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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-LAKE-BUNGEE-CT · Lake Bungee, CT 566 pop · income 66th 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 Lake Bungee
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Lake Bungee on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
West Point · lowest
55,500
West Point · lowest
55,500 median HH income
22.2% of the leader · rank #1
Red Corral · near
83,929
Red Corral · near
83,929 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #2
Helena · near
83,929
Helena · near
83,929 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #3
Lake Bungee · this city
83,936
Lake Bungee · this city
83,936 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #4
Keuka Park · near
83,942
Keuka Park · near
83,942 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #5
Burnsville · near
83,953
Burnsville · near
83,953 median HH income
33.6% of the leader · rank #6
Candlewood Is… · highest
250,001
Candlewood Is… · 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 Lake Bungee 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: 566.
Out of every US city with 1,000+ residents, Lake Bungee places in the 66th percentile for household income. Source: Census ACS.
66th
percentile, household income
56th
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: Lake Bungee, CT
Census ACS 2023 estimates count 566 residents in Lake Bungee, a small town within Connecticut. Lake Bungee households earn a median of $83,936 annually, above the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 0.0%. Lake Bungee's housing stock carries a median value of $248,800, and the median resident age is 39.8 years. Educational attainment runs 21.4% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 85.0% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
Connecticut carries a cost-of-living premium: BEA Regional Price Parities 2024 puts Connecticut at 103.6 on a 100-equals-national-average scale (Above Average). A typical two-bedroom carries a HUD Fair Market Rent of $1,955 per month statewide. Monthly utility costs average around $345 across Connecticut, per EIA 2023 residential energy estimates. The average commute for Lake Bungee workers runs 42.2 minutes, with 84.8% driving alone and 0.0% 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 Lake Bungee'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 comparison shortlist to work and mobility to housing and income; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For Lake Bungee, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, annual population history; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
Which cities make useful reference points for Lake Bungee?
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Candlewood Isle (569 residents, $250,000+ income); Candlewood Shores (534 residents, $178,510 income); Norfolk (608 residents, $85,313 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are West Point, AL (566 residents); Elfin Forest, CA (566 residents); Letha, ID (566 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.
What does the journey to work look like in Lake Bungee?
Mode share answers how workers usually travel; it does not measure congestion, reliability, distance to a particular job, or the quality of transit service. No single mode completely explains the work trip here. The mix is more useful than a one-number commute grade, especially when comparing places where transit, walking, and remote work divide the non-driving share differently.
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 84.8%. The reported mean trip to work is 42.2 minutes.
How far does income reach against housing in Lake Bungee?
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.0 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 0.0%, 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 0.0% (Very low poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
C
City profile score · Lake Bungee, CT
58/100
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 A+
0.0%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
Household income C+
$83,936
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share F
21.4%
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).
Lake Bungee profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Poverty rate: 100/100 (A+) · 0.0%
Household income: 63/100 (C+) · $83,936
Bachelor's+ share: 38/100 (F) · 21.4%
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
How does Lake Bungee compare to other US cities?
Where Lake Bungee sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income66% higher than other cities
Home value56% 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 Lake Bungee 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 Lake Bungee near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Lake Bungee ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Lake Bungee only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#133 of 198
33rd percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#157 of 201
22nd percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#141 of 204
0th percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#184 of 207
11th 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
66th percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Lake Bungee's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$248,80044th percentilemore affordable than 44% 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
Lake Bungee's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.0×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
affordable
< 3.0×
National rank
#6,499 of 15,516
More affordable than 58% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#5,530 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.0×, Lake Bungee sits in the affordable band:
national rank #6,499 of 15,516 and #5,530 of 11,323micro cities (under 10,000).
The multiple is comparatively compact among tracked cities, but a low ratio can still coexist with slow demand or household-level hardship.
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
$83,936Lake Bungee, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Lake Bungee, 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 Lake Bungee, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)21.4%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)0.0%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)85.0%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
566
Median Income
$83,936
Median Home Value
$248,800
Median Age
39.8
Poverty Rate
0.0%
Labor force participation
85.0%
Bachelor's Degree+
21.4%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Average Commute Time
42.2 minutes
Drive Alone
84.8%
Carpool
15.2%
Public Transit
0.0%
Walk
0.0%
Work from Home
0.0%
Based on 408 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 Lake Bungee. 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 Lake Bungee 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 Lake Bungee sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Lake Bungee 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.