Naugatuck, Connecticut

Naugatuck population, 2020 to 2024

Naugatuck added 622 residents from July 2020 to July 2024, a change of +2.0%. In the latest year it moved by +169. Among 21 Connecticut places of 5,000 or more, that growth ranks 13th; the median place changed by +2.6%. The median place of 5,000+ in Connecticut has 55,379 people, so Naugatuck is 58% of it.

Naugatuck covers 16.38 square miles of land and 0.10 of water, for 1,961 people per square mile of land. The median Connecticut place of 5,000+ has 3,189, so Naugatuck is less dense than the typical town.

What county Naugatuck is in

All of Naugatuck's residents live in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, which had 462,220 residents in 2024. Naugatuck holds 6.9% of the county's population. The shaded shape is on the map above; dots mark the eight nearest places.

ZIP codes in Naugatuck

1 ZIP Code Tabulation Area (ZCTA) overlaps Naugatuck by at least 10% of the ZCTA's or the borough's land: 06770. ZCTAs are Census approximations of USPS ZIP code delivery areas. The list comes from the 2020 ZCTA to place relationship file, so a borough that annexed land after 2020 may reach into ZIP codes not listed here.

Where Naugatuck is

The Census internal point of Naugatuck is at 41.487800, -73.051600. Hartford, the capital, is 27.0 miles NE in a straight line. The nearest larger place is Waterbury, CT (115,908 people), 5.0 miles away.

Daylight in Naugatuck

At 41.49° N, Naugatuck gets about 15 h 11 min of daylight around the June solstice and 9 h 10 min around the December solstice, a swing of 6 h 01 min. Figures are sunrise to sunset from the SunCalc model for June 21 and December 21, 2026.

Places near Naugatuck

The eight nearest incorporated places of 1,000+ in Connecticut, measured between internal points. The closest is Waterbury, 4.9 miles away, with 115,908 people.