Scores by category

Each category averages its indicators' percentile scores among US counties.

Safety98#67/3,096
Economy93#212/3,143
Housing2#3,088/3,140
Health99#17/3,144
Healthcare96#138/3,143
Environment14#2,680/3,108
Education95#154/3,144
Infrastructure93#207/3,144
Community80#638/3,144
Leisure & amenities97#105/3,143

Strengths · Weaknesses

Indicators where Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut ranks highest and lowest among US counties (score = percentile, 100 = best).

Strengths

Average weekly wage · high$2,607
100/100Connecticut $1,750United States $1,5142025U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Firearm deaths · low3.0 /100k
100/100Connecticut 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 data
Median household income · high$130,842
100/100Connecticut $95,670United States $81,6042024U.S. Census BureauModel-based estimate
Suicide rate · low6.9 /100k
100/100Connecticut 10.1 /100kUnited States 14.1 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026Centers for Disease Control and PreventionEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)Provisional data
Income adjusted for local prices · high$154,882
99/100Connecticut $91,755United States $73,2042024U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Adult smoking · low8.7%
99/100Connecticut 11.3%United States 16.1%2023University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute

Weaknesses

Income inequality (Gini index) · high0.545
0/100Connecticut 0.499United States 0.4832020-2024U.S. Census Bureau Census table B19083
High ozone days · high15 days
1/100Connecticut 10 daysUnited States 7 days2022Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)
Days with unhealthy air · high5.6%
2/100Connecticut 3.5%2025U.S. Environmental Protection AgencyEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)
Cost of buying a home today · high46.1%
5/100Connecticut 38.3%United States 34.1%Aug 2026Zillow ResearchEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)
Severe housing problems · high19.7%
5/100Connecticut 17.4%United States 16.8%2017-2021University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute
Child care cost burden · high41.2%
5/100Connecticut 39.8%United States 27.9%2023 & 2024University of Wisconsin Population Health InstituteEstimated from related areas or data (see the source notes)

Trends

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

Child care cost burdenWorsening
22.5% (2020 & 2021) → 41.2% (2023 & 2024)
+19 pts3 yearsUS 24.5% → 27.9%
Drought exposureWorsening
0% (2021) → 15% (Nov 2025–Oct 2026)
+15 pts5 yearsUS 40% → 43%
Cost of buying a home todayWorsening
32.2% (Dec 2021) → 46.1% (Aug 2026)
+14 pts5 yearsUS 26.4% → 34.1%
Violent crime rateImproving
167 /100k (2020) → 73 /100k (2025)
−56%5 yearsUS 389 /100k → 328 /100k
Homicide rateImproving
3.9 /100k (2021) → 1.8 /100k (May 2025–Apr 2026)
−54%5 yearsUS 7.8 /100k → 4.8 /100k
Drug overdose deathsImproving
25.9 /100k (2021) → 13.1 /100k (Mar 2025–Feb 2026)
−49%5 yearsUS 30.8 /100k → 18.4 /100k

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, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut improved on 7 of 11 measures with a comparison and declined on 0. 2 moved within the margin of error and 2 barely changed.

Earlier period
Latest period
Lower standingHigher standing

Position is the place's standing among counties: further right is better, whichever way the measure counts. Periods differ by measure (most compare 2020 with 2025); each row names its own in its tooltip and in the table.

Improved7

Firearm deaths−49%5.8 /100k → 2.9 /100k
Suicides−25%9.2 /100k → 6.9 /100k
Violent crime−56%167 /100k → 73 /100k
Homicides−60%4.5 /100k → 1.8 /100k
Unemployment−3.4 points6.9% → 3.5%

Declined0

No measure declined by more than its margin of error.

