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Your life in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut
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What stands out
If you had to describe Capitol Planning Region in numbers, start here: the property tax rate is in the top 2% of American counties (2.22%), home internet speed is in the top 3% of American counties (306 Mbps), and the typical two-bedroom rent is in the top 6% of American counties ($1,391 a month). Within Connecticut it ranks 2nd of 9 counties for the property tax rate.
Where you are
You live in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. 977,165 people live here with you. The population grew 0.3% last year, and more Americans moved out than in (net -1,356).
Connecticut has among the highest property taxes and highest per-capita incomes in the country, and both are concentrated in Fairfield County, an hour from Manhattan by train. The state taxes Social Security only above income thresholds and phases out tax on pensions and IRA withdrawals for middle incomes. It has an estate tax with an exemption matched to the federal level.
Money
The typical household here brings in $88,190 a year, higher than 93% of American counties. Employers pay an average wage of $82,874. 13% of workers work from home; for the rest the average commute is 20 minutes each way.
Connecticut takes 4.6% of that median income in state income tax, about $4,100 a year.
Home
A two-bedroom rents for around $1,391 a month. Property tax is 2.22% of home value, roughly $6,303 a year on that median home, higher than 98% of American counties.
Safety and health
6.4% of people under 65 have no health insurance.
Neighbors and politics
Under Connecticut law you need local approval to carry a concealed handgun, abortion is protected by state law, and marijuana is legal for adults.
Getting around, going out
Home internet averages 306 Mbps down, faster than 97% of American counties. There are 14 airports in the county, counting general aviation. For a night or a weekend out: 14 breweries, 31 museums.
Where these numbers come from
- BLS QCEW 2024
- CDC 2024
- CMS 2024
- Census 2023
- Census ACS
- Census ACS 2022
- Census Population Estimates 2023
- Census SAHIE 2024
- County Health Rankings 2024
- Derived from ACS 2022 home value / household income
- FAA Airport Database
- FEMA Disaster Declarations 1953–2026
- FEMA National Risk Index 2023 (0–100, all hazards)
- HRSA Area Health Resources File 2023
- IMLS
- NOAA Climate Normals
- National Park Service
- Ookla Speedtest Intelligence
- Open Brewery DB
- OpenElections 2024
- SEDA via County Health Rankings 2024 (3.0 = at grade level; not a Z-score)
- Tax Foundation 2023
- USDA Food Environment Atlas
- Zillow ZHVI 2024
- Connecticut tax and law data: state revenue department, Tax Foundation, Giffords, Guttmacher (2026)
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