06380 — Norwich, Connecticut

Area Profile

Income, jobs, climate, physical risk and development data for ZIP code 06380. Its median home value runs 20% below Norwich as a whole, which is why this ZIP carries a profile of its own.

49out of 100
Area Score
Bottom 19% of 3,113 profiles measured

How we calculate this

How this area ranks

Data updated · 12 sources
Opportunity3,010th of 3,116 ZIP areas measured22
SchoolsTop 50% of 3,047 ZIP areas measured50
GrowthTop 45% of 3,124 ZIP areas measured53
Housing affordabilityTop 28% of 3,112 ZIP areas measured75
Climate2,507th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured62
Physical resilience1,775th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured51
Access2,218th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured84
Economic stability3,038th of 3,127 ZIP areas measured16
The quick read

Employment conditions sit below most comparable ZIP areas measured: unemployment is 6.3% and the Opportunity signal places 06380 in the bottom 3%. The unemployment rate is published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

In the public schools here, 31% of students met the state standard in mathematics, with 12.9 students for every teacher. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

Rent takes 29% of renter income here, below the 30% threshold conventionally called cost-burdened, and the median home is 2.0 times what its owners earn.

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At a glance

Population
2,757
2024 ACS 5-Year
Median household income
$63,452
Bottom 36% nationally
Density
2,860/sq mi
1 sq mi of land
Median age
30.0
2024 ACS 5-Year
City
Norwich
Connecticut
Nearest major airport
PVD
34 mi · Rhode Island TF Green Intl
Median home value
$194,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

Jobs & opportunity

Unemployment across Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, is 6.3% — higher than in all but 6% of the 3,127 measured US ZIP areas.

Employment across Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, fell 4.2% over the past year, to 18,661 employed residents.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Income of new arrivalsSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$67,31549th percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Income of those who leftSoutheastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT’s figurefiling years 2022–2023$69,82451st percentileof 2,996filing years 2022–2023
Median household income ±$14,3892024 ACS 5-Year$63,452Bottom 36%of 31,0492024 ACS 5-Year
Per capita income ±$10,2722024 ACS 5-Year$38,804Top 43%of 32,8222024 ACS 5-Year
Poverty rate ±10%2024 ACS 5-Year22.4%Bottom 13%of 32,8462024 ACS 5-Year
Average commute ±4.3 min2024 ACS 5-Year27.4 minTop 48%of 32,8872024 ACS 5-Year
Bachelor's degree or higher ±9%2024 ACS 5-Year31.5%Top 32%of 33,1932024 ACS 5-Year
Drove alone to work ±16%2024 ACS 5-Year80.3%67th percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
EmploymentNorwich, CT’s figureJuly 202618,661Bottom 17%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (3 years)Norwich, CT’s figureJuly 2026−3.1%Bottom 13%of 3,127July 2026
Employment change (year over year)Norwich, CT’s figureJuly 2026−4.2%Bottom 3%of 3,127July 2026
Labor forceNorwich, CT’s figureJuly 202619,92417th percentileof 3,127July 2026
Labor force participation ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year67.7%Bottom 19%of 32,8832024 ACS 5-Year
Mean annual wageNorwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$71,810Top 28%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Median annual wageNorwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2025 OEWS$57,370Top 20%of 2,7602025 OEWS
Public transit to work ±1%2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year
Unemployment change (year over year)Norwich, CT’s figureJuly 2026+1.8%Bottom 1%of 3,127July 2026
Unemployment rateNorwich, CT’s figureJuly 20266.3%Bottom 6%of 3,127July 2026
Worked from home ±4%2024 ACS 5-Year4.1%21st percentileof 32,7982024 ACS 5-Year

Median household income, successive ACS releases

202120222023202463k44k
Each point is a separate five-year estimate, most recently $63,452 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 — Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT

OccupationPeople employedMedian annual wage
Retail Salespersons3,580$35,740
Fast Food and Counter Workers3,220$34,800
Home Health and Personal Care Aides2,920$39,570
Cashiers2,820$35,010
Waiters and Waitresses2,620$37,880
Registered Nurses2,460$101,330

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.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics does not publish labor-force data for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Norwich, CT, the city containing this ZIP code.

