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

Cedar Creek

Texas

vs

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park

Connecticut

Across 33 directional measures we can compare, Cedar Creek leads on 11 and Conning Towers-Nautilus Park on 22. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 11% higher in Cedar Creek, while median household income is higher in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.

Median gross rent
$2,053$1,856
Cedar Creek is 11% higher
Median household income
$73,864$81,694
Cedar Creek is 10% lower
Median home value
$279,400$290,100
Cedar Creek is 4% lower

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $52,600 a year left in Cedar Creek and $58,400 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Money goes further in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, by about $5,700 a year.
  • A household earning Cedar Creek's median of $73,864 would need about $76,000 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park to keep the same money after rent and local prices.

How these are calculated

TexasConnecticutConning Towers-Nautilus Park, CTCedar Creek, TXCedar CreekConning Towers-Nautilus ParkCedar 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.

MeasureCedar CreekConning Towers-Nautilus ParkAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,053$1,856
Rent to income133.4%27.3%
Property tax rate11.5%1.6%
Home price to income13.8x3.5x
Prices vs US average298.1100.4
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,817$1,902
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$4,075$4,683
Median home value1$279,400$290,100
Home prices, 1-year change41.6%7.5%
Home prices, 5-year change452.0%65.3%
Homeownership191.5%20.8%
Renters paying 30%+139.4%47.5%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,731$2,101
Vacant homes10.0%8.4%
Median year built120021980
Jobs and income
Median household income1$73,864$81,694
Income per person1$18,538$35,414
Unemployment14.3%5.0%
Average annual pay5$54,668$74,404
Pay growth, 1 year51.0%5.5%
Jobs523,427128,313
Poverty rate110.2%7.1%
Mean commute142 min14 min
Works from home111.6%20.3%
Commutes by transit10.0%1.4%
People
Population14,4408,460
Median age121.025.0
Bachelor's or higher116.8%30.3%
High school or higher171.2%97.0%
Household size14.42.8
Born abroad113.7%2.8%
No health insurance117.6%3.2%
Homes with broadband178.7%90.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year10.0%29.2%
Moved from another state10.0%27.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people633.72.5
Income of households moving in6$72,085$67,377
Income of households moving out6$65,508$69,861
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k714.425.1
Shops per 10k722.034.8
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k73.04.9
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k710.918.0
Child care centers per 10k71.72.0
Parks per 10k86.82.4
Playgrounds per 10k813.526.0
Grocery stores per 10k80.02.4
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k82.34.7
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 listings101n/a
Schools
Public schools11486
Public school students114,45636,605
Students per teacher1118.611.4
Climate
July average high1296°Fn/a
January average low1240°Fn/a
Average temperature1269°Fn/a
Annual precipitation1237.6 inn/a
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1381.288.6
Hurricane risk1363.394.7
Tornado risk1391.153.1
Wildfire risk1371.839.4
Heat wave risk1383.671.3
Median air quality index145338
Good air days1443.6%81.3%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Cedar Creek $82,120, 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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