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41.27° N · 73.23° W · GEOID 0943580

Long Hill

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Connecticut · part of the Bridgeport, CT metro

ConnecticutLong Hill, CTLong HillLong Hill

The short answer

Long Hill is home to 8,681 people. Median household income is $178,456 a year and median rent is $1,952 a month, 13.1% of income (a ratio of two medians, not any one household's burden). Rent pressure is lighter than in most places. The median home is valued at $487,800, about 2.7x annual median household income.

The story in Long Hill is how fast things are changing. Housing became more affordable between 2020 and 2024: rent went from 20.4% to 13.1% of income. Also notable: Household income growth is 13.1% a year, against 5.2% a year in its closest peers.

75OF 100

CTXCitytistics Index

Strong

Long Hill scores better than 75% of the 6,612 places we rate, and ranks 15th of 65 in Connecticut.

How the CTX is built

Category ratings · 0 to 100, typical place 50

Affordability 20%90
Economy 20%54
Safety 20%n/a
Amenities 15%25
Education 10%85
Commute 10%34
Growth 5%n/a

Not rated: safety, growth, for want of data (the city police department does not report a full year to the FBI). The other weights are spread over the categories rated.

Median gross rent
$1,952
43% above the median place
Median household income
$178,456
122% above the median place
Median home value
$487,800
53% above the median place
Unemployment
8.1%
66% above the median place

Compared with the median of the 6,645 places we track. The bundle was checked 2026-11-14; each measure may refer to an older release.

What stands out about Long Hill

  • AffordabilityAfter the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $158,300 a year, more than in 95% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track.
01

Moving to Long Hill

Greater Bridgeport Planning Region loses about 4.5 residents per 1,000 a year to moves between counties.

Moved in13,054
Moved out14,218
Net−1,164

Where people come from and where they go, top counties

Bronx County, NY1,341353+988
New York County, NY468361+107
Queens County, NY544172+372
Kings County, NY440198+242

Within Connecticut, other states or abroad

Arrivals
Leavers
Within ConnecticutOther statesAbroad

Income per tax return

Arrivals$92K
Leavers$85K

People on tax returns who moved between counties, from IRS migration data, 2022 to 2023. Figures are for all of Greater Bridgeport Planning Region; flows under 20 returns are not published.

Who moves here
5.7% of residents arrived from another county in the past year, 2.7% from another state. County figure.
Who arrives and who leaves
Households moving into Greater Bridgeport Planning Region report $92,400 a year in income on average; those leaving, $85,000, so newcomers earn more than leavers.
Income you would need
$78,100 a year to rent the median home at the 30% line. From your city
Rent or buy
Median rent is $1,952 a month; owners with a mortgage pay $3,449 a month including taxes and insurance, on a median home of $487,800.
Getting to work
28 minutes each way on average; 24.3% work from home; 5.7% take transit.
If it is close but not quite
Glen Rock, NJ matches it on character for less of your income. Compare the two
Income of households moving in6
$92,401
31% above the median place
Income of households moving out6
$85,040
21% above the median place
Net movers per 1,000 people6
-4.5
below the median place (median -0.6)
All 5 moving measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Moved here in the past year1County figure5.7%0% above
Moved from another state1County figure2.7%35% above
Net movers per 1,000 people6County figure-4.5below (median -0.6)
Income of households moving in6County figure$92,40131% above
Income of households moving out6County figure$85,04021% above
02

What it costs to live here

Home values are about 34% lower than we would expect for a place with these incomes, education levels, housing age and household types in the same metro area. That can mean good value, or drawbacks these figures do not capture, such as crime, schools or location.

Long Hill13.1%
Typical place20.4%

Share of the median household income that goes to the median rent. Above 30% is the usual stress line.

Income needed to rent
$78,080
a year, at the 30% line
Rent to income
13.1%
36% below the median place
Home price to income
2.7x
28% below the median place

Could you afford it?

The median rent would take
13%
comfortably under the 30% line
Left after rent, in US prices
$157,800
a year
Vs the typical household here
Same
as the median household

Uses the median rent in Long Hill, $1,952 a month, and local prices for everything else (97.9 against a US average of 100). It runs in your browser and stores nothing.

Like Long Hill, but easier on the budget

Places that match Long Hill on character (size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, remote work and climate) but where rent takes a clearly smaller share of income. Cost was left out of the match on purpose.

