Ansonia, Connecticut

Area Profile

19,033 residents. Public schools, jobs, income, housing cost, climate and natural-hazard risk for Ansonia, in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region.

44out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 7% of 4,196 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 13 sources
Opportunity4,068th of 4,199 cities measured25
Schools3,297th of 4,162 cities measured27
Growth3,947th of 4,224 cities measured22
Housing affordabilityTop 8% of 4,218 cities measured82
Climate2,713th of 4,225 cities measured65
Physical resilience2,943rd of 4,226 cities measured38
Access3,472nd of 4,226 cities measured77
Economic stabilityTop 45% of 4,226 cities measured61
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable cities measured: unemployment is 7.0% and the Opportunity signal places Ansonia in the bottom 3%.

In the public schools here, 22% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 14.0 students for every teacher.

Residential permitting has slowed: 7 units authorized over the past twelve months, against 12 the year before. That follows a longer stretch moving the other way, through 2025.

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At a glance

Population
19,033
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$85,877
Top 28% nationally
Density
3,162/sq mi
6 sq mi of land
Median age
40.1
2024 ACS 5-Year
Nearest major airport
BDL
46 mi · Bradley Intl
Median home value
$287,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment of 7.0% — higher than in all but 4% of the 4,226 measured US cities.

Employment fell 4.2% over the past year, to 9,603 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsNaugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$65,89638th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftNaugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$69,92145th percentileof 4,101filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$9,8412024 ACS 5-Year$85,877Top 28%of 29,2232024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$8,6972024 ACS 5-Year$48,209Top 19%of 31,4202024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year9.0%Top 43%of 31,7732024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±2.0 min2024 ACS 5-Year27.2 minBottom 47%of 31,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year21.9%Top 46%of 31,9192024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year71.6%32nd percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentJuly 20269,603Bottom 2%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (3 years)July 2026−5.2%Bottom 4%of 4,226July 2026
Employment change (year over year)July 2026−4.2%Bottom 2%of 4,226July 2026
Labor forceJuly 202610,3313rd percentileof 4,226July 2026
Labor force participation ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year84.6%Top 26%of 31,5132024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageWaterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$69,080Top 48%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Median annual wageWaterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$51,440Top 48%of 3,7292025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year1.1%85th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)July 2026+1.7%Bottom 1%of 4,226July 2026
Unemployment rateJuly 20267.0%Bottom 4%of 4,226July 2026
Worked from home ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year9.1%56th percentileof 31,4332024 ACS 5-Year

Unemployment rate

2021/072022/072023/072024/072025/072026/078.23.3
Monthly unemployment rate from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, most recent value 7.0% in July 2026. It has been rising, over a series running from 2020-01 to 2026-07. A break in the line is a month the Bureau of Labor Statistics did not publish for this area — it is left empty rather than estimated.

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202486k62k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $85,877 in the 2024 ACS 5-Year. Consecutive releases share four years of sample, so AreaProfile shows them as a record of successive estimates and does not compute a year-over-year change from them.

Largest occupations — Waterbury-Shelton, CT

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Home Health and Personal Care Aides6,360$37,690
Fast Food and Counter Workers3,860$34,850
Cashiers3,450$35,100
Stockers and Order Fillers3,430$37,890
General and Operations Managers3,370$130,900
Retail Salespersons3,310$35,360

Searches the 40 largest occupations here that have a published wage.

Occupational employment and wages are published for metropolitan areas rather than for individual cities or ZIP areas, so these describe the wider labor market this location sits in. 2025 OEWS, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

22% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 39% in reading, across the schools here that reported results.

There are 14.0 students for every full-time teacher across 5 public schools, fewer than in most measured places.

Public schools
5
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
14.0
across all schools here
Math proficiency
22.5%
Bottom 12% in Connecticut
Reading proficiency
38.9%
Bottom 21% in Connecticut
All 5 public schools on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Emmett O'Brien Technical High SchoolConnecticut Technical Education and Career System61812.48%42%
Ansonia High SchoolAnsonia School District61712.917%42%
Prendergast SchoolAnsonia School District58816.337%38%
Mead SchoolAnsonia School District57815.230%34%
Ansonia Middle SchoolAnsonia School District56014.022%38%

59.4% of students here are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That describes the circumstances families arrive with, not how the schools perform, so it is shown and not scored.

Public schools only, from the NCES Common Core of Data, placed by ZIP code — which schools are in this place, not which one a particular address is zoned for. A dash in a proficiency column is a gap in the federal file, not a bad result. Proficiency is measured against Connecticut’s own standard, so it is ranked within state. How to read school figures.

Prices for everything a household buys run about 1% above the national average — the Bureau of Economic Analysis index reads 101.0, against 100 for the nation. Nationally, housing drives most of the spread between places in this index; other goods vary far less.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency’s house price index for the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area is up 55% over five years, and up 3.9% over the last year. It follows repeat sales of the same homes, so it measures price change rather than which homes happened to sell.

