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Place dossier plate
SheetCT-NEW-LONDON-CT · New London, CT 27,199 pop · income 35th 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 New London
Lowest/highest poles plus peers nearest New London on median household income. Full ladder: /browse and /rankings.
median HH income
Kent · lowest
42,524
Kent · lowest
42,524 median HH income
27.3% of the leader · rank #1
Elgin · near
60,114
Elgin · near
60,114 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #2
Hebron · near
60,114
Hebron · near
60,114 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #3
Minco · near
60,114
Minco · near
60,114 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #4
Rusk · near
60,119
Rusk · near
60,119 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #5
New London · this city
60,123
New London · this city
60,123 median HH income
38.6% of the leader · rank #6
Celina · highest
155,875
Celina · highest
155,875 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 New London 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: 27,199.
Agency-reported UCR totals per 100,000 population, not a neighborhood safety grade or a prediction of personal risk.
New London - the verdict
Nationally, New London sits in the 35th percentile for household income and the 43rd percentile for safety among US cities with a population of 1,000 or more. Source: Census ACS + FBI UCR.
35th
percentile, household income
52nd
percentile, home value
86th
percentile, median rent
43rd
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: New London, CT
Connecticut's New London is a small city, with 27,199 residents per the latest Census Bureau ACS figures. Households in New London report a median income of $60,123 per year, below the median for U.S. cities on this measure, with a poverty rate of 17.1%. New London's housing stock carries a median value of $234,800, and the median resident age is 35.1 years. 28.9% of adults here have a bachelor's degree or higher; 56.1% of working-age residents are in the labor force.
In 2024, 12 residential building permits were authorized in New London (Construction Slowdown), down 67% from five years earlier, per Census BPS data. New London reports a comparatively low crime rate: the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting program logs 1594.4 total incidents per 100,000 residents here, below the national average (agency reporting is voluntary, so this measures 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. Statewide, HUD pegs Fair Market Rent for a two-bedroom unit at $1,955 monthly. 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 New London'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 work and mobility to comparison shortlist to reported crime to population change to schools and households; another city can have a different sequence or fewer supported layers because the source joins are not uniform.
For New London, city-specific coverage includes commute-mode shares, matched public-school count, FBI reported-crime rates, annual population history, local building permits.
No matched row is reported here for within-city Census tract profiles; the page leaves those layers out instead of substituting a statewide or national value.
1. Housing and income
How far does income reach against housing in New London?
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 3.9 times median household income. The ACS poverty estimate is 17.1%, which keeps the citywide median from describing every household.
What does the journey to work look like in New London?
Driving alone is the largest reported mode at 67.7%. 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. 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.
Which cities make useful reference points for New London?
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.
Within Connecticut, the closest population matches are Wethersfield (27,180 residents, $118,523 income); East Haven (27,729 residents, $86,498 income); North Haven (24,177 residents, $126,807 income). Outside the state, the closest population matches in this dataset are Kent, OH (27,190 residents); Balch Springs, TX (27,181 residents); Wright, FL (27,233 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.
What can the FBI record say about safety in New London?
The joined FBI UCR record reports 1594.4 violent and property crimes per 100,000 residents, below the 2280.5 national reference used here. The difference is 30% lower in arithmetic terms, but agency participation is voluntary and reporting completeness varies.
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.
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.
Population change
Is New London growing, shrinking, or holding steady?
Census PEP estimates show the population grew by +1,210 residents from 2020 to 2025, a +4.5% change. Separately, Census BPS recorded 12 housing units authorized in 2024. PEP and ACS are different Census series, so the trend is kept separate from the headline ACS population.
Recent estimates point upward. Growth can increase housing demand and service needs, but the permit record must move in the same direction before calling it a supply response; the two series measure different things.
2020 estimate
26,793
2025 estimate
28,003
Period change
+4.5%
Census Population Estimates Program, 2020–2025; permit context uses Census BPS.
What does the education layer cover for New London?
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.
The NCES join finds 11 public schools within the city match. 28.9% 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.
Poverty estimate
17.1%
Bachelor's degree+
28.9%
Matched public schools
11
NCES Common Core of Data school locations plus Census ACS resident characteristics.
Below median income · poverty 17.1% (High poverty)
Cost of Living Index (state)
103.6 (US=100)
High cost · BEA RPP 2024, Connecticut average
F
City profile score · New London, CT
35/100
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 C
28.9%
Adults with a bachelor's degree or higher; ACS.
Violent crime D
201 /100k
FBI UCR violent offenses per 100,000 residents; lower is stronger on this axis.
Household income F
$60,123
Median household income vs U.S. cities (pop ≥1,000); 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.
Poverty rate F
17.1%
Share of residents below the poverty line; lower scores better on this axis.
