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College Park, GA vs Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT

College Park

Georgia

vs

Conning Towers-Nautilus Park

Connecticut

Across 37 directional measures we can compare, College Park leads on 16 and Conning Towers-Nautilus Park on 21. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 54% higher in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, and so is median household income.

Median gross rent
$1,207$1,856
College Park is 35% lower
Median household income
$51,635$81,694
College Park is 37% lower
Median home value
$325,800$290,100
College Park is 12% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $38,000 a year left in College Park and $58,400 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Money goes further in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, by about $20,400 a year.
  • A household earning College Park's median of $51,635 would need about $61,000 in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, pay outran rent by 1.5 points a year in College Park, and pay outran rent by 5.8 points a year in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.

How these are calculated

GeorgiaConnecticutConning Towers-Nautilus Park, CTCollege Park, GACollege ParkConning Towers-Nautilus ParkCollege ParkConning Towers-Nautilus Park

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Your weights

Top 2 of 2 matching places. Places in the top 1% show their national rank.

#PlaceCTXAffordabilityEconomyEducationSafetyCommuteAmenitiesGrowth
01Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CTComposite 46.5 / 100
41
345046n/a9825n/a
02College Park, GAComposite 28.4 / 100
6
106431746573

CTX is the Citytistics Index: better than that share of the places we rate. It tops out at 99, so the top 1% show their national rank (#1 is best). Change any weight to rank on your own mix. How the CTX is built

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.

MeasureCollege ParkConning Towers-Nautilus ParkAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$1,207$1,856
Rent to income128.1%27.3%
Property tax rate10.8%1.6%
Home price to income16.3x3.5x
Prices vs US average2100.1100.4
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$1,762$1,902
HUD area median income4$117,800n/a
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$2,611$4,683
Median home value1$325,800$290,100
Home prices, 1-year change5-2.3%7.5%
Home prices, 5-year change567.9%65.3%
Homeownership121.5%20.8%
Renters paying 30%+152.9%47.5%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$1,735$2,101
Vacant homes116.1%8.4%
Median year built119721980
Jobs and income
Median household income1$51,635$81,694
Income per person1$31,333$35,414
Unemployment117.0%5.0%
Average annual pay6$80,234$74,404
Pay growth, 1 year64.2%5.5%
Jobs6129,649128,313
Poverty rate120.7%7.1%
Mean commute121 min14 min
Works from home113.6%20.3%
Commutes by transit18.7%1.4%
People
Population114,7128,460
Population change since 202070.0%n/a
Median age132.025.0
Bachelor's or higher128.8%30.3%
High school or higher188.7%97.0%
Household size12.42.8
Born abroad17.7%2.8%
No health insurance117.2%3.2%
Homes with broadband188.5%90.4%
Moving
Moved here in the past year17.4%29.2%
Moved from another state12.3%27.2%
Net movers per 1,000 people8-11.02.5
Income of households moving in8$34,766$67,377
Income of households moving out8$35,882$69,861
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k913.825.1
Shops per 10k923.834.8
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k91.24.9
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k910.918.0
Child care centers per 10k92.82.0
Parks per 10k107.52.4
Playgrounds per 10k1012.226.0
Grocery stores per 10k101.42.4
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k1040.84.7
Libraries per 10k102.71.2
Named paths and bike trails103.80.0
Transit stops per sq mi103.50.0
Nearest National Park Service site119.845.9
National Park Service sites within 60 miles1142
National Register listings121n/a
Safety
Violent crime per 100k131,302n/a
Property crime per 100k136,336n/a
Schools
Public schools142186
Public school students1412,68936,605
Students per teacher1414.611.4
Climate
July average high1590°Fn/a
January average low1534°Fn/a
Average temperature1562°Fn/a
Annual precipitation1551.7 inn/a
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1686.788.6
Hurricane risk1664.194.7
Tornado risk1695.853.1
Wildfire risk1634.439.4
Heat wave risk1683.871.3
Median air quality index175338
Good air days1741.1%81.3%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: College Park $48,280, 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. Income Limits · US Department of Housing and Urban Development · Fiscal year 2026
  5. House Price Index · Federal Housing Finance Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14
  6. Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages · US Bureau of Labor Statistics · 2025 annual averages
  7. Population Estimates · US Census Bureau · Vintage 2025
  8. 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.
  9. County Business Patterns · US Census Bureau · 2023 data
  10. OpenStreetMap · © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database License (ODbL) · Map data as of 2026-11
  11. National Park Service sites · Wikidata (CC0), units operated by the National Park Service · Retrieved 2026-11
  12. National Register of Historic Places · National Park Service · Listings through 2026-05-22
  13. Crime Data Explorer · Federal Bureau of Investigation · 2025 data
  14. Common Core of Data · National Center for Education Statistics · 2024 release
  15. 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
  16. National Risk Index · Federal Emergency Management Agency · Latest release, retrieved 2026-11-14NRI data and maps
  17. 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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