Homeowners here who pay a tax bill pay a median of $5,446 a year in real estate taxes, about 1.90% of the median home value.

The typical renter household here spends 26% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,476 a month.

A median home at $287,200 costs 3.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $95,471, above the historic benchmark of about 3 times income.

Cost of living
101.0

Prices here run about 1% above the national average. The spread between places is driven mostly by housing — goods vary far less — and this excludes taxes.

Published for the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area as a whole. Prices are regional — people shop, commute and rent across a metropolitan area rather than within a city boundary — so this describes the cost of living around this place better than a figure drawn to its own limits would.

Rent as a share of income
25.6%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
3.0×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Median gross rent
$1,476
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$287,200
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against Ansonia’s median household income of $85,877, which describes the place rather than you. Enter your own and the ratio is recomputed against it. It stays in this browser.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Cost of living indexthe Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2023101.0Top 46%of 3,7002023
Home price change (1 year)the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+3.9%65th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+55.2%90th percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Waterbury-Shelton, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+94.6%52nd percentileof 4,1542026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.32024 ACS 5-Year3.0Bottom 34%of 26,8152024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±5%2024 ACS 5-Year58.1%18th percentileof 31,7172024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±5192024 ACS 5-Year7,93292nd percentileof 32,1772024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$1212024 ACS 5-Year$1,476Bottom 20%of 23,1202024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$14,2072024 ACS 5-Year$287,20070th percentileof 29,1112024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$2692024 ACS 5-Year$5,44691st percentileof 26,4402024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$7,2522024 ACS 5-Year$95,471Top 31%of 27,5482024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.13%2024 ACS 5-Year1.90%90th percentileof 20,5432024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year25.6%Top 35%of 22,9502024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±1192024 ACS 5-Year12091st percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year1.5%66th percentileof 31,8952024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year7.6%53rd percentileof 31,7692024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±2642024 ACS 5-Year72093rd percentileof 32,3302024 ACS 5-Year

These measures come from the same ACS release as the income they are compared with. They compare housing cost with local earnings only: transport, groceries, healthcare, insurance and taxes are not in them. How to read affordability, the two rent figures and the cost-of-living index.

Development Momentum

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Permitting has been rising for the last 2 years of a series running from 2022 to 2025. That is the direction of the recent run. The chart below compares the first year with the last, which can point the other way.

An AreaProfile calculation combining permit volume per resident, its direction over one and three years, population change and employment growth. Permit volume alone is not the measure.

Population has grown 2% since 2020, reaching 19,195 in 2024.

Population is still rising but the pace is easing: 19,195 residents in 2024, up 0.6% over the year, a smaller gain than the year before.

New construction is predominantly single-family: of 7 units permitted over the past twelve months, none were in buildings of five or more homes.

Federal tax returns show Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, which contains Ansonia, gained about 0.4% of its residents through moves within the US in the most recent year, counting those who arrived against those who left. Households that moved in reported an average income of $65,896, below the $69,921 of households that moved out.

At 0.4 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US cities.

Units permitted
7
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
0.4
Bottom 13% nationally
Year over year
−42%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
0.0%
units in 5+ unit buildings

Population, annual estimates

2020202120222023202419k19k
Census Population Estimates Program, July 1 of each year. These annual estimates are designed for year-over-year comparison, unlike the ACS five-year figure shown as this profile's population. It has been rising for the last 4 years, over a series running from 2020 to 2024.

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.4%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
38%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$65,896
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$69,921
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT 2,914 people · 15% of arrivals
  2. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT 2,784 people · 15% of arrivals
  3. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 2,715 people · 14% of arrivals
  4. Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT 1,990 people · 11% of arrivals
  5. Bronx County, NY 1,099 people · 5.8% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT 3,216 people · 18% of departures
  2. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 2,326 people · 13% of departures
  3. Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, CT 1,309 people · 7.5% of departures
  4. Western Connecticut Planning Region, CT 1,003 people · 5.8% of departures
  5. Northwest Hills Planning Region, CT 1,001 people · 5.8% of departures

Based on the address on federal tax returns, compared with the same filers a year earlier. It counts people who file, and sees a move only when the address on a return changes. Domestic moves only: people arriving from abroad are left out. This is the figure for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, CT. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

Housing units permitted per year

2022202320242025120.0
Annual totals from the Census Building Permits Survey.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 82°F and January a low of 23°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 41.8 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station NEW HAVEN TWEED AP, 11.0 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.2"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals41.8"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals23°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals82°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals43°F1991-2020 Normals

Climate figures are thirty-year normals, not current conditions. How to read climate and air quality.

Physical risk

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Physical resilience

The hazards accounting for most of this area's expected annual loss are inland flooding, hurricane and earthquake, with inland flooding alone responsible for 72% of it.

Inland floodingElevated
HurricaneElevated
Ice stormModerate
LandslideModerate
EarthquakeModerate
Heat waveModerate

Low or minimal exposure: strong wind, winter weather, lightning, tornado, cold wave, hail, drought, wildfire, coastal flooding, tsunami, volcanic activity, avalanche.

