Census-designated place · Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut

Quinebaug, Connecticut

Quinebaug is a census-designated place in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut, part of the Putnam, CT metro area. It has 1,193 residents. Quinebaug, Connecticut has a quality-of-life score of 42 out of 100 (moderate), ranking #9,096 of 15,651 US cities and towns. Within Connecticut it ranks #152 of 160 cities and towns. It ranks best on uninsured residents (under 65) (low), poverty rate (low) and students per teacher (low). It ranks worst on unemployment rate (high), child care cost burden (high) and new business applications (low).

42Moderate

Quality-of-life score: #9,096 of 15,651 cities and towns
Connecticut: #152 of 160 in CT
Population: 1,193 (2020-2024)
Land area: 4 mi²
Density: 274.7 /mi²
FIPS code: 0963270

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
Economy51#7,613/15,631
Housing27#10,888/14,977
Health53#7,388/15,609
Healthcare59#6,478/15,650
Environment76#3,751/15,453
Education30#10,944/15,649
Infrastructure21#12,352/15,650
Community42#9,072/15,651
Leisure & amenities43#8,867/15,651

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Quinebaug, 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

Uninsured residents (under 65) · low0.0%
99/100Connecticut 7.0%United States 9.8%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B27010
Poverty rate · low1.3%
98/100Connecticut 10.1%United States 12.1%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B17001High uncertainty
Students per teacher · low10.9×
94/100Connecticut 11.9×United States 15.2×2024National Center for Education StatisticsNortheastern Connecticut Planning Region value
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
Income inequality (Gini index) · low0.270
91/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083

Weaknesses

Unemployment rate · high19.9%
1/100Connecticut 4.0%United States 4.3%2020-2024U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics Census table B23025
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
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 · low10.3%
12/100Connecticut 42.5%United States 35.7%2020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B15003High uncertainty
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.

PopulationFalling
1,484 (2015-2019) → 1,193 (2020-2024)
−20%5 yearsCensus table B01003US 328,329,953 → 340,003,797
Rent-burdened householdsImproving
18.7% (2015-2019) → 0.0% (2020-2024)
−19 pts5 yearsCensus table B25070US 49.6% → 51.1%
Bachelor's degree or higherWorsening
24.7% (2015-2019) → 10.3% (2020-2024)
−14 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 32.1% → 35.7%
High school diploma or higherWorsening
91.4% (2015-2019) → 77.9% (2020-2024)
−13 pts5 yearsCensus table B15003US 88.0% → 89.6%
Unemployment rateWorsening
7.3% (2015-2019) → 19.8% (2020-2024)
+13 pts5 yearsCensus table B23025US 3.7% → 4.0%
Broadband subscriptionsImproving
72.6% (2015-2019) → 81.4% (2020-2024)
+8.8 pts5 yearsCensus table B28002US 82.7% → 91.0%

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, Quinebaug, Connecticut improved on 1 of 7 measures with a comparison and declined on 1. 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

Inequality−0.1130.383 → 0.270

Declined1

High school+−13 points91.4% → 77.9%

All 7 measures

Change of every measure of Quinebaug, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Broadband subscriptions	72.6%2015-2019	81.4%2020-2024	+8.8 points	Within the margin of error	54%
Effective property tax rate	1.35%2015-2019	1.52%2020-2024	+0.2 points	Within the margin of error	4%
High school diploma or higher	91.4%2015-2019	77.9%2020-2024	−13 points	Declined	1%
Home price to income ratio	2.7×2015-2019	2.3×2020-2024	−0.4×	Within the margin of error	92%
Income inequality (Gini index)	0.3832015-2019	0.2702020-2024	−0.113	Improved	97%
Median household income	$74,4502015-2019	$105,1812020-2024	+41%	Within the margin of error	76%
Public transit commuters	0.0%2015-2019	0.0%2020-2024	0 points	Within the margin of error	60%

“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 Quinebaug, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Quinebaug, 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, Quinebaug, Connecticut itself moved −2.7 points in standing on average over the same 6 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

1,193 residents (±459)

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: 50–59 women (+12.5 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

1,193 residents (±459)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White95%†1,139
Black0.0%0
Hispanic or Latino0.0%0

Education

1,177 residents (±458)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma22%†260
High school or GED60%†710
Some college3.6%†

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

597 households (±213)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k7.5%†45
$25k–50k17%†101
$50k–75k6.9%†41
$75k–100k18%†107
$100k–150k46%†273
$150k–200k0.0%0
$200k or more5.0%†30

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: $100k–150k (+35.7 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

597 households (±213)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own97%†579
Rent3.0%†18

Biggest shift since 2015–2019: Own (+21.0 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 B25003View table on data.census.gov

Rent paid

18 households (±31)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $7500.0%0
$750–1,0000.0%0
$1,000–1,5000.0%0

Home values

579 homes (±215)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k11%†63
$150k–250k48%†278
$250k–400k31%†181

Age of homes

597 homes (±213)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later0.0%0
2000–20093.2%†19
1980–19993.0%†18

Size of homes

597 homes (±213)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio0.0%0
1 bedroom7.9%†47
2 bedrooms14%†84

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

733 workers (±304)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone62%†453
Carpool13%†97
Public transit0.0%0
Walk1.6%†12
Bike0.0%0
Work from home23%†171
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

562 workers (±292)

Quinebaug, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min4.3%†24
15–29 min55%†309
30–44 min36%†204

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 Quinebaug'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

In FY2026, an estimated $7,042 of federal contract obligations were for work performed in Quinebaug, Connecticut: $5.90 per resident (US $1,994).

Obligations: $7,042; −75% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5.90; US $1,994
Sole-source: 0.0%; 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

Department of the Army$7,042100%

Top recipients

ARBORACTIVE LLC$2,97142%
VARGA LANDSCAPE$2,34233%
VALERIE K. HICKS$1,81226%
MTM ENVIRONMENTAL, LLC$00.0%
ACACIA INVESTMENTS LLC$00.0%
BROWN POINT FACILITY MANAGEMENT SOLUTIONS, LLC-$82.910.0%

Spending by fiscal year

21KFY2018
-2.1KFY2022
5.8KFY2023
7.5KFY2024
27.8KFY2025
7KFY2026

What was bought

Facilities & utilities$7,042100%

Top industries (NAICS)

Services to buildings and dwellings · 5617$5,23074%
Other support services · 5619$1,81226%

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

Quinebaug, Connecticut's figures are part of those of Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT ($3M in FY2026), never added to them: 0.2% of that total.

Grants and other federal assistance are counted by county here, not split among cities: Quinebaug is mostly in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region.

See federal money in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region