Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)'s Census ACS profile: residents, income, housing, and the joined public-record layers available for this place.
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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-LONG-HILL-CDP-GREATER-BRIDGEPORT-COUNTY-CT · Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), CT 8,597 pop · income 93rd 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Harrisburg · lowest
48,488
Harrisburg · lowest
48,488 median HH income
19.4% of the leader · rank #1
Bothell West · near
144,941
Bothell West · near
144,941 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #2
Long Hill CDP… · this city
145,000
Long Hill CDP… · this city
145,000 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #3
Herricks · near
145,000
Herricks · near
145,000 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #4
Harwood · near
145,000
Harwood · near
145,000 median HH income
58.0% of the leader · rank #5
Unionville CD… · near
145,000
Unionville CD… · near
145,000 median HH income
58.0% 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) 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: 8,597.
Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) - the verdict
Nationally, Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) sits in the 93rd percentile for household income among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS.
93rd
percentile, household income
81st
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: Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), CT
Connecticut's Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) is a small town, with 8,597 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. The typical household in Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) brings in $145,000 a year, placing it in the top quartile of U.S. cities for household income, with a poverty rate of 4.2%. Home values in Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) run a median of $450,300, and the median resident age is 41.5 years. Educational attainment runs 50.8% of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher. Separately, 61.8% 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. FEMA's National Risk Index rates natural-hazard exposure at 87.6 out of 100 (Very High).
A decision-led reading path
Useful questions to ask of Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)'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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares.
No matched row is reported here for annual population history, FBI reported-crime rates, local building permits, matched public-school count, within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
Question 1
What does the journey to work look like in Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 68.4%. A reliable mean commute time is not available for this row, so the mode shares carry the comparison.
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.
Which cities make useful reference points for Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)?
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.
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Conning Towers-Nautilus Park (8,590 residents, $78,738 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 Fort Riley, KS (8,595 residents); Fern Park, FL (8,593 residents); Monona, WI (8,604 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.
How far does income reach against housing in Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)?
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.
The home-value-to-income reference sits in a middle range: the ACS median home value is 3.1 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 4.2%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
Top-decile income · poverty 4.2% (Below-median poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
B-
City profile score · Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), CT
69/100
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.
Household income A+
$145,000
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); ACS.
Bachelor's+ share A
50.8%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Poverty rate B
4.2%
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.
Violent crime N/A
N/A
No FBI UCR violent-crime rate for this place (coverage is incomplete).
Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Household income: 95/100 (A+) · $145,000
Bachelor's+ share: 85/100 (A) · 50.8%
Poverty rate: 71/100 (B) · 4.2%
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
How does Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) compare to other US cities?
Where Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) sits among all US cities (population 1,000+) on each measure, computed live from Census and FBI data.
Household income93% higher than other cities
Home value81% 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#55 of 198
72nd percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#71 of 201
65th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#77 of 204
62nd percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#98 of 207
53rd 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
93rd percentile nationally for median household income. Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
How Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)'s home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$450,30019th percentilemore affordable than 19% 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
Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County)'s home-value-to-income ratio: 3.1×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#7,214 of 15,516
More affordable than 54% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#6,013 of 11,323
Micro cities (under 10,000)
At 3.1×, Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) sits in the moderate band:
national rank #7,214 of 15,516 and #6,013 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
$145,000Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County), CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)50.8%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)4.2%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)61.8%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
8,597
Median Income
$145,000
Median Home Value
$450,300
Median Age
41.5
Poverty Rate
4.2%
Labor force participation
61.8%
Bachelor's Degree+
50.8%
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
68.4%
Carpool
4.9%
Public Transit
0.6%
Walk
0.1%
Work from Home
21.9%
Other
4.1%
Based on 4,024 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County). 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) 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 Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) 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.
City
Population
Median Household Income
Long Hill CDP (Greater Bridgeport County) (this city)
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.