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SheetCT-CONNING-TOWERS-NAUTILUS-PARK-CT · Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT 8,590 pop · income 60th pct
Instrument codes from this place’s ACS population and household income, BEA state COL, FBI safety, national income percentile, photo-finish peer city, home-value band, and matched Census-tract book - not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Conning Towers-Nautilus Park on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Fort Riley · lowest
52,823
Fort Riley · lowest
52,823 median HH income
21.1% of the leader · rank #1
Auburn Hills · near
78,727
Auburn Hills · near
78,727 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #2
Conning Tower… · this city
78,738
Conning Tower… · this city
78,738 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #3
Weatherford · near
78,738
Weatherford · near
78,738 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #4
Phoenix Lake · near
78,750
Phoenix Lake · near
78,750 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #5
Kurtistown · near
78,750
Kurtistown · near
78,750 median HH income
31.5% of the leader · rank #6
Riverside · highest
250,001
Riverside · highest
250,001 median HH income
100.0% of the leader · rank #7
What this shows Neighbourhood peers only - not a full nationwide city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the spread is wide.
Compare beyond this state
Nationwide peers by population, income
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Conning Towers-Nautilus Park on ACS population and median household income
. Link sets are deduped so each column is a distinct comparison path, not a forecast that peers share a labor market or climate.
Similar population
Nearest out-of-state cities by ACS population. This city: 8,590.
Nationally, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sits in the 60th percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
60th
percentile, household income
58th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
📝 How we sourced this
Population, income, and housing-cost figures come from the U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey 5-year estimates (B-series tables). Crime data uses FBI UCR; climate uses NOAA Climate Normals; school counts come from NCES Common Core of Data; permits use the Census Building Permits Survey (BPS). See our methodology page for the full ETL pipeline and OMB / FIPS join keys.
Data Snapshot: Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT
8,590 people live in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, Connecticut - a small town by U.S. Census Bureau ACS 2023 estimates. Households in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park report a median income of $78,738 per year, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 5.5%. Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's housing stock carries a median value of $260,500, and the median resident age is 24.5 years. 29.3% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 33.5% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: on BEA's 100-equals-national-average cost index, Connecticut scores 103.6 (Above Average), per the 2024 Regional Price Parities release. HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in this state is $1,955 per month. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Connecticut run around $345, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Workers in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park report an average commute of 11.8 minutes, with 62.4% driving alone and 20.2% working from home. On FEMA's National Risk Index, this area rates 87.6 out of 100 for natural-hazard exposure (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's data
How this reading path is ordered
This is not a composite city score. It is a city-specific route through the available public records, ordered for this profile so the page starts with questions the joined data can actually answer. The route here runs from work and mobility to comparison shortlist to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles, annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. Remote work has a visible role in the local pattern. That can reduce commute exposure for some workers, but it says nothing about job availability or broadband quality; read it alongside income and housing rather than as a stand-alone lifestyle score.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 62.4%. The reported mean trip to work is 11.8 minutes.
Which cities make useful reference points for Conning Towers-Nautilus Park?
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) (8,597 residents, $145,000 income); Southwood Acres (8,154 residents, $105,529 income); Riverside (9,216 residents, $250,000+ income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Fern Park, FL (8,593 residents); Miramar Beach, FL (8,587 residents); Greenville, RI (8,586 residents). A third, income-matched reference set of 6 out-of-state cities sits in the income neighbourhood chart near the Place Dossier plate. These are mechanical peer sets, not claims that the places share a labor market, climate, culture, or metro context.
Use the in-state set to hold state policy and broad price conditions more nearly constant. Use the nationwide size set to ask whether cities with a similar resident count produce different housing, income, or commute outcomes. The income set is a third lens, deliberately separate from population matching.
How far does income reach against housing in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.3 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.5%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
This is a citywide price-to-income reference, not a mortgage-affordability test; it does not include interest rates, taxes, insurance, household size, or an individual buyer's down payment. Income and home value move within the same broad scale here. The useful next check is not a generic affordability label, but whether similar-size cities offer a materially different income, housing, or commute trade-off.
