Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region population, land area and income

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region had 462,220 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 412.8 square miles of land. It ranks 4th of 9 in Connecticut by population and 7th by land area. That works out to 1,119.8 people per square mile, 11.6 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top tenth nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Connecticut has 335,666 residents; Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is somewhat larger.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $81,392 is in the top quarter among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's population changed since 2020

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region gained 13,165 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 2.9%. That ranks 3rd of 9 in Connecticut for growth. The median Connecticut county changed by +2.6%, and the state as a whole by +2.7%.

Since the April 2020 estimates base, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region recorded 18,487 births and 19,014 deaths, a natural change of -527. Net international migration added +8,769 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +4,000. The largest single component was international migration, which added 8,769 people.

Where Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is

The Census internal point of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is at 41.518900, -73.087900. It sits in UTM zone 18N. The map shades Connecticut's 9 county-equivalents by population change from 2020 to 2024, darker for faster growth, with Naugatuck Valley Planning Region outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

6 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, 285,134 people together, or 62% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Naugatuck Valley Planning Region; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Waterbury with 115,908.

Counties bordering Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 5 neighbors for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The most populous is Capitol Planning Region, CT, with 991,508 residents. Distances run between Census internal points in a straight line.

• Capitol Planning Region

  991,508 people

  34 mi NE

• Western Connecticut Planning Region

  637,013 people

  25 mi SW

• South Central Connecticut Planning Region

  576,718 people

  20 mi SE

• Greater Bridgeport Planning Region

  335,666 people

  24 mi SSW

• Northwest Hills Planning Region

  114,101 people

  24 mi NNW

Distance to Hartford and the nearest big city

Hartford is 26.9 miles NE of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Waterbury, CT (population 115,908), 3.8 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Naugatuck, CT (population 32,116), 2.9 miles away.

Naugatuck Valley Planning Region FIPS code

The FIPS code of Naugatuck Valley Planning Region is 09140: state code 09 for Connecticut plus planning region code 140. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $81,392.