New London profile (scored ACS/FBI dimensions)Read the chart values
Bachelor's+ share: 56/100 (C) · 28.9%
Violent crime: 47/100 (D) · 201 /100k
Household income: 35/100 (F) · $60,123
Cost of living: 24/100 (F) · 103.6 index
Poverty rate: 19/100 (F) · 17.1%
Where New London sits on home value vs crime among peer cities
New London'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 - New London highlighted among 12 peers.Read the chart values
New London, CT (this city): home $234,800, crime 1,594/100k
Kent, OH : home $210,700, crime 1,399/100k
Balch Springs, TX : home $208,200, crime 3,233/100k
Pooler, GA : home $289,000, crime 1,796/100k
Celina, TX : home $458,000, crime 1,467/100k
Thomasville, NC : home $163,200, crime 2,627/100k
Wethersfield, CT : home $300,500, crime 1,430/100k
East Haven, CT : home $274,900, crime 2,051/100k
North Haven, CT : home $360,100, crime 2,662/100k
Newington, CT : home $279,900, crime 2,212/100k
Naugatuck, CT : home $241,600, crime 1,071/100k
Ansonia, CT : home $269,300, crime 1,475/100k
How does New London compare to other US cities?
New London measured against every US city with 1,000+ residents, computed live from the same Census and FBI data shown throughout this page.
Household income35% higher than other cities
Home value52% pricier than other cities
Median rent86% pricier than other cities
Safety43% 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, New London ranks #30 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 New London 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 New London near the bottom of Connecticut's cities
Among the 207 Connecticut cities PlainCities tracks with reported median gross rent data, New London ranks #1 - the 0th percentile within the state. This is a different, narrower cut than the nationwide percentiles above: it compares New London only against its own state's cities, not the full US field.
Median Household Income
#180 of 198
9th percentile in Connecticut
Median Gross Rent
#1 of 207
0th percentile in Connecticut
Median Home Value
#172 of 201
14th percentile in Connecticut
Poverty Rate
#16 of 204
92nd percentile in Connecticut
Bachelor's Degree or Higher
#162 of 207
22nd 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
35th percentile nationally for median household income · 43rd percentile for safety (lower crime rate). Source: Census ACS 2023 / FBI UCR 2023.
New London's profile vs. every US city
Income, affordability, and safety percentile
New London'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 New London's home value compares nationally
Median home value vs. every US city (population 1,000+)
$234,80048th percentilemore affordable than 48% 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
New London's home-value-to-income ratio: 3.9×
ACS median home value divided by median household income.
Band
moderate
3.0–5.0×
National rank
#10,412 of 15,516
More affordable than 33% of tracked cities (pop. 1,000+)
Size class
#1,900 of 3,317
Small cities (10,000–49,999)
At 3.9×, New London sits in the moderate band:
national rank #10,412 of 15,516 and #1,900 of 3,317small cities (10,000–49,999).
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
$60,123New London, CT median household income (Census ACS)
Show U.S. national quintile / Lorenz context New London, 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 New London, CT.
Key socioeconomic indicators
Bachelor's degree or higher (adults 25+)28.9%
Census ACS S1501, educational attainment
Poverty rate (households below FPL)17.1%
Census ACS S1701, poverty status
Labor force participation (adults 16+)56.1%
Census ACS S2301, share of working-age residents in the labor force
Population
27,199
Median Income
$60,123
Median Home Value
$234,800
Median Age
35.1
Poverty Rate
17.1%
Labor force participation
56.1%
Bachelor's Degree+
28.9%
Safety & Crime
Total Crime Rate
1594.4
per 100,000 residents
Violent Crime
201.1
per 100,000 residents
Property Crime
1393.3
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
11
Public schools in this city
Population Change
PEP vintage
Annual U.S. Census Bureau Population Estimates Program (PEP) estimates, 2020–2025
New London's Census PEP population estimates, 2020–2025.Read the chart as text
Period
Population
2020
26,793 residents
2021
27,337 residents
2022
27,934 residents
2023
28,035 residents
2024
28,021 residents
2025
28,003 residents
Housing Supply
BPS source
Census Bureau Building Permits Survey (BPS) - annual residential permits authorized
📉 Construction Slowdown
Total Permits (2024)
12
housing units authorized
Single-Family
8
detached homes
Multifamily
4
apartments & condos
Supply Intensity
0.4
permits per 1,000 residents
5-Year Permit Trend (2019–2024)
Year
Total
Single-Family
Multifamily
Est. Value
2019
36
36
0
$6.0M
2020
37
35
2
$6.2M
2021
45
43
2
$7.5M
2022
42
38
4
$6.9M
2023
4
2
2
$0.6M
2024
12
8
4
$2.0M
Permit volume decreased 67% from 2019 to 2024.
Commute Patterns
Commute source
How workers travel to work, Census ACS 2023
Drive Alone
67.7%
Carpool
7.7%
Public Transit
4.7%
Walk
7.6%
Work from Home
11.0%
Other
1.3%
Based on 13,396 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 New London. 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 New London 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 New London sits in; the FEMA hazard score shown here is a statewide average of county NRI inputs, not a parcel-level reading.
How New London 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 BPS 2024, 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.