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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-GREENWICH-CT · Greenwich, CT 14,528 pop · income 92nd 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 Greenwich
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Greenwich on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Cayey zona ur… · lowest
20,024
Cayey zona ur… · lowest
20,024 median HH income
13.8% of the leader · rank #1
Mission Viejo · near
136,071
Mission Viejo · near
136,071 median HH income
93.4% of the leader · rank #2
Peach Lake · near
136,136
Peach Lake · near
136,136 median HH income
93.5% of the leader · rank #3
Pelican Marsh · near
136,141
Pelican Marsh · near
136,141 median HH income
93.5% of the leader · rank #4
Greenwich · this city
136,154
Greenwich · this city
136,154 median HH income
93.5% of the leader · rank #5
Merrifield · near
136,173
Merrifield · near
136,173 median HH income
93.5% of the leader · rank #6
Orange · highest
145,625
Orange · highest
145,625 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, and FBI crime rate
Out-of-state nearest neighbors for Greenwich on ACS population and median household income
, plus FBI UCR reporting rate when the extract covers this place. 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: 14,528.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
Greenwich - the verdict
Measured against every US city with at least 1,000 residents, Greenwich lands in the 92nd percentile for household income and the 69th percentile for safety. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
92nd
percentile, household income
99th
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
69th
percentile, safety
📝 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: Greenwich, CT
Connecticut's Greenwich is a small town, with 14,528 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Greenwich brings in $136,154 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 5.7%. Home values in Greenwich run a median of $1,486,100, and the median resident age is 44.0 years. About 70.2% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, while 55.8% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Greenwich reports a comparatively low crime rate: FBI UCR reporting places total crime at 876.7 incidents per 100,000 residents, below the national average (voluntary agency reporting, reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score).
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: the state registers 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average index (Above Average) per BEA Regional Price Parities 2024. A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,955 per month statewide. Statewide, average monthly utility bills in Connecticut run around $345, per EIA 2023 residential energy data. Commute times here average 23.9 minutes, with 48.6% driving alone and 20.5% working from home, per Census ACS commuting data. Natural-hazard exposure scores 87.6 out of 100 on FEMA's National Risk Index (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Greenwich'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 housing and income to comparison shortlist to reported crime to schools and households to work and mobility; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Greenwich, city-specific coverage includes matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for local building permits, annual population history, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
How far does income reach against housing in Greenwich?
The home-value-to-income reference is comparatively stretched: the ACS median home value is 10.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 5.7%, 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. Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median. That flags a question for comparison, not a verdict: tenure, household composition, financing costs, and the age of the ACS estimate can all change what a resident actually pays.
Which cities make useful reference points for Greenwich?
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Orange (14,251 residents, $145,625 income); Storrs (13,502 residents, $33,125 income); Windsor Locks (12,555 residents, $90,417 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Moorestown-Lenola, NJ (14,523 residents); Salem Lakes, WI (14,521 residents); Middlesex, NJ (14,518 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. The nationwide peer panel below adds a fourth FBI UCR reporting-rate lens, not personal risk.
What can the FBI record say about safety in Greenwich?
Treat this as a reporting-rate comparison, not a prediction of personal risk or a neighborhood-level safety grade. Tourism, daytime population, reporting practices, and variation inside the city are not adjusted away. The state rank and same-state peer table are the narrower comparisons available on this page.
The joined FBI UCR record reports 876.7 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 62% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
What does the education layer cover for Greenwich?
The NCES join finds 9 public schools within the city match. 70.2% of adults age 25+ hold a bachelor's degree or higher in the ACS estimate. These measures answer different questions: the school count describes local institutions, while adult attainment describes residents and cannot be used as a school-quality rating.
The city has a broader matched school footprint, but count alone does not describe performance, capacity, program availability, or attendance boundaries. This profile deliberately avoids converting it into an unsupported family-friendliness score.
These joined records add useful context, but they do not need another full-size panel. Each remains a separate measure with its own geography and source boundary.