31% of students met the state standard in mathematics and 47% in reading, across the schools here that reported results. Math proficiency and 1 other measure here are published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

There are 12.9 students for every full-time teacher across 1 public school, fewer than in most measured places. The student-teacher ratio is published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

Public schools
1
2024-25 school year
Students per teacher
12.9
across all schools here
Math proficiency
31.1%
Bottom 39% in Connecticut
Reading proficiency
46.9%
Bottom 45% in Connecticut

The proficiency and staffing figures above are for Norwich, CT: too few schools in 06380 reported a usable figure on their own to weight one honestly. The schools listed below are this place’s own.

The one public school on record, largest first.
SchoolDistrictStudentsPer teacherMathReading
Wequonnoc Magnet SchoolNorwich School District19710.442%47%

85.3% 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 100.7, 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 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area is up 61% over five years, and up 6.4% 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 $3,447 a year in real estate taxes, about 1.77% of the median home value.

The typical renter household here spends 29% of its income on rent, below the 30% threshold at which a household is considered cost-burdened. Median gross rent runs $1,281 a month.

A median home at $194,300 costs 2.0 times the median income of its owner-occupied households, $96,761, close to the historic benchmark for an affordable market.

Cost of living
100.7

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 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, 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
28.9%
Below the 30% cost-burdened threshold
Home price to income
2.0×
median home value ÷ owner household income
Median gross rent
$1,281
what tenants now pay · 2024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value
$194,300
2024 ACS 5-Year

The figures above are measured against 06380’s median household income of $63,452, 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 Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2023100.7Bottom 42%of 2,7372023
Home price change (1 year)the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+6.4%95th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (5 years)the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+60.9%96th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price change (10 years)the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT Metro Area’s figure2026 Q2+107.0%67th percentileof 3,0712026 Q2
Home price to income ±0.92024 ACS 5-Year2.0Top 23%of 29,2752024 ACS 5-Year
Homeownership rate ±16%2024 ACS 5-Year36.1%4th percentileof 32,7502024 ACS 5-Year
Housing units ±2652024 ACS 5-Year1,44652nd percentileof 33,4602024 ACS 5-Year
Median gross rent ±$1342024 ACS 5-Year$1,281Bottom 31%of 26,3962024 ACS 5-Year
Median home value ±$22,6282024 ACS 5-Year$194,30043rd percentileof 30,8122024 ACS 5-Year
Median property taxes ±$4162024 ACS 5-Year$3,44775th percentileof 28,9352024 ACS 5-Year
Owner household income ±$42,4152024 ACS 5-Year$96,761Top 33%of 29,8022024 ACS 5-Year
Property tax rate ±0.30%2024 ACS 5-Year1.77%90th percentileof 24,0992024 ACS 5-Year
Rent as a share of income ±3%2024 ACS 5-Year28.9%Bottom 46%of 26,2472024 ACS 5-Year
Seasonal and second homes ±142024 ACS 5-Year01st percentileof 33,7722024 ACS 5-Year
Second homes2024 ACS 5-Year0.0%1st percentileof 32,9612024 ACS 5-Year
Vacancy rate2024 ACS 5-Year16.2%85th percentileof 32,7882024 ACS 5-Year
Vacant housing units ±1552024 ACS 5-Year23457th percentileof 33,7722024 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

53/ 100
Top 45% of 3,124 published ZIP profiles

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.

85% of the 78 units permitted over the past twelve months are in buildings of five or more homes, so new supply is concentrated in apartments and condominiums rather than detached houses. The multifamily share is published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

At 2.0 permitted units per 1,000 residents, building activity is below the median for measured US ZIP areas. The permit rate is published for Norwich, CT, which contains 06380, rather than for 06380 alone.

Units permitted
78
12 months ending July 2026
Per 1,000 residents
2.0
Bottom 36% nationally
Year over year
+333%
vs the prior twelve months
Multifamily share
84.6%
units in 5+ unit buildings

People moving in and out

Net migration
+0.3%
of residents, in a year
Arrivals from another state
67%
of people moving in
Income of arrivals
$67,315
average per tax return
Income of those who left
$69,824
average per tax return

Where newcomers came from

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT 1,363 people · 12% of arrivals
  2. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT 792 people · 6.9% of arrivals
  3. Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT 727 people · 6.3% of arrivals
  4. Washington County, RI 576 people · 5.0% of arrivals
  5. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 448 people · 3.9% of arrivals

Where people who left went

  1. Capitol Planning Region, CT 1,224 people · 11% of departures
  2. Northeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT 727 people · 6.6% of departures
  3. Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, CT 656 people · 6.0% of departures
  4. Washington County, RI 362 people · 3.3% of departures
  5. South Central Connecticut Planning Region, CT 256 people · 2.3% 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 Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, CT. IRS Statistics of Income, filing years 2022–2023.

