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Canyon Creek, TX vs Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT

Canyon Creek

Texas

vs

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park

Connecticut

Across 31 directional measures we can compare, Canyon Creek leads on 14 and Conning Towers-Nautilus Park on 17. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 10% higher in Canyon Creek, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$2,036$1,856
Canyon Creek is 10% higher
Median household income
$92,109$81,694
Canyon Creek is 13% higher
Median home value
$262,700$290,100
Canyon Creek is 9% lower

The Citytistics read

  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 5.8 points a year in Canyon Creek, and pay outran rent by 5.8 points a year in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.

How these are calculated

TexasConnecticutConning Towers-Nautilus Park, CTCanyon Creek, TXCanyon CreekConning Towers-Nautilus ParkCanyon CreekConning Towers-Nautilus Park

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Top 1 of 1 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CTComposite 46.5 / 100
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345046n/a9825n/a

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Every measure

The dots show where each place sits among the 6,645 places we track. The bar is the median. A small dot after a value marks the better one.

MeasureCanyon CreekConning Towers-Nautilus ParkAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,036$1,856
Rent to income126.5%27.3%
Property tax rate10.9%1.6%
Home price to income12.9x3.5x
Prices vs US average2n/a100.4
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,463$1,902
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$2,357$4,683
Median home value1$262,700$290,100
Home prices, 1-year change42.6%7.5%
Home prices, 5-year change454.8%65.3%
Homeownership186.8%20.8%
Renters paying 30%+146.0%47.5%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,447$2,101
Vacant homes112.2%8.4%
Median year built120071980
Jobs and income
Median household income1$92,109$81,694
Income per person1$28,329$35,414
Unemployment10.0%5.0%
Average annual pay5$54,144$74,404
Pay growth, 1 year55.0%5.5%
Jobs518,782128,313
Poverty rate17.7%7.1%
Mean commute138 min14 min
Works from home124.0%20.3%
Commutes by transit10.0%1.4%
People
Population11,6468,460
Median age126.525.0
Bachelor's or higher126.6%30.3%
High school or higher195.8%97.0%
Household size13.62.8
Born abroad14.4%2.8%
No health insurance114.2%3.2%
Homes with broadband192.0%90.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year17.2%29.2%
Moved from another state11.3%27.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people623.42.5
Income of households moving in6$87,825$67,377
Income of households moving out6$74,191$69,861
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k719.425.1
Shops per 10k729.434.8
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k74.74.9
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k717.518.0
Child care centers per 10k71.72.0
Parks per 10k80.02.4
Playgrounds per 10k80.026.0
Grocery stores per 10k80.02.4
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k80.04.7
Libraries per 10k80.01.2
Named paths and bike trails80.00.0
Transit stops per sq mi80.00.0
Nearest National Park Service site9n/a45.9
National Park Service sites within 60 miles9n/a2
National Register listings104n/a
Schools
Public schools111886
Public school students119,53036,605
Students per teacher1114.811.4
Climate
July average high1296°Fn/a
January average low1234°Fn/a
Average temperature1266°Fn/a
Annual precipitation1235.1 inn/a
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1370.588.6
Hurricane risk1352.994.7
Tornado risk1392.153.1
Wildfire risk1391.339.4
Heat wave risk1379.671.3
Median air quality index143838
Good air days1483.4%81.3%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Canyon Creek $81,440, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park $74,240 a year.

Sources and methods

The small numbers beside each measure point here. 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. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  11. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  12. 1991-2020 climate normals · NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information · Series updated 2026-11-05Averages for 1991 to 2020 computed from NOAA's county climate series (nClimDiv).nClimDiv county series
  13. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  14. 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).

Survey figures are estimates with margins of error. Formulas and definitions: methodology.

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