FIPS 09120, CT
Housing, jobs, water, deposits and federal obligations for this county, each figure with the release it came from. Internal point 41.24, -73.24.
Assembled 2026-10-02. Read the brief.
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- 91st pct · 274th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
- 94th pct · 188th of 3,221 US counties · median $1,039
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Typical home value divided by the average annual wage of one covered job.
A percentile here is a min-max scaling of average rank: the smallest published value in the cohort is 0 and the largest is 100, and tied values share the average of the ranks they span. It is not the share of entities below the value, so 0 means smallest, not none below. Entities that did not publish the metric are outside the cohort entirely and are counted in neither the rank nor its denominator.
Home values #
No Zillow home value index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
Zillow Home Value Index (ZHVI), typical value of homes in the 35th to 65th percentile, smoothed and seasonally adjusted; a model estimate of value, not a sale price. Data through Zillow Research.
Rents #
No rent index for this area
- US counties: not published this period
Zillow Observed Rent Index (ZORI), smoothed, all homes and multifamily; price-to-rent = typical home / (typical rent × 12).
What the typical home costs to carry #
Estimate. Principal and interest on the typical home with 20% down over 30 years at this week's Freddie Mac average rate; compared with the average weekly wage of all jobs covered by unemployment insurance in the area (BLS QCEW), which is pay per job, not household income.
Jobs & wages #
113,518 jobs at 11,096 employers (2026 Q1); -1.1% jobs and +1.2% average weekly wage over the year
- 91st pct · 274th of 3,221 US counties · median 8,232
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Greater Bridgeport Planning Region | 113,518 jobs · $1,566/wk · -1.1% YoY |
| NAICS sector | Jobs | Avg weekly wage | Location quotient | Jobs over the year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Health care and social assistance | 25,921 | $1,221 | 1.52 | +0.7% |
| Manufacturing | 13,141 | $2,521 | 1.44 | -0.8% |
| Retail trade | 10,684 | $902 | 0.97 | -2.6% |
| Accommodation and food services | 8,274 | $638 | 0.81 | -4.6% |
| Educational services | 6,963 | $1,223 | 2.85 | -0.6% |
| Professional and technical services | 4,960 | $2,789 | 0.63 | -1.4% |
| Administrative and waste services | 4,876 | $1,359 | 0.76 | -0.9% |
| Transportation and warehousing | 4,238 | $1,228 | 0.89 | -1.5% |
| Other services | 3,905 | $986 | 1.15 | -2.4% |
| Wholesale trade | 3,312 | $2,198 | 0.76 | +0.8% |
| Finance and insurance | 2,964 | $4,113 | 0.64 | -1.2% |
| Arts, entertainment and recreation | 2,069 | $834 | 1.11 | -4.3% |
BLS Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, all ownerships, total covered employment in the quarter's third month; over-the-year changes as published. Suppressed cells stay blank.
Water #
Banks & federal dollars #
$13.0 bn in deposits at 60 offices of 16 banks (SOD June 2026); HHI 2,927, highly concentrated. USAspending has no place-of-performance row for this county
| Item | Value | Distance |
|---|---|---|
| Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | $6.6 bn · 50.5% share · 16 offices | |
| Bank of America, National Association | $1.7 bn · 12.8% share · 6 offices | |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1.5 bn · 11.8% share · 8 offices |
| Institution | Deposits | Share | Offices |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company | $6,550,205,000 | 50.5% | 16 |
| Bank of America, National Association | $1,662,316,000 | 12.8% | 6 |
| JPMorgan Chase Bank, National Association | $1,536,586,000 | 11.8% | 8 |
| TD Bank, National Association | $679,494,000 | 5.2% | 5 |
| Webster Bank, National Association | $452,573,000 | 3.5% | 6 |
| Wells Fargo Bank, National Association | $365,985,000 | 2.8% | 2 |
| Citibank, National Association | $344,000,000 | 2.7% | 2 |
| Newtown Savings Bank | $309,242,000 | 2.4% | 4 |
| Fairfield County Bank | $300,501,000 | 2.3% | 3 |
| Bankwell Bank | $289,086,000 | 2.2% | 2 |
Deposit concentration is 2,927 across 16 banks, which the 1995 Department of Justice bank merger screen calls highly concentrated.
HHI = Σ (share %)² over 16 banks with deposits in the county = 50.5² + 12.8² + 11.8² + … (13 more) = 2,927
FDIC Summary of Deposits: deposits at every insured office as of June 30, annual; HHI is the sum of squared county deposit shares (DOJ 1995 bank merger screen: 1000 / 1800). USAspending: obligations by place of performance for the latest complete federal fiscal year (Oct 1 to Sep 30), what agencies committed, not what they paid out; recipients are legal entities. Per-job divides obligations by BLS QCEW covered employment.
Federal obligations #
USAspending place-of-performance obligations for FY2026, