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Jewett City, Connecticut

Jewett City is a borough in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT metro area. It has 3,429 residents. Jewett City, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 58 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #6,559 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #133 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on income inequality (Gini index) (low), students per teacher (low) and fine particulate matter (PM2.5) (low). It ranks worst on effective property tax rate (high), bachelor's degree or higher (low) and child care cost burden (high).

58Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #6,559 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #133 of 160 in CT
Population: 3,429 (2020-2024)
Land area: 1 mi²
Density: 4,866.0 /mi²
FIPS code: 0939940

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.

Safety89#1,773/15,637
Economy39#9,602/15,631
Housing11#13,365/14,977
Health48#8,168/15,609
Healthcare73#4,187/15,650
Environment68#4,999/15,453
Education44#8,813/15,649
Infrastructure60#6,223/15,650
Community46#8,419/15,651
Leisure & amenities77#3,589/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

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

Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.321
97/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
Students per teacher · low11.1×
93/100Connecticut 11.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Fine particulate matter (PM2.5) · low5.7 µg/m³
92/100Connecticut 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)Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Public EV charging ports · high15.0 /10k
91/100Connecticut 13.5 /10kUnited States 7.7 /10kOct 2026U.S. Department of EnergySoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Mental health providers · high523 /100k
89/100Connecticut 514 /100kUnited States 348 /100k2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Firearm deaths · low4.9 /100k
89/100Connecticut 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 dataSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region value

Weaknesses

Effective property tax rate · high2.58%
1/100Connecticut 1.54%United States 0.94%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B25090
Bachelor's degree or higher · low10.9%
9/100Connecticut 42.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003
Child care cost burden · high38.4%
12/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
High ozone days · high6 days
13/100Connecticut 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region value
New business applications · low9.4 /1k
19/100Connecticut 13.5 /1kUnited States 16.6 /1k2025U.S. Census BureauSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
Days with unhealthy air · high2.0%
20/100Connecticut 3.5%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region value

Trends

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

Broadband subscriptionsImproving
80.1% (2015-2019) → 92.0% (2020-2024)
+12 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
61.0% (2015-2019) → 52.8% (2020-2024)
−8.2 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Uninsured residents (under 65)Worsening
3.5% (2015-2019) → 10.4% (2020-2024)
+6.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B27010US 10.8% → 9.8%
Rent as share of incomeImproving
37.5% (2015-2019) → 31.7% (2020-2024)
−5.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B25071US 29.8% → 30.6%
Average commute timeImproving
32.2 min (2015-2019) → 23.7 min (2020-2024)
−26%5 yearsCensus table B08013US 26.9 min → 26.4 min
Unemployment rateImproving
10.2% (2015-2019) → 5.3% (2020-2024)
−4.9 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%

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, Jewett City, Connecticut improved on 1 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 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.

Improved1

Broadband+12 points80.1% → 92.0%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Jewett City, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Average commute time	32.2 min2015-2019	23.7 min2020-2024	−8.5 min	Within the margin of error	97%
Bachelor's degree or higher	6.3%2015-2019	10.9%2020-2024	+4.6 points	Within the margin of error	65%
Broadband subscriptions	80.1%2015-2019	92.0%2020-2024	+12 points	Improved	68%
Effective property tax rate	1.83%2015-2019	2.58%2020-2024	+0.7 points	Within the margin of error	0%
High school diploma or higher	83.5%2015-2019	84.5%2020-2024	+1 points	Within the margin of error	46%
Home price to income ratio	3.2×2015-2019	3.5×2020-2024	+0.3×	Within the margin of error	59%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3382015-2019	0.3212020-2024	−0.017	Within the margin of error	66%
Median household income	$49,3112015-2019	$55,5302020-2024	+13%	Within the margin of error	20%
Poverty rate	9.1%2015-2019	13.9%2020-2024	+4.8 points	Within the margin of error	13%
Rent as share of income	37.5%2015-2019	31.7%2020-2024	−5.8 points	Within the margin of error	85%
Rent-burdened households	61.0%2015-2019	52.8%2020-2024	−8.2 points	Within the margin of error	79%

“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 Jewett City, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Jewett City, 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, Jewett City, Connecticut itself moved +8.1 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

3,429 residents (±25)

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: 80 and over women (+2.3 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

3,429 residents (±25)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White83%2,837
Black0.5%†17
Hispanic or Latino6.6%†227

Education

2,484 residents (±267)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma16%†386
High school or GED46%1,142
Some college21%†515

