New Study Reveals the Richest City in Connecticut — But Did It Really?

New Study Reveals the Richest City in Connecticut — But Did It Really?

24/7 Wall Street just dropped a new study titled “The Richest City in Each American State,” and naturally, I couldn’t click fast enough. I wanted to know which Connecticut city made the list — was it Greenwich? Westport? Maybe some hidden gem up in Litchfield County? Nope. When I saw the answer, I felt… less excited.

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According to the report, the Bridgeport-Stamford-Danbury area is officially the richest part of Connecticut. And yes, that’s all one region. It’s basically a mash-up of Fairfield County’s glitz, Danbury’s working-class hustle, and everything in between. It’s a great area, sure — but “richest” feels like one of those technicalities that depends entirely on where you drop your pin on the map.

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The median household income here clocks in at a hefty $116,402, compared to Connecticut’s statewide average of $96,049. Nearly 51% of adults have at least a bachelor’s degree, and the median home value sits at a jaw-dropping $615,800. The poverty rate? A still present but slightly better 9%.

I’m sure you can already guess my problem with this — they didn’t pick a city. They picked three. Bridgeport, Stamford, and Danbury. And according to their own write-up, only seven Connecticut cities were even considered. So, what are we doing here? This feels less like a ranking and more like a general area code.

Just for argument’s sake, let’s say they had chosen one city — my hometown, Danbury. Even then, it wouldn’t tell the whole story. I live in Danbury, and I’m broke. Plenty of people here are in the same boat or worse off. At the same time, I know a lot of folks who would absolutely qualify as wealthy.

That’s the thing about Connecticut — it’s complicated. We’ve got every kind of community, from old money and hedge fund havens to working-class neighborhoods where people are just trying to make ends meet. It’s tough to capture that with one blanket statistic, and this 24/7 Wall Street study misses that nuance entirely.