Above median income · poverty 5.5% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
C-
City profile score · Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT
50/100
4 published dimensions · ACS/FBI 2023
Comparative score against U.S. cities with population of 1,000 or more on Census ACS medians
(income, poverty, bachelor's share, cost of living) and FBI UCR violent-crime rates when
published. Higher means a stronger standing on those published figures, not a livability
rating, not a recommendation to move, buy, or pick a "best" city. Missing inputs drop out
and redistribute weight.
How it is calculated.
Poverty rate C+
5.5%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C
$78,738
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share C
29.3%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Cost of living F
103.6 index
BEA state Regional Price Parities index (100 ≈ national average); lower is stronger on this axis. Same value for every city in the state.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 62/100 (C+) · 5.5%
Household income: 58/100 (C) · $78,738
Bachelor's+ share: 57/100 (C) · 29.3%
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
How does Conning Towers-Nautilus Park compare to other US cities?
Where Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income60% higher than other cities
Home value58% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Conning Towers-Nautilus Park against every qualifying US city; each in-state rank narrows that to Connecticut only. Full formula and direction notes: methodology.
Connecticut-relative analysis
Median Gross Rent places Conning Towers-Nautilus Park near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Conning Towers-Nautilus Park only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#145 of 198
27th percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#150 of 201
25th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#62 of 204
70th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#160 of 207
23rd percentile in Connecticut
How in-state ranks are ordered
Ranked by raw value (highest first); a higher rank is not automatically "better" for every measure, see each metric's own context above. This is a comparison within Connecticut only, not a livability score. See the methodology for the source and calculation.
Gauge source note
60th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Conning Towers-Nautilus Park's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$260,50042nd percentilemore affordable than 42% of 15,600 US cities
Show national distribution
Each bar is a $25K-wide band; taller bars hold more US cities. The dashed line + filled bar mark this entry. Hover or tap any bar for its full count, share, and where it sits relative to this entry.
Source U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year Estimates · 2023
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#8,168 of 15,516
More affordable than 47% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,684 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.3×, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sits in the moderate band:
national rank #8,168 of 15,516 and #6,684 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
Income and home value move in the same broad scale; check same-state peers before treating the multiple as an advantage or a warning.
How this ratio is calculated
Ratio = Census ACS 2023 median home value ÷ median household income for cities with both fields and population ≥ 1,000.
Rank 1 = lowest ratio (most compact). Bands match the fleet affordability thresholds used on guides (<3.0 / 3.0–5.0 / >5.0).
This is not a mortgage payment estimate and does not include rates, taxes, insurance, or down payment.
Income distribution context
$78,738Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT median household income (Census ACS 5-year) with U.S. national quintile shares for context. Diagonal = equality; the curve is national, not computed for Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)29.3%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.5%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)33.5%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,590
Median Income
$78,738
Median Home Value
$260,500
Median Age
24.5
Poverty Rate
5.5%
Labor force participation
33.5%
Bachelor's Degree+
29.3%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
11.8 minutes
Drive Alone
62.4%
Carpool
3.8%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
12.6%
Work from Home
20.2%
Other
1.0%
Based on 4,286 workers 16 and over.
Monthly Utility Costs
Connecticut statewide monthly utility average (EIA 2023): $345
EIA 2023 residential energy data puts average monthly utilities across Connecticut at $345 (electricity about $175 , water and sewer about $60 ).
These are Connecticut statewide averages, not a meter reading for Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Actual bills vary by home size, usage, and local rates. Source: U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023.
Living Costs & Risk
Connecticut's BEA cost-of-living index is 103.6 (Above Average; US average = 100, RPP 2024). HUD Fair Market Rent for a typical two-bedroom in the county around Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is $1,955/mo. FEMA's National Risk Index, averaged to Connecticut statewide on PlainCities, rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 / 100 (Very High).
Cost/risk geography note
Cost of living is a Connecticut statewide BEA average; rent is a county-level HUD Fair Market Rent for the county Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Conning Towers-Nautilus Park compares to similar-size Connecticut cities
Same-state peer method
Closest same-state population matches, not geographic neighbors. Population + median household income come from Census Bureau ACS 5-year B01001 and B19013.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau ACS 5-Year 2023, Census ACS B08301/B08136, U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) 2023, BEA Regional Price Parities 2024, HUD Fair Market Rents 2026, FEMA National Risk Index.