All 11 measures

Change of every measure of Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut between two periods about five years apart
Measure	Before	After	Change	Reading	Favourable vs peers
Distance to an airport	18 mi2020	17 mi2025	−1 mi	Little change	97%
Drug overdose deaths	24.1 /100k2020	13.1 /100kMar 2025–Feb 2026	−46%	Improved	71%
Firearm deaths	5.8 /100k2020	2.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−49%	Improved	95%
Homicide rate	4.5 /100k2020	1.8 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−60%	Improved	79%
Property crime rate	1,260 /100k2020	806 /100k2025	−36%	Improved	50%
Public libraries	0.5 /10k2019	0.5 /10k2024	−1%	Within the margin of error	50%
Students per teacher	12.6×2019	12.0×2024	−0.5×	Little change	45%
Suicide rate	9.2 /100k2020	6.9 /100kMay 2025–Apr 2026	−25%	Improved	88%
Traffic deaths	4.7 /100k2015-2019	4.6 /100k2020-2024	−2.2%	Within the margin of error	59%
Unemployment rate	6.9%2020	3.5%2025	−3.4 points	Improved	71%
Violent crime rate	167 /100k2020	73 /100k2025	−56%	Improved	91%

“Against peers” compares the change with the same change in the 2303 counties that have the same two periods. It describes how common a change is, not why it happened.

Sources: Local Area Unemployment Statistics; Mapping Injury, Overdose, and Violence; Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master files; Public Libraries Survey; Common Core of Data; Fatality Analysis Reporting System; Distance to airports and intercity rail. 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 3144 counties 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.

Counties like Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut five years ago that improved

The places whose measures looked most like those of Western Connecticut Planning Region, 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, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut itself moved +8.9 points in standing on average over the same 11 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

627,071 residents

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

Table view

American Community Survey 5-year estimates, 2020–2024 · Table B01001View table on data.census.gov

Race and Hispanic origin

627,071 residents

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

White59%367,416
Black9.4%58,629
Hispanic or Latino21%128,783

Education

438,487 residents (±62)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

No high school diploma8.3%36,433
High school or GED18%77,503
Some college13%56,675

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

235,379 households (±1,110)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $25k9.8%22,978
$25k–50k10.0%23,503
$50k–75k10%24,003
$75k–100k9.8%23,094
$100k–150k17%39,323
$150k–200k11%26,187
$200k or more32%76,291

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

235,379 households (±1,110)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Own66%156,319
Rent34%79,060

Table view

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

Rent paid

76,228 households (±1,754)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $75010%7,646
$750–1,0002.3%1,739
$1,000–1,50013%9,622

Home values

156,319 homes (±1,727)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under $150k2.6%4,003
$150k–250k4.3%6,782
$250k–400k15%23,211

Age of homes

251,530 homes (±140)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

2010 or later9.2%23,075
2000–20098.9%22,481
1980–199919%48,674

Size of homes

251,530 homes (±140)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Studio3.4%8,434
1 bedroom13%33,429
2 bedrooms23%57,785
3 bedrooms

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

320,696 workers (±3,059)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Drive alone59%190,316
Carpool8.1%26,000
Public transit7.0%22,355
Walk2.5%8,144
Bike0.1%†456
Work from home22%69,067
Other1.4%4,358

† 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

251,629 workers (±3,690)

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
Connecticut share

Under 15 min25%63,899
15–29 min33%82,603
30–44 min18%45,407

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 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.

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

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 contract spending

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $139.5M on contracts performed in Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut: $218 per resident (US $2,008).

Obligations: $139.5M; −15% vs FY2025
Per resident: $218; US $2,008
Sole-source: 53%; US 30%
Single offer: 23%; 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$80.4M58%
Department of State$14.1M10%
Federal Prison System / Bureau of Prisons$7.3M5.3%
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement$5.2M3.7%
Department of the Navy$5.2M3.7%
Department of Veterans Affairs$4.1M2.9%
Social Security Administration$3.3M2.4%
Department of the Air Force$2.9M2.1%

Top recipients

DANBURY MISSION TECHNOLOGIES, LLC$57.4M41%
ETHAN ALLEN RETAIL, INC.$14.1M10%
MURRAY BENJAMIN ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC$10.3M7.3%
GARTNER, INC.$10.1M7.2%
MERLIN PETROLEUM CO INC$5.6M4.0%

Spending by fiscal year

34.6MFY2017
15.2MFY2018
18.9MFY2019
128.6MFY2020
26.6MFY2021
39.6MFY2022
84MFY2023
128.9M

Top industries (NAICS)

Navigational, measuring, electromedical, and control instruments manufacturing · 3345$58.9M42%
Computer systems design and related services · 5415$14.2M10%
Office furniture (including fixtures) manufacturing · 3372$14M10%
Petroleum and coal products manufacturing · 3241$5.9M4.2%
Basic chemical manufacturing · 3251$3.8M2.7%
Business support services · 5614

Part of this section could not be loaded in time.

