Stratford, CT
Single-footprint Census roll-up for Stratford, CT: 2 USPS ZIPs, population 51,382. Open the primary ZIP for household income, housing tenure, and commute from ACS 2023 5-Year Estimates.
U.S. Census Bureau, SimpleMaps US ZIP Code Database, delivery-area ZIP coverage
ACS city ledger plate
Sheet STRATFORD-CT · Stratford, CT 2 ZIPs · 51,382 pop · #5092/25278 · Fairfield County
INC-HIGH · RANK-UPPER · ABOVE-PEER · BOOK-FEW · OWN-MID · POP-SMALL · SPREAD-MOD · HOME-MID
- INC-HIGH $96,239
- RANK-UPPER #5092/25278
- ABOVE-PEER over Danbury
- BOOK-FEW 2 ZIPs
- OWN-MID 78% owners
- POP-SMALL 51,382
- SPREAD-MOD 06615→06614
- HOME-MID $369,750
Nearest income peer: Danbury, CT ( $5,452 income $)
Instrument codes from this city’s ACS household income, national rank, county-peer gap, ZIP book, owner tenure, population scale, intra-city income spread, and home-value band, not a moving recommendation.
Income neighbourhood around Stratford
Lowest/highest poles plus county-sharing cities nearest Stratford on average ZIP median household income. Full ladder: /cities.
- Bridgeport · lowest $54,494
Bridgeport · lowest
$54,494 median HH income
- Danbury · near $90,787
Danbury · near
$90,787 median HH income
- Stratford · this city $96,239
Stratford · this city
$96,239 median HH income
- Shelton · near
Shelton · near
$108,185 median HH income
- Stamford · near
Stamford · near
$123,054 median HH income
- Norwalk · near
Norwalk · near
$135,619 median HH income
- New Canaan · highest
New Canaan · highest
$250,001 median HH income
What this shows County-sharing peers only, not the full US city board. Open a near peer when the gap is small; open the poles when the mosaic is wide.
National city placement
According to ACS 5-Year Estimates, Stratford, CT sits among US cities with an upper-quartile household income, on a small-city population base, across a handful of delivery areas.
- Top 20%
- household income vs 25,278 US cities
- 51,382
- city population (Census)
- 2
- USPS ZIP codes covered
- $96,239
- avg ZIP median income
Income percentile ranks this city's average ZIP median household income against 25,278 US cities with ACS income on at least one ZIP. Scale and ZIP-spread words come from Census population and USPS ZIP coverage.
High-income footprint on only 2 ZIPs: the city page and the ZIP page nearly coincide. Headline income $96,239 and home value $369,750 should be read as near-neighborhood numbers ; bachelor's attainment averages 36.5%.
Owner-occupancy sits in a mixed band (78.3%) - check the ZIP page's tenure split before treating Stratford as a pure owner town.
Within Connecticut, Naugatuck is the closest lower-income city and Washington Depot the closest higher-income city by average ZIP household income. Their 1 and 1 ZIP footprints are the immediate statewide comparison set for Stratford.
Within-city ZIP comparison
Where the ZIP codes inside Stratford differ
The published income range is comparatively compact across the ZIPs in Stratford: $81,534 in ZIP 06615 to $110,943 in 06614. The city average is therefore a more representative summary here, though each ZIP page still carries its own housing and demographic record.
- Income high-to-low ratio
- 1.4×
- Home-value high-to-low ratio
- 1.0×
- Poverty-rate spread
- 6.4 points
06615 to 06614
06615 to 06614
06614 to 06615
Derived from the published ACS 2023 ZIP-level records shown on this site. A high-to-low ratio compares the highest and lowest available ZIP values; it is not a score or forecast.
Population concentration
Lead ZIP 06614 skews compact Stratford
In this 2-ZIP cluster, 06614 covers about 64% of Stratford's 51,382 residents. City averages lean toward that lead; open a thinner sibling ZIP for the contrast the mean hides.
Census ZBP business roll-up
Balanced ZBP roll-up inside compact Stratford
Citywide ZBP: 1,202 establishments, 25,209 employees , annual payroll $1,864,932k (~23 establishments per 1,000 residents) across 2 of 2 ZIPs. Peak business ZIP 06615 (642 units) ; leading NAICS Health care and social assistance (174) · also Retail trade · Construction .
ZIP Codes in Stratford, CT
These ZIP codes sit in Fairfield County, which covers 47 ZIP codes in all; 2 of them fall in Stratford. See the Fairfield County roll-up →
Stratford sits in the lower half of Fairfield County on income: Stamford, Norwalk and Fairfield report more, Bridgeport and Danbury report less. Westport marks the far end of that range at $250,000+, 160% above Stratford.
Side-by-side: Compare 06614 vs 06615 →
Stratford roll-ups here are for informational purposes only and do not constitute financial or relocation advice. ACS and Census ZBP figures are estimates; confirm the current table against Census before a money or move decision involving Stratford, .