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

1,546 households (±196)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k7.3%†113
$25k–50k25%†394
$50k–75k33%†516
$75k–100k10%†159
$100k–150k17%†267
$150k–200k4.3%†66
$200k or more2.0%†31

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Under $25k (−19.8 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 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

1,546 households (±196)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own35%542
Rent65%1,004

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

913 households (±230)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7501.1%†10
$750–1,00015%†139
$1,000–1,50061%†556

Home values

542 homes (±155)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k11%†57
$150k–250k76%†414
$250k–400k8.5%†46

Age of homes

1,626 homes (±236)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later3.1%†50
2000–200920%†327
1980–19992.5%†40

Size of homes

1,626 homes (±236)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom15%†239
2 bedrooms44%710

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

1,663 workers (±212)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone71%1,173
Carpool8.5%†141
Public transit0.8%†13
Walk10%†173
Bike0.0%0
Work from home9.8%†163
Other0.0%0

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Work from home (+9.8 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 B08301View table on data.census.gov

Time to get to work

1,500 workers (±242)

Jewett City, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min26%†388
15–29 min26%†383
30–44 min39%†587

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 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, the county holding most of Jewett City's residents.

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region has 5,883 employer establishments, 210 for every 10,000 residents (0.84× the US rate of 248; 0.86× Connecticut's), with 100,654 paid employees at an average annual pay of $61,221. The Census Bureau also counts 19,798 nonemployer businesses, mostly sole proprietors.

Establishments: 5,883; 19,798 nonemployers
Per 10,000 residents: 210; US 248 · Connecticut 245
Paid employees: 100,654
Average annual pay: $61,221; US $68,342

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

Restaurants and other eating places	626	22.3	1.21×About typical	10,338	$28,399	110
Ambulatory health care services	504	18	0.86×About typical	5,869	$74,981	1,030
Specialty trade contractors	362	12.9	0.83×About typical	1,928	$69,624	1,375
Full-service restaurants	303	10.8	1.41×More than typical	6,087	$31,688	43
Limited-service restaurants	239	8.5	1.06×About typical	3,352	$23,423	48
Services to buildings and dwellings	208	7.4	1.10×About typical	1,097	$38,172	979
Building equipment contractors	180	6.4	1.07×About typical	1,120	$65,683	282
Lessors of real estate	174	6.2	0.50×Fewer than typical	536	$52,634	2,236
Offices of physicians	164	5.8	0.90×About typical	2,014	$106,825	112
Personal care services	164	5.8	1.22×About typical	748	$27,664	782
Construction of buildings	140	5	0.66×Fewer than typical	942	$81,782	596
Religious organizations	129	4.6	0.83×About typical	796	$25,531	—

Rank places for an industry Open Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region

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

Per-resident figures divide by the population estimate of 2023: 280,776 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 $1,368 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Jewett City, Connecticut: $0.40 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $1,368; −73% vs FY2025
Per resident: $0.40; US $2,008
Sole-source: 0.0%; US 30%
Single offer: 29%; US 8.7%

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$1,368100%

Top recipients

AST ASSOCIATES INC$2,663100%
ROTAIR AEROSPACE CORP$00.0%
SIMMONDS PRECISION PRODUCTS INC$00.0%
JAMES IPPOLITO & CO. OF CONNECTICUT, INC.-$26.700.0%
SPV INDUSTRIES LLC-$43.050.0%
AIW-ALTON INC-$75.790.0%
PRECI-MANUFACTURING, INCORPORATED-$1,1490.0%

Spending by fiscal year

0FY2018
4.3FY2019
10.4FY2021
108.5FY2022
319.5FY2023
877.3FY2024
5.1KFY2025
1.4KFY2026

Top industries (NAICS)

Other transportation equipment manufacturing · 3369$52638%
Spring and wire product manufacturing · 3326$35426%
Other fabricated metal product manufacturing · 3329$33224%
Hardware manufacturing · 3325$32424%
Motor vehicle parts manufacturing · 3363$23017%
Machine shops and screw, nut, and bolt manufacturing · 3327$18514%

Source: Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 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 Jewett City, Connecticut, so they do not add up across cities.

Jewett City, Connecticut's figures are part of those of Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT ($11.8B 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: Jewett City is mostly in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

See federal money in Southeastern 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.

Jewett City, 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.

Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region85100% of residents

Metro area

The metro or micro area the city belongs to.

Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT89

Other cities and towns in Southeastern 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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