Work and mobility
What does the journey to work look like in Greenwich?
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 48.6%. The reported mean trip to work is 23.9 minutes.
Public transit
15.3%
Work from home
20.5%
Drive alone
48.6%
City-level Census ACS commuting estimates covering 6,425 workers age 16+.
Top-decile income · poverty 5.7% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
B
City profile score · Greenwich, CT
74/100
5 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.
Bachelor's+ share A+
70.2%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime A+
9 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income A+
$136,154
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Poverty rate C+
5.7%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
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.
Greenwich profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 98/100 (A+) · 70.2%
Violent crime: 95/100 (A+) · 9 /100k
Household income: 92/100 (A+) · $136,154
Poverty rate: 61/100 (C+) · 5.7%
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
Where Greenwich sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
Greenwich's median home value and FBI crime rate plotted with similar-size and
same-state peers (padded with large cities when the peer set is thin). The second
read: pricey does not always mean safer, check which quadrant this city lands in.
Census ACS median home value vs FBI UCR crime rate - Greenwich highlighted among 8 peers.Read the chart values
Greenwich, CT (this city): home $1,486,100, crime 877/100k
Edgewater, NJ : home $723,400, crime 1,321/100k
Parlier, CA : home $236,100, crime 1,864/100k
Orange, CT : home $466,800, crime 3,547/100k
Windsor Locks, CT : home $236,800, crime 1,087/100k
Derby, CT : home $242,300, crime 2,862/100k
Bethel, CT : home $377,500, crime 539/100k
Willimantic, CT : home $180,600, crime 990/100k
How does Greenwich compare to other US cities?
Where Greenwich sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income92% higher than other cities
Home value99% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
Safety69% safer than other cities
"Safer than" reflects total crime rate from FBI UCR; the others use Census ACS estimates.
A national percentile can hide a lot of local variation: narrowed to Connecticut alone, Greenwich ranks #13 of 47 Connecticut cities by lowest crime rate - a different, more locally useful comparison than stacking it against the entire country.
How we calculate these percentiles & ranks
Each percentile compares Greenwich 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 Greenwich near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Greenwich ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Greenwich only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#62 of 198
69th percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#10 of 201
95th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#61 of 204
70th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#42 of 207
80th 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
92nd percentile nationally for median household income · 69th percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
Greenwich's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
Greenwich's percentile rank on 3 favorable-direction measures (income, affordability, safety) vs. every tracked US city -- higher on every axis is more favorable. Not a composite quality score, just the arithmetic mean of the axes shown.
How Greenwich's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$1,486,1001st percentilemore affordable than 1% 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
Greenwich's home-value-to-income ratio: 10.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
pressured
> 5.0×
National rank
#15,417 of 15,516
More affordable than 1% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#3,298 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 10.9×, Greenwich sits in the pressured band:
national rank #15,417 of 15,516 and #3,298 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
Housing value is high relative to the citywide income median, a comparison flag, not a verdict on any household.
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
$136,154Greenwich, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Greenwich, 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 Greenwich, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)70.2%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)5.7%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)55.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
14,528
Median Income
$136,154
Median Home Value
$1,486,100
Median Age
44.0
Poverty Rate
5.7%
Labor force participation
55.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
70.2%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
876.7
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
9.4
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
867.2
per 100,000 residents
Crime reporting caveat
Reflects incidents reported to the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program — agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies by jurisdiction and year, so this reflects reporting activity, not a definitive danger score. Not adjusted for tourism, commuter, or daytime population.
Schools
Total Schools
9
Public schools in this city
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
23.9 minutes
Drive Alone
48.6%
Carpool
6.1%
Public Transit
15.3%
Walk
8.2%
Work from Home
20.5%
Other
1.3%
Based on 6,425 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 Greenwich. 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 Greenwich 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 Greenwich sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Greenwich 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, FBI UCR, NCES CCD, 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.