PlaceMatchRent to incomeMore left a year
Glen Rock, NJ8310.8% vs 13.1%$24,200Compare
La Habra Heights, CA798.1% vs 13.1%$3,700Compare
Milton, MA759.4% vs 13.1%$12,500Compare
Woodcliff Lake, NJ7310.6% vs 13.1%$23,600Compare

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Homeownership1
92.3%
39% above the median place
Owner costs with a mortgage1
$3,449
84% above the median place
Property tax paid (median)1
$9,574
193% above the median place
All 15 cost and housing measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median gross rent1$1,95243% above
Rent to income113.1%36% below
Property tax rate12.0%115% above
Home price to income12.7x28% below
Prices vs US average2Metro figure106.96% above
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3County figure$2,39949% above
Property tax paid (median)1$9,574193% above
Median home value1$487,80053% above
Home prices, 1-year change4County figure5.8%80% above
Home prices, 5-year change4County figure63.9%24% above
Homeownership192.3%39% above
Renters paying 30%+164.2%27% above
Owner costs with a mortgage1$3,44984% above
Vacant homes1County figure5.1%28% below
Median year built119641% below
03

Work and pay

Compared with the 21 places most like it in size, age, education, housing and region (such as Daniels Farm, CT, Lynnfield, MA and Bridgewater Center, NJ), unemployment here is higher: 8.1% against a typical 4%.

Median household income1
$178,456
122% above the median place
Unemployment1
8.1%
66% above the median place
Works from home1
24.3%
96% above the median place
All 10 work and pay measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Median household income1$178,456122% above
Income per person1$53,38733% above
Unemployment18.1%66% above
Average annual pay5County figure$77,99318% above
Pay growth, 1 year5County figure4.1%11% above
Jobs5County figure115,62123% below
Poverty rate1County figure12.4%16% above
Mean commute128 min11% above
Works from home124.3%96% above
Commutes by transit1County figure5.7%above (median 0.8%)
04

Who lives here

Household size is 3.3, 31% above the median place.

Household size1
3.3
31% above the median place
Bachelor's or higher1
56.1%
75% above the median place
High school or higher1
96.1%
4% above the median place

More about who lives here, against the typical place

Born abroad17.5% +98%
Median age41.1 +5%
Homes with broadband93.6% +1%
All 8 people measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Population18,6814630th largest
Median age141.15% above
Bachelor's or higher156.1%75% above
High school or higher196.1%4% above
Household size13.331% above
Born abroad117.5%98% above
No health insurance1County figure8.6%34% above
Homes with broadband193.6%1% above
05

Life in Long Hill

The nearest National Park Service site is Weir Farm National Historical Park, about 12 miles away.

Out the door, against the typical place

Parks per 10k residents2.3 −77%
Playgrounds per 10k11.5 +22%
Grocery stores per 10k1.1 −46%
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k6.9 −38%
Libraries per 10k2.3 2.6×
Named paths and bike trails0 km −100%
Bus and rail stops per sq mi0.0 −100%

Mapped by volunteers in OpenStreetMap inside the city limits (Census boundaries), so coverage is fuller in some places than others. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.

National Park Service sites nearby

  • Weir Farm National Historical Park 12 miles
  • Sagamore Hill National Historic Site 30 miles
  • Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site 41 miles

Businesses per 10,000 residents (county figures)

Restaurants and bars21.1 +1%
Shops25.1 −17%
Arts, recreation and fitness4.2 +2%
Doctors' offices and clinics22.7 +12%
Child care centers2.9 +26%

Counts businesses with paid staff, so small owner-run shops are not included.

Nearest National Park Service site9
11.8
62% below the median place
Public schools10
91
above the median place (median 9)
Public school students10
50,880
above the median place (median 4,897)
All 17 schools and local life measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Public schools10County figure91above (median 9)
Public school students10County figure50,880above (median 4,897)
Students per teacher10County figure13.910% below
Restaurants and bars per 10k7County figure21.11% above
Shops per 10k7County figure25.117% below
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k7County figure4.22% above
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k7County figure22.712% above
Child care centers per 10k7County figure2.926% above
Parks per 10k82.377% below
Playgrounds per 10k811.522% above
Grocery stores per 10k81.146% below
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k86.938% below
Libraries per 10k82.3164% above
Named paths and bike trails80.0below (median 2.0)
Transit stops per sq mi80.0below (median 0.2)
Nearest National Park Service site911.862% below
National Park Service sites within 60 miles918above (median 2)
06

Safety, weather and risk

Wildfire risk is 23.9, 61% below the median place.

No crime figure yet. Either the city police department did not report to the FBI for the latest year, or our monthly fetch has not reached Long Hill. Larger places are fetched first.

