-2019	40.5%2020-2024	+22 points	Declined	2%
Rent-burdened households	22.3%2015-2019	66.1%2020-2024	+44 points	Declined	1%
Unemployment rate	4.3%2015-2019	5.9%2020-2024	+1.6 points	Within the margin of error	20%

“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 Hazardville, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Hazardville, 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, Hazardville, Connecticut itself moved −30.3 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

6,022 residents (±701)

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: Under 10 men (−3.8 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 B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

6,022 residents (±701)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White84%5,051
Black2.4%†142
Hispanic or Latino6.5%†394
Asian2.1%†126
American Indian and Alaska Native0.0%0
Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander0.0%0
Other or two or more races5.1%†309

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 B03002View table on data.census.gov

Education

4,654 residents (±592)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma5.4%†250
High school or GED28%1,285
Some college28%†1,297
Associate degree11%500
Bachelor's degree21%†958
Graduate degree7.8%364

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 B15003View 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.

Income

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

Household income

2,567 households (±294)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k11%†278
$25k–50k16%†401
$50k–75k19%†493
$75k–100k9.2%†236
$100k–150k18%†465
$150k–200k11%†278
$200k or more16%†416

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $75k–100k (−7.0 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

2,567 households (±294)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own88%2,259
Rent12%†308

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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

237 households (±118)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,00018%†43
$1,000–1,50029%†68

Home values

2,259 homes (±324)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k11%†247
$150k–250k42%†945
$250k–400k38%851

Age of homes

2,648 homes (±297)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later1.0%†27
2000–20091.7%†46
1980–199919%500

Size of homes

2,648 homes (±297)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio1.7%†46
1 bedroom5.5%†145
2 bedrooms18%484

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

3,152 workers (±592)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone77%2,442
Carpool11%†338
Public transit0.0%0
Walk0.4%†14
Bike0.0%0
Work from home11%†348
Other0.3%†10

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+8.0 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

2,804 workers (±591)

Hazardville, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min23%†635
15–29 min43%1,212
30–44 min26%†718

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 Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, 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 Capitol Planning Region, the county holding most of Hazardville's residents.

Capitol Planning Region has 23,642 employer establishments, 241 for every 10,000 residents (0.97× the US rate of 248; 0.98× Connecticut's), with 473,777 paid employees at an average annual pay of $72,492. The Census Bureau also counts 77,611 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 23,642; 77,611 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 241; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 473,777
Average annual pay: $72,492; US $68,342

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

Ambulatory health care services	2,311	23.5	1.13×About typical	33,408	$81,007	4,741
Restaurants and other eating places	1,974	20.1	1.09×About typical	32,557	$24,709	415
Specialty trade contractors	1,381	14.1	0.91×About typical	14,109	$84,337	4,532
Full-service restaurants	870	8.9	1.15×About typical	16,471	$28,412	147
Offices of physicians	803	8.2	1.26×More than typical	14,947	$108,694	824
Limited-service restaurants	769	7.8	0.98×About typical	10,914	$22,366	199
Services to buildings and dwellings	757	7.7	1.14×About typical	7,108	$43,194	3,198
Lessors of real estate	687	7	0.57×Fewer than typical	3,876	$65,408	8,743
Personal care services	660	6.7	1.41×More than typical	2,852	$28,687	3,364
Building equipment contractors	631	6.4	1.07×About typical	7,729	$87,891	880
Offices of other health practitioners	611	6.2	1.02×About typical	3,980	$49,074	2,579
Legal services	548	5.6	1.04×About typical	4,413	$102,236	837

Rank places for an industry Open Capitol Planning Region

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 981,775 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 $142.3K of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Hazardville, Connecticut: $23.63 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $142.3K; −32% vs FY2025
Per resident: $23.63; US $1,994
Sole-source: 15%; US 30%
Single offer: 50%; 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

U.S. Coast Guard$45.6K32%
Department of Veterans Affairs$38.3K27%
Defense Logistics Agency$21.9K15%
Federal Aviation Administration$6,0644.3%
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention$5,5043.9%
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service$5,3433.8%
National Institutes of Health$4,9043.4%
Department of the Navy$4,0172.8%

Top recipients

EPPENDORF NORTH AMERICA, INC.$64.3K45%
MSC FILTRATION TECHNOLOGIES, INC.$45.6K32%
PEERLESS TOOL & MACHINE CO, INC$12.9K9.1%
CNC ENGINEERING INC$8,9806.3%
MICROTECHNOLOGIES LLC$6,0644.3%

Spending by fiscal year

4.8KFY2017
2KFY2018
-1.2KFY2020
95.9KFY2021
64.8KFY2022
50KFY2023
226.4KFY2024
210.8KFY2025

Top industries (NAICS)

Commercial and service industry machinery manufacturing · 3333$45.6K32%
Medical equipment and supplies manufacturing · 3391$42.3K30%
Other general purpose machinery manufacturing · 3339$12.9K9.1%
Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$11.6K8.1%
Metalworking machinery manufacturing · 3335$8,9806.3%
Other professional, scientific, and technical services · 5419

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

Hazardville, Connecticut's figures are part of those of Capitol Planning Region, CT ($4.1B 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: Hazardville is mostly in Capitol Planning Region.

See federal money in Capitol 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.

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

House

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.

Capitol Planning Region80100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT90

Other cities and towns in Capitol 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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