The Building Permits Survey is not published for ZIP areas. This is the figure for Norwich, CT, the city containing this ZIP code.

Weather & climate

5 of the twelve months have a normal average temperature between 55°F and 80°F. July averages a high of 83°F and January a low of 18°F.

Normal annual precipitation is 43.3 inches.

10°30°50°70°90°JFMAMJJASOND
Solid line: normal daily high. Dashed line: normal daily low. 1991-2020 normals from NOAA station WILLIMANTIC WINDHAM AP, 14.1 miles from this location.

Precipitation

JFMAMJJASOND4.4"
Normal monthly precipitation, in inches.
MetricValueSource period
Annual precipitation1991-2020 Normals43.3"1991-2020 Normals
Average January low1991-2020 Normals18°F1991-2020 Normals
Average July high1991-2020 Normals83°F1991-2020 Normals
Comfortable months1991-2020 Normals51991-2020 Normals
Seasonal temperature swing1991-2020 Normals45°F1991-2020 Normals

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

Physical risk

51 / 100
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 62% of it.

HurricaneElevated
Inland floodingModerate
EarthquakeModerate
LandslideModerate
Heat waveModerate
Coastal floodingModerate

Low or minimal exposure: ice storm, winter weather, lightning, strong wind, tornado, hail, cold wave, wildfire, drought, 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. ZIP values are the land-area-weighted mean of the counties the ZIP Code Tabulation Area intersects. Expected annual loss is not allocated below county level. FEMA does not endorse this presentation. Higher physical resilience means lower exposure.

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.

Reported crime
Offenses reported to police are published by department rather than by town, so AreaProfile shows a rate only on city profiles, and only where that city’s department submitted every month of a year. A ZIP area is not a jurisdiction, so no department reports for one. Norwich carries the figure where its department reported a full year. A partial year is never scaled up to look complete, and arrest counts or news volume are never substituted for it.
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

6 major airports lie within 100 miles, the nearest Rhode Island TF Green Intl at 34 miles.

MetricValueCompared nationallySource period
Broadband access ±11%2024 ACS 5-Year91.2%Top 41%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
Distance to major airportNASR current cycle34 miBottom 26%of 3,127NASR current cycle
Major airports within 100 milesNASR current cycle6Top 26%of 3,127NASR current cycle
No internet access ±7%2024 ACS 5-Year8.8%Bottom 45%of 32,6632024 ACS 5-Year
AirportCodeDistanceLongest runway
Rhode Island TF Green IntlPVD34 mi8,700 ft
Bradley IntlBDL42 mi9,510 ft
Westover ARB/MetroCEF50 mi11,597 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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Data & methodology

Used forSourceSource period
AccessFederal Aviation Administration
Airports (NASR) — Aeronautical Data Delivery Service
NASR current cycle
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
DevelopmentU.S. Census Bureau
Building Permits Survey
12 months ending July 2026
DemographicsU.S. Census Bureau
Population Estimates Program
July 1, 2024 estimate
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.

06380 vs Norwich

How this ZIP area compares with Norwich as a whole. Both figures come from the same ACS release, so the comparison is like for like — a gap here is a real difference between the two places, not two surveys disagreeing.

06380
Norwich
Median household income: Norwich is the more favorable of the two.
Median household income
$63,452
vs
$65,024
Per capita income: 06380 is the more favorable of the two.
Per capita income
$38,804
vs
$37,378
Population density
2,860/sq mi
vs
1,424/sq mi
Median home value
$194,300
vs
$242,300
Median gross rent: Norwich is the more favorable of the two.
Median gross rent
$1,281
vs
$1,253
Homeownership rate
36.1%
vs
53.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher: 06380 is the more favorable of the two.
Bachelor's degree or higher
31.5%
vs
23.1%
Poverty rate: Norwich is the more favorable of the two.
Poverty rate
22.4%
vs
16.6%
Median age
30.0
vs
38.5

Some demographic statistics use Census ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, which approximate but do not exactly match USPS ZIP delivery geography. See the methodology for how AreaProfile maps between them.