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.

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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.

In FY2026, federal agencies obligated $3.3B in grants, loans, direct payments and insurance for Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut: $5,192 per resident (US $12,990).

Assistance · FY2026: $3.3B; −16% vs FY2025
Per resident: $5,192; US $12,990
Loan face value: $332.5M; lent or guaranteed
To individuals: 0.0%; counted, never named

Top programs

96.002 · Social Security Retirement Insurance$2.6B78%
96.004 · Social Security Survivors Insurance$171.5M5.2%
96.001 · Social Security Disability Insurance$148.9M4.5%
14.871 · Section 8 Housing Choice Vouchers$92.5M2.8%
64.109 · Veterans Compensation for Service-Connected Disability$68.1M2.0%
14.195 · Project-Based Rental Assistance (PBRA)$58.7M1.8%
96.006 · Supplemental Security Income$40.9M1.2%
20.205 · Highway Planning and Construction$23.9M0.7%

Top recipients (organizations)

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION CONNECTICUT$59.3M1.8%
NEWINGTON, CT
HOUSING AUTHORITY OF THE CITY OF STAMFORD$44.6M1.3%
STAMFORD, CT
NORWALK HOUSING AUTHORITY$40.1M1.2%
NORWALK, CT
DHA HOUSING CORP.$21.4M0.6%
DANBURY, CT
CONNECTICUT INSTITUTE FOR COMMUNITIES, INC

Organizations only: awards to individuals and county aggregate records count in the totals but are never listed. Grants to state governments recorded at the agency's own address are counted statewide, not in the capital's county.

Top agencies

Social Security Administration$2.9B88%
Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian Housing$108.2M3.3%
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Under Secretary for Benefits/Veterans Benefits Administration$84.2M2.5%
Department of Veterans Affairs
Federal Highway Administration$59.6M1.8%
Department of Transportation
Assistant Secretary for Housing--Federal Housing Commissioner

Assistance by fiscal year

-227KFY2021
71.8MFY2023
469.8MFY2024
3.9BFY2025
3.3BFY2026

County aggregates

91%

Share of obligations reported only as county totals of many small awards (for example Social Security or Medicare payments), with no recipient named.

Source: Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission) (U.S. Department of the Treasury, USAspending.gov), data current to Oct 10, 2026, loaded Oct 10, 2026 · FY2021–FY2026.

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Public money & outcomes

Federal money per resident by fiscal year next to how the place changed, and, when its money jumped, how it compares with similar counties. A comparison, not cause and effect.

How Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut compares: the federal money it received per resident, and how jobs, income, housing and other outcomes moved, each next to the United States.

Money per resident

By federal fiscal year (October to September, named by the year it ends), obligations per resident. A year with no record counts as $0.

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
United States
partial year

Federal contractsUS dollars per resident

Most of this money is reported at the state level, not in this county.

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2017	$56.76	$1,436
FY2018	$24.88	$1,552
FY2019	$30.98	$1,654
FY2020	$208	$1,880
FY2021	$42.65	$1,810
FY2022	$63.19	$1,917
FY2023	$133	$2,079
FY2024	$202	$2,047
FY2025	$257	$2,165
FY2026	$218 (partial year)	$1,926
FY2027	$0 (partial year)	—

Construction contractsUS dollars per resident

Most of this money is reported at the state level, not in this county.

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2017	$0	$93.28
FY2018	$1.05	$105
FY2019	$0	$128
FY2020	$0.01	$145
FY2021

Contracts and grantsUS dollars per resident

Most of this money is reported at the state level, not in this county.

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2021	$42.29	$5,748
FY2022	$63.19	$5,221
FY2023	$163	$5,364
FY2024	$326	$5,500
FY2025	$1,281

Transportation grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2021	$0	$298
FY2022	$0	$357
FY2023	$0	$301
FY2024	$7.65	$319
FY2025	$903	$360

Housing assistanceUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2021	$0	$239
FY2022	$0	$185
FY2023	$111	$229
FY2024	$254	$229
FY2025	$262	$249
FY2026

HHS grantsUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2021	$0	$2,304
FY2022	$0	$2,197
FY2023	$0	$2,274
FY2024	$56.98	$2,267
FY2025	$69.57	$2,397

SBA lending volumeUS dollars per resident

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Money per resident, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by fiscal year
Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
FY2021	$0	$1,186
FY2022	$0	$465
FY2023	$0	$76.52
FY2024	$115	$120
FY2025	$445	$148
FY2026

Fiscal years (FY2024 = October 2023 to September 2024)

How outcomes moved

Calendar years. Charts share the same years as the money above. Levels are shown as percent change since 2016; rates are shown as the rate itself.

Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut
United States
Years with money loaded

Average weekly wageChange since 2016, %

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Average weekly wage, Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut and the United States, by year
Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	−4.2%

When its money jumped

A county-year with at least 10,000 residents whose money per resident is at least twice its earlier average counts as a jump. Each is compared with up to five similar counties in the same region whose money did not jump.

No jump in federal money met the criteria in the years loaded, so there is no comparison for this place.

Sources: Regional Economic Accounts, Local Area Unemployment Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, Business Formation Statistics, Building Permits Survey, Cartographic Boundary Files, Gazetteer and metro delineations, Population Estimates Program, Small Area Health Insurance Estimates, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, Federal financial assistance transactions (Financial Assistance Broker Submission), Federal contract transactions (Federal Procurement Data System), Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordability. JSON · /api/v1/outcomes/places/09190

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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.

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

House

Senate

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Metro area

The metro or micro area Western Connecticut Planning Region belongs to. A county is in at most one.

Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury, CT88Central county

Cities and towns in Western Connecticut Planning Region

Places whose residents live mostly in Western Connecticut Planning Region, largest first.

Neighboring counties

Places that share a border, best score first.

Similar counties

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.

Mapping Injury, Overdose, and ViolenceCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2026-10-01
PLACES: Local Data for Better HealthCenters for Disease Control and Prevention · release 2025
Daily county PM2.5 and ozone (EPA downscaler model)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention · U.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2022
Care Compare: Hospital General Information and Timely and Effective CareCenters for Medicare & Medicaid Services · release 2026-07-22
Distance to airports and intercity railFederal Aviation Administration · Bureau of Transportation Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau · release 2025+amtrak-2026-04-23
Uniform Crime Reporting Program, Return A master filesFederal Bureau of Investigation · release 2025
National Risk IndexFederal Emergency Management Agency · release v1.20.0
Health Professional Shortage AreasHealth Resources and Services Administration · release 2026-10-10
Public Libraries SurveyInstitute of Museum and Library Services · release FY2024
Common Core of DataNational Center for Education Statistics · release 2024
U.S. Drought Monitor county statisticsNational Drought Mitigation Center (University of Nebraska–Lincoln), USDA and NOAA · release 2026-10-06
Fatality Analysis Reporting SystemNational Highway Traffic Safety Administration · release 2024
nClimGrid-Daily county averagesNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · release 2025
Regional Economic AccountsU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis · release 2024
Local Area Unemployment StatisticsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2025
Quarterly Census of Employment and WagesU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics · release 2026 Q1
American Community Survey 5-Year EstimatesU.S. Census Bureau · release 2017-2024
Building Permits SurveyU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-08
Business Formation StatisticsU.S. Census Bureau · release 2026-10-01
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
Alternative Fuels Data Center station locatorU.S. Department of Energy · release 2026-10
Election Administration and Voting SurveyU.S. Election Assistance Commission · release 2024
Air Quality Index Annual Summary by CountyU.S. Environmental Protection Agency · release 2025
County Health Rankings & RoadmapsUniversity of Wisconsin Population Health Institute · release 2022-2025+2026-03-supplement
Zillow Home Value Index, Observed Rent Index and affordabilityZillow Research · release 2026-08

JSON · /api/v1/places/09190

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	−2.6% (Dec 2014)	−10.8% (Dec 2014)
2015	−0.5% (Dec 2015)	−5.2% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+1.9% (Dec 2017)	+6.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+2.4% (Dec 2018)	+12.6% (Dec 2018)
2019	+1.7% (Dec 2019)	+18.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+10.7% (Dec 2020)	+29.3% (Dec 2020)
2021	+24.1% (Dec 2021)	+49.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+36.1% (Dec 2022)	+64.7% (Dec 2022)
2023	+49.2% (Dec 2023)	+69.0% (Dec 2023)
2024	+56.4% (Dec 2024)	+73.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+62.5% (Dec 2025)	+73.7% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2015	−1.2% (Dec 2015)	−3.3% (Dec 2015)
2016	0.0% (Dec 2016)	0.0% (Dec 2016)
2017	+4.0% (Dec 2017)	+4.4% (Dec 2017)
2018	+8.3% (Dec 2018)	+8.8% (Dec 2018)
2019	+11.3% (Dec 2019)	+13.1% (Dec 2019)
2020	+19.3% (Dec 2020)	+15.2% (Dec 2020)
2021	+30.5% (Dec 2021)	+32.8% (Dec 2021)
2022	+40.4% (Dec 2022)	+42.1% (Dec 2022)
2023	+47.5% (Dec 2023)	+46.3% (Dec 2023)
2024	+56.4% (Dec 2024)	+50.4% (Dec 2024)
2025	+61.7% (Dec 2025)	+53.5% (Dec 2025)

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	5.3%	6.2%
2015	4.5%	5.3%
2016	3.8%	4.9%
2017	3.5%	4.4%
2018	3.1%	3.9%
2019	2.9%	3.7%
2020	6.9%	8.1%
2021	5.3%	5.4%
2022	3.4%	3.7%
2023	2.8%	3.6%
2024	2.9%	4.0%
2025	3.5%	4.3%

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	3.3/1k
2015	—	3.7/1k
2016	—	3.7/1k
2017	—	3.9/1k
2018	—	4.1/1k
2019	—	4.2/1k
2020	—	4.4/1k
2021	—	5.2/1k
2022	—	5.0/1k
2023	2.1/1k	4.5/1k
2024	1.7/1k	4.3/1k
2025	4.3/1k	4.2/1k

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	−6.9%
2015	—	−3.2%
2016	—	0.0%
2017	—	+4.7%
2018	—	+7.5%
2019	—	+14.0%
2020	—	+16.9%
2021	—	+21.0%
2022	—	+29.7%
2023	—	+34.9%
2024	—	+41.6%

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	15.5%
2015	—	14.7%
2016	—	14.0%
2017	—	13.4%
2018	—	13.1%
2019	—	12.3%
2020	—	11.9%
2021	—	12.8%
2022	7.4%	12.6%
2023	8.0%	12.5%
2024	7.8%	12.1%

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	13.5%
2015	—	10.9%
2016	—	10.0%
2017	—	10.2%
2018	—	10.4%
2019	—	10.8%
2020	—	10.4%
2021	—	10.2%
2022	6.8%	9.5%
2023	8.5%	9.5%
2024	7.8%	9.8%

Calendar years	Western Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut	United States
2014	—	8.5/1k
2015	—	8.7/1k
2016	—	9.1/1k
2017	—	9.8/1k
2018	—	10.7/1k
2019	—	10.6/1k
2020	—	13.1/1k
2021	—	16.2/1k
2022	17.8/1k	15.1/1k
2023	18.5/1k	16.2/1k
2024	17.9/1k	15.4/1k
2025	18.6/1k	16.6/1k

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Improved7

Declined0

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Improved7

Declined0

House

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Household income

Age and sex

Race and Hispanic origin

Education

Owners and renters

Rent paid

Home values

Age of homes

Size of homes

How people get to work

Time to get to work

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How outcomes moved

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