Wildfire risk11
23.9
61% below the median place
Hurricane risk11
95.1
35% above the median place
Tornado risk11
41.7
49% below the median place
All 7 weather and risk measures
MeasureLong HillAmong 6,645 placesVs median
Natural hazard risk11County figure91.81% below
Hurricane risk11County figure95.135% above
Tornado risk11County figure41.749% below
Wildfire risk11County figure23.961% below
Heat wave risk11County figure77.614% below
Median air quality index12Metro figure442% above
Good air days12Metro figure64.7%6% below
08

Long Hill in 2030: where the trends point

If recent trends hold, the median rent will take about 13% of the median income in 2030, about the same as 13% now.

Citytistics projections to 2030: each figure's own trend, blended with the typical trend across the places we rate, eased toward long-run US growth and carried forward from the latest release. The range is where 80% of places landed when we tested the same method on past releases. On projected 2030 affordability, Long Hill does better than 91% of places. Its projected home value growth beats 38%.

MeasureLatest2030 projectionLikely rangeAvg. per year
Median rent$1,952/mo (2024)$2,470/mo$2,030 to $3,010/mo+4.0%
Median household income$178,456 (2024)$233,500$197,500 to $276,500+4.6%
Median home value$487,800 (2024)$694,000$504,000 to $956,000+6.1%

The median home would be worth 3.0 years of the median income in 2030, against 2.7 now.

A projection of recent trends, not a prediction of the economy or advice to buy or sell. How we project.

09

Places like Long Hill

The closest matches on income, rent, home value, education and age, and the places nearby.

PlaceRentIncome
Middletown, MD$1,813$173,333Compare
Scenic Oaks, TX$1,835$174,962Compare
Westphalia, MD$2,193$164,197Compare
Sandy Hook, CT$1,866$160,814Compare
Sandy Hook, CTWestphalia, MDScenic Oaks, TXMiddletown, MDLong Hill, CTLong HillMiddletownScenic OaksWestphaliaSandy HookLong HillMiddletownScenic OaksWestphaliaSandy Hook

Places built like Long Hill

Its statistical peers: the closest matches on size, age, education, homeownership, household size, housing age, origin and remote work, in the same part of the country. Cost and outcomes are left out of the match, so the table shows how Long Hill performs against places like it.

PlaceRent to incomeIncome growthPop. change
Long Hill, CT13.1%13.1%/yrn/a
Daniels Farm, CT22.2%5.0%/yrn/aCompare
Lynnfield, MA18.3%6.4%/yrn/aCompare
Bridgewater Center, NJ15.5%5.4%/yrn/aCompare
North Scituate, MA13.6%5.2%/yrn/aCompare
White Meadow Lake, NJ21.6%2.4%/yrn/aCompare
Trumbull Center, CT22.4%0.4%/yrn/aCompare

Common questions

Is Long Hill a good place to live?

It depends on what you need, so here is what the numbers say. Its Citytistics Index is 75 out of 100, better than 75% of the places we rate and 15th of 65 in Connecticut. After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household keeps about $158,300 a year, more than in 95% of the 1,875 places under 10,000 people we track. See how it ranks with your own weights.

Is Long Hill expensive to live in?

The median rent takes 13.1% of the median household income, against 20.4% in the typical place we track. Housing is a lighter load here than usual. The median home is valued at $487,800.

What salary do you need to live in Long Hill?

To rent the median home without spending more than 30% of income on rent, a household needs about $78,080 a year. Work it out from your current city.

What places are similar to Long Hill?

On income, rent, home value, education and age, the closest matches are Middletown, MD, Scenic Oaks, TX, Westphalia, MD and Sandy Hook, CT.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. Every dataset is public; links go to the publisher.

  1. American Community Survey 5-year estimates · US Census Bureau · 2020 to 2024 estimatesTables B01002, B01003, B05002, B07003, B08013, B08301, B15003, B17001, B19013, B19301, B23025, B25002, B25003, B25010, B25035, B25064, B25070, B25077, B25088, B25103, B28002, S2701
  2. Regional Price Parities · US Bureau of Economic Analysis · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  3. Fair Market Rents · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2027
  4. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  5. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  6. SOI Tax Stats, county-to-county migration · Internal Revenue Service · Tax years 2022 to 2023Counts tax returns and the people on them; flows under 20 returns are suppressed.
  7. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  8. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  9. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  10. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  11. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  12. Air Quality System, annual AQI by county · US Environmental Protection Agency · 2025 dataAirData download files

Derived by Citytistics from the tables above: rent to income (B25064, B19013); property tax rate (B25103, B25077); home price to income (B25077, B19013).

What stands out compares Long Hill with places of a similar size, using only figures measured for Long Hill itself; county and metro figures never count. Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology. API: /api/v1/places/long-hill-connecticut

Citytistics. “Long Hill, Connecticut.” Data as of 2026-11-14. https://www.citytistics.com/city/long-hill-connecticut/

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