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Western Connecticut

United States · GDP 2024
#69 of 3,127 US counties by GDPbottom-decile growthmore diversified than 98% of counties
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GDP 2024 (USD)
$76.3B
GDP growth
+Infinity%
Jobs tracked
292,288
Employers
19,955
Avg. wage
$113.0k
Population
640,482
Labor & formation
Unemployment
4.4%
Median HH income
$128.2k±$2.4k
Business applications
11,937 · 2025

Public companies headquartered here

SEC EDGAR · FMP
CompanySectorRevenueEA

No public companies loaded for this state yet — universe expands with the full ingest.

HQ-based placement with total (global) headcount — local employment attribution needs firmographic data; the industry mix at right is measured county data (CBP).

Industry mix · employment
Health care27%
Retail trade18%
Professional services18%
Food & accommodation14%
Finance & insurance13%
Admin & support10%
share of top-6 sector employment · CBP 2023
Population & migration
Census PEP · 2020–2025
640,482
residents · 2025 · +3.5% since 2020
Income per capita $165.5k · BEA 2024
COMPONENTS OF CHANGE · 2021–2025
Domestic migration−16,173
International migration+29,703
Natural change+7,663

GDP trend

2019–2024 · nominal
$0
2019
$0
2020
$0
2021
$0
2022
$0
2023
$76.3B
2024

Real estate & risk

FHFA · ACS · FEMA
Median home value
$652.9k±$8.5k
Median gross rent
$2.1k/mo±$34/mo
Vacancy rate
6.4%±0.4%
Affordability
5.8× wages
Residential permits
2,749 (4.3/1k pop)
FEMA risk score
96.3
HUD Fair Market Rent (2BR):HUD_API_KEY not yet configured
TOP PERILS · FEMA NRI
Strong wind 98Hurricane 97Ice storm 95
FHFA HOUSE PRICE INDEX · 2016–2025
681
2016
681
2017
691
2018
702
2019
716
2020
798
2021
903
2022
985
2023
1057
2024
1119
2025
Similar US counties
nearest by GDP
Essex$76.2BNew Castle$76.0BNorfolk$75.1BPinellas$78.1BMorris$74.4BJefferson$78.8B
The read

Western Connecticut's economy produced $76.3B in 2024, growing Infinity% year over year — among the slowest-growing US counties. Its largest employment sector is health care.

GDP: BEA (2024), USD-normalized · Jobs/employers/wages & industry mix: Census CBP (2023) · Population & migration: Census PEP · Income: BEA CAINC1 · Companies: SEC EDGAR + FMP, by HQ.
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