Metro area · Connecticut

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT is a metropolitan area of 2 counties in Connecticut, home to 978,179 residents. Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area has a quality-of-life score of 88 out of 100 (very high), ranking #116 of 925 US metro and micro areas. Among metro and micro areas based in Connecticut it ranks #4 of 7. It ranks best on average weekly wage (high), firearm deaths (low) and public transit commuters (high). It ranks worst on income inequality (Gini index) (high), high ozone days (high) and average commute time (high).

88Very high
Quality-of-life score
#116 of 925 metro and micro areas
Connecticut
#4 of 7 in CT
Population
978,179 (2025)
Land area
672 mi²
Density
1,454.9 /mi²
CBSA code
14860

Percentile-based score (100 is the best in the country) from 69 of 80 indicators, with the default “Explorer” weights.

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Location of Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area

Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US metro and micro areas.

  • Safety98#22/924
  • Economy87#121/925
  • Housing1#914/925
  • Health100#5/925
  • Healthcare93#66/923
  • Environment33#613/917
  • Education84#147/925
  • Infrastructure86#133/925
  • Community72#261/925
  • Leisure & amenities97#33/925

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area ranks highest and lowest among US metro and micro areas (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Weaknesses

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.

Metro and micro areas like Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT metro area 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.

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).

Income

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

Homes

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

Getting to work

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

Jobs and pay

What the largest occupations here pay, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics survey.

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.

Federal contract spending

Federal grants & assistance

Grants, loans (counted at their subsidy cost), direct payments and insurance, by fiscal year of the action (USAspending.gov, FABS). Reported apart from contracts and never added to them.

Counties in Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT

Whole counties, as the U.S. Office of Management and Budget delineates the area. Federal spending below is the exact sum of these counties.

  1. Western Connecticut Planning RegionCentral county89640,482
  2. Greater Bridgeport Planning RegionCentral county72337,697

Principal cities

The cities the area is named for.

  1. BridgeportPrincipal city149,153
  2. DanburyPrincipal city87,263
  3. StamfordPrincipal city137,144

Largest cities and towns

By population, for places with most of their residents in the area.

  1. Bridgeport149,153
  2. Stamford137,144
  3. Norwalk92,187
  4. Danbury87,263
  5. Greenwich14,792
  6. Bethel11,404
  7. Trumbull Center10,264
  8. Sandy Hook9,863
  9. Riverside8,954
  10. Long Hill8,681
  11. New Milford8,188
  12. Cos Cob7,546
  13. Staples7,340
  14. Ridgefield6,970
  15. Old Greenwich6,936
  16. New Canaan6,896
  17. Daniels Farm5,976
  18. Noroton5,539
  19. Byram4,633
  20. Oronoque4,116
  21. East Village3,998
  22. Stepney3,979
  23. Tashua3,771
  24. Lordship3,669

Other metro and micro areas in Connecticut

Areas based in Connecticut, best score first.

Neighboring metro and micro areas

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar metro and micro areas

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.

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