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Littleton Common, MA vs Trumbull Center, CT

Littleton Common

Massachusetts

vs

Trumbull Center

Connecticut

Across 35 directional measures we can compare, Littleton Common leads on 25 and Trumbull Center on 10. Counting measures is not an overall verdict: their importance depends on your priorities. Median rent is 0% higher in Trumbull Center, while median household income is higher in Littleton Common.

Median gross rent
$2,306$2,307
Littleton Common is 0% lower
Median household income
$135,074$123,708
Littleton Common is 9% higher
Median home value
$558,200$486,000
Littleton Common is 15% higher

The Citytistics read

  • After the median rent, with other prices set to the US average, the median household has about $107,400 a year left in Littleton Common and $98,100 in Trumbull Center. Money goes further in Littleton Common, by about $9,300 a year.
  • A household earning Littleton Common's median of $135,074 would need about $133,000 in Trumbull Center to keep the same money after rent and local prices.
  • Between the 2019 and 2024 surveys, rent outran pay by 13.4 points a year in Littleton Common, and rent outran pay by 4.0 points a year in Trumbull Center.

How these are calculated

MassachusettsConnecticutTrumbull Center, CTLittleton Common, MALittleton CommonTrumbull CenterLittleton CommonTrumbull Center

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01Trumbull Center, CTComposite 41.2 / 100
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414984n/a1322n/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.

MeasureLittleton CommonTrumbull CenterAmong all places
Cost of living
Median gross rent1$2,306$2,307
Rent to income120.5%22.4%
Property tax rate11.4%1.9%
Home price to income14.1x3.9x
Prices vs US average2108.3106.9
Fair market rent, 2 bedrooms3$3,008$2,399
Housing
Property tax paid (median)1$7,617$9,248
Median home value1$558,200$486,000
Home prices, 1-year change43.6%5.8%
Home prices, 5-year change445.5%63.9%
Homeownership184.2%79.4%
Renters paying 30%+147.1%61.8%
Owner costs with a mortgage1$2,616$3,156
Vacant homes14.5%10.0%
Median year built119561965
Jobs and income
Median household income1$135,074$123,708
Income per person1$61,917$50,437
Unemployment14.3%7.7%
Average annual pay5$118,479$77,993
Pay growth, 1 year54.2%4.1%
Jobs5903,942115,621
Poverty rate17.7%8.0%
Mean commute135 min33 min
Works from home112.5%16.0%
Commutes by transit17.2%5.7%
People
Population13,28910,264
Median age141.540.8
Bachelor's or higher154.6%54.3%
High school or higher195.7%94.9%
Household size12.62.9
Born abroad114.9%20.0%
No health insurance12.4%8.6%
Homes with broadband191.7%88.1%
Moving
Moved here in the past year16.5%7.4%
Moved from another state12.6%2.7%
Net movers per 1,000 people6-8.3-4.5
Income of households moving in6$106,686$92,401
Income of households moving out6$125,858$85,040
Local life
Restaurants and bars per 10k723.521.1
Shops per 10k728.425.1
Arts, recreation and fitness per 10k75.34.2
Doctors' offices and clinics per 10k720.422.7
Child care centers per 10k73.82.9
Parks per 10k830.412.7
Playgrounds per 10k839.525.3
Grocery stores per 10k89.10.0
Restaurants, cafes and bars per 10k86.11.9
Libraries per 10k86.10.0
Named paths and bike trails89.11.9
Transit stops per sq mi80.30.0
Nearest National Park Service site9n/a14.1
National Park Service sites within 60 miles9n/a18
National Register listings101,349n/a
Schools
Public schools1138291
Public school students11215,84550,880
Students per teacher1111.813.9
Climate
July average high1284°Fn/a
January average low1217°Fn/a
Average temperature1249°Fn/a
Annual precipitation1247.4 inn/a
Hazards and air
Natural hazard risk1397.091.8
Hurricane risk1395.595.1
Tornado risk1390.141.7
Wildfire risk1372.823.9
Heat wave risk1395.777.6
Median air quality index143844
Good air days1481.9%64.7%

Data bundle checked 2026-11-14; individual source vintages vary. Rent needed at the 30% line: Littleton Common $92,240, Trumbull Center $92,280 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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