Cost of living in Connecticut

Connecticut at a glance

Median rent

$1,488

Census ACS, B25064, monthly

Median household income

$95,781

Census ACS, B19013, yearly

Median home value

$366,900

Census ACS, B25077

Median property tax bill

$6,643

Census ACS, B25103, yearly, current owners

Mean commute

27 min

Census ACS, DP03, one way

Unemployment

5.6%

Census ACS, DP03

Connecticut's own published state rows, never an average of its counties. Prices overall run 4% above the national average (BEA regional price parity, 2024).

Census ACS 2024 five-year estimates, checked November 2026.

The three most populous counties in Connecticut

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• Capitol Planning Region

  Population

  977K

  Rent

  $1,411

  Household income

  $93,394

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $6,454

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• Western Connecticut Planning Region

  Population

  627K

  Rent

  $2,110

  Household income

  $128,188

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $9,295

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• South Central Connecticut Planning Region

  Population

  571K

  Rent

  $1,525

  Household income

  $88,197

  Prop. tax (yearly)

  $6,759

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Connecticut, worth the trip

Ratified the Constitution on January 9, 1788, as the fifth state. English Puritans from the Massachusetts Bay Colony settled the area during the 1630s. The Fundamental Orders, adopted in 1638, are considered by many historians to be the first written constitution that established a representative government.

• Weir Farm National Historical Park

  The home and studio of Impressionist painter J. Alden Weir, set in more than 60 acres of woods and fields.

• Coltsville National Historical Park

  The Hartford factory site on the Connecticut River where Samuel Colt began to make revolvers in 1847.

• Gillette Castle State Park

  William Gillette's stone castle high above the Connecticut River, with wooded trails along the bed of his miniature train.

History: Encyclopaedia Britannica. Each place links to the page of the agency that looks after it.

Property tax in Connecticut

Current owners in Connecticut pay a median 1.81% of home value a year in property tax. Example: $6,643 a year, the median bill. By county, the median bill runs from $4,375 in Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region to $9,295 in Western Connecticut Planning Region. These are bills that current owners pay, as the Census measures them. Each county's own figure is in the table below.

Health in Connecticut

Life expectancy

79.2 yrs

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS vital statistics

No health insurance

6.1%

County Health Rankings, from Census SAHIE, people under 65

Poor or fair health

13.9%

County Health Rankings, from CDC BRFSS. Modeled, not counted

Injury deaths per 100K people

83

County Health Rankings, from CDC NCHS, counted deaths

Each is the figure County Health Rankings publishes for Connecticut as a whole, never an average of its counties. Each county's own health readings are on its page.

Natural hazards in Connecticut

Expected yearly loss, statewide

$1.2B

All natural hazards, an average year. Larger states lose more

Building loss rate

$1.59

Per $1,000 of building value, each year. Fair to compare between states

Costliest hazard

Inland flooding

$858M of the expected yearly loss, the largest share of any hazard FEMA assesses

Air quality

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The EPA publishes air quality by county and metro area, never by state. It is on each county's page

FEMA publishes a risk score for counties and none for states, so none is shown here. Each county's score is on its own page.

New homes permitted in Connecticut

Side by side

Capitol Planning Region, CT is the largest county here. Set it beside another place, reading by reading.

The largest counties in Connecticut

By population, from the Census release named below. Each opens its own page.

1. 1Capitol Planning Region977K
2. 2Western Connecticut Planning Region627K
3. 3South Central Connecticut Planning Region571K
4. 4Naugatuck Valley Planning Region455K
5. 5Greater Bridgeport Planning Region329K
6. 6Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region280K
7. 7Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region176K
8. 8Northwest Hills Planning Region113K
9. 9Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region96.3K

All 9 counties in Connecticut

Each has its published readings on its own page. Press a column to sort by it. Pick one, or open the map to see them shaded side by side.

Household income, home value and population are on each county's own page, and in this table on a wider screen.

Where these numbers come from

Each reading is the published figure, not an estimate. A dash means the source did not publish one, or published one too uncertain to print.

• State figures: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 20245-year estimates, the state's own row (tables B25064, B19013, B25077, B25103, B01003, DP03).
• County figures: the same survey, each county's own row, as on every county page.
• Price level: Bureau of Economic Analysis, regional price parities, 2024, all items, state-level.
• Health: County Health Rankings & Roadmaps 2025, University of Wisconsin Population Health Institute, the state's own row. Poor or fair health is a modeled estimate from CDC survey data. The other three are counted or calculated.
• Natural hazards: FEMA National Risk Index, December 2025, state table, expected annual loss. This product uses FEMA data but is not endorsed by FEMA.
• Air quality has no state figure: the EPA publishes it by county and metro area only.
• Photographs: Wikimedia Commons and the county photo feed, each credited to its photographer under its own licence, beneath the picture.

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