Northwest Hills Planning Region, Connecticut

Northwest Hills Planning Region population, land area and income

Northwest Hills Planning Region had 114,101 residents in the Census Vintage 2024 estimate, on 786.6 square miles of land. It ranks 8th of 9 in Connecticut by population and 2nd by land area. That works out to 145.0 people per square mile, 1.5 times the US average of 96.3, and in the top quarter nationally.

The median county-equivalent in Connecticut has 335,666 residents, so Northwest Hills Planning Region has 34% of the typical county's population.

Its SAIPE 2023 median household income of $91,206 is in the top tenth among 3,143 counties with an estimate.

How Northwest Hills Planning Region's population changed since 2020

Northwest Hills Planning Region gained 1,902 residents between the July 2020 and July 2024 estimates, a rise of 1.7%. That ranks 8th 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, Northwest Hills Planning Region recorded 3,828 births and 5,190 deaths, a natural change of -1,362. Net international migration added +993 and net domestic migration, people moving to or from other US counties, came to +2,101. The largest single component was domestic migration, which added 2,101 people.

Where Northwest Hills Planning Region is

The Census internal point of Northwest Hills Planning Region is at 41.854800, -73.221500. 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 Northwest Hills Planning Region outlined. Dots are towns of 1,000+ people with residents in it.

Towns in Northwest Hills Planning Region

2 incorporated places of 1,000+ people have residents in Northwest Hills Planning Region, 36,884 people together, or 32% of the county. Each figure counts only the part of the town inside Northwest Hills Planning Region; towns marked "part" extend into another county. The largest is Torrington with 35,673.

Counties bordering Northwest Hills Planning Region

The Census 2024 county adjacency file lists 6 neighbors for Northwest Hills Planning Region, including 3 across a state line. 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

  33 mi E

• Western Connecticut Planning Region

  637,013 people

  41 mi SSW

• MA

  Hampden County, MA

  464,151 people

  36 mi ENE

• Naugatuck Valley Planning Region

  462,220 people

  24 mi SSE

• NY

  Dutchess County, NY

  299,963 people

  28 mi WSW

• MA

  Berkshire County, MA

  128,726 people

  36 mi N

Distance to Hartford and the nearest big city

Hartford is 28.5 miles ESE of Northwest Hills Planning Region's internal point in a straight line. The nearest place of 100,000 or more is Waterbury, CT (population 115,908), 22.6 miles away. The nearest place of 10,000 or more is Torrington, CT (population 35,673), 4.8 miles away.

Northwest Hills Planning Region FIPS code

The FIPS code of Northwest Hills Planning Region is 09160: state code 09 for Connecticut plus planning region code 160. Use it as text, with the leading zero, when joining Census, BLS, or CDC county tables. SAIPE lists its 2023 median household income as $91,206.