Hazard ratings are AreaProfile calculations derived from the FEMA National Risk Index v1.20.0 (December 2025). FEMA publishes at county level. City values are the population-weighted mean of the counties the city overlaps, using AreaProfile place-to-county land-area weights. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

Violent crime
73
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year
Property crime
1,541
per 100,000 residents · 2025 calendar year

Below these are deaths rather than offenses, published for the county. The two measure different things and are not comparable with each other.

Ansonia's police department reported 73 violent offenses per 100,000 residents, lower than most places with a department reporting. Property crime runs at 1,541.

Firearm deaths count every intent together, and nationally the majority are suicides rather than homicides, so the firearm figure and the homicide figure above it count some of the same deaths twice over. They overlap and should not be added together.

Offenses are reported to the FBI by Ansonia’s own police department and shown only where it reported every month of the year; a partial year is withheld rather than scaled up. Reported crime is what police recorded, which is not the same as what happened. Death rates are crude rates — deaths divided by population, not adjusted for age — except where a count was too small for the CDC to publish and it modeled the rate, which the card marks. They come from provisional death certificate records, published by the CDC by county and not below it. So they describe the county around Ansonia (Naugatuck Valley Planning Region) rather than Ansonia itself. Neither is part of the Area Score. How to read crime rates and death rates.

What this profile does not cover

Each of these is absent for a reason, not by oversight. The Area Score is calculated without them; the weighting is on the methodology page.

Death-certificate rates
The CDC publishes these rates by county, and no county figure could be attached to this page.
Air quality
The EPA publishes an air-quality index only where a monitor sits. There is none in this county, and a modeled value would be a different kind of number from the measured ones everywhere else on this page.
Taxes
Income and sales taxes are not published: no source covers them nationally with a method open enough to check. Property taxes are shown in the housing section but are not part of the score. The cost-of-living index above is a price level for all consumption, not a household budget, and it excludes taxes. Nothing here is individualized tax advice.
Anything about a specific address
Every figure describes an area, not a street or a house.

Access

7 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Bradley Intl at 46 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year91.5%Top 42%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle46 miBottom 15%of 4,226NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle7Top 13%of 4,226NASR current cycle
No internet access ±2%2024 ACS 5-Year7.2%Top 49%of 31,5882024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Bradley IntlBDL46 mi9,510 ft
New York Stewart IntlSWF55 mi11,817 ft
Westfield-Barnes RgnlBAF59 mi9,000 ft

Airport identity, position and runway data come from the FAA. “Major airport” is an AreaProfile classification — a public-use civil airport with a paved runway of at least 8,000 feet — not an FAA hub designation. Distances are straight-line, not driving distance.

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Other cities in Waterbury-Shelton, CT

Same metropolitan area, measured the same way
CityCountyPopulationArea ScoreCompare
WaterburyNaugatuck Valley Planning Region114,86941Waterbury vs Ansonia
BristolNaugatuck Valley Planning Region61,46249Bristol vs Ansonia
SheltonNaugatuck Valley Planning Region41,88955Shelton vs Ansonia
NaugatuckNaugatuck Valley Planning Region31,80052
DerbyNaugatuck Valley Planning Region12,48746

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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
SafetyFederal Bureau of Investigation, Crime Data Explorer
Summarized offense counts by law enforcement agency
2025 calendar year
Physical riskFederal Emergency Management Agency
National Risk Index
National Risk Index December 2025 (v1.20.0)
Demographics, IncomeInternal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income Division
U.S. Population Migration Data (county to county)
filing years 2022–2023
ClimateNOAA National Centers for Environmental Information
U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Monthly)
1991-2020 Normals
HousingU.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis
Regional price parities and county personal income
2023
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics
2025 OEWS
JobsU.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics
Local Area Unemployment Statistics
July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
Access, Demographics, Housing, Income, JobsU.S. Census Bureau
American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates (Table-Based Summary File)
2024 ACS 5-Year
SchoolsU.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics
Common Core of Data and EDFacts assessments
2018-19 school year; 2024-25 school year
HousingU.S. Federal Housing Finance Agency
House Price Index (traditional, all-transactions)
2026 Q2
Current conditionsNOAA National Weather Service
National Weather Service current conditions
Live observation, read when the page opens

Profile recalculated October 8, 2026. Recalculation is not the same as new source data — each figure above shows the period its source actually covers. Read the full methodology, or every source with how often each updates.

ZIP codes in Ansonia

1 ZIP area

Every ZIP area in Ansonia with census figures of its own, largest first. The ones linked below diverge enough from the city as a whole to carry a full profile; the rest track Ansonia closely, so their figures are here rather than on a page that would repeat this one. An Area Score is calculated for published profiles only, which is why it is blank on those rows.

ZIPPopulationMedian household incomeMedian home valueArea Score
0640119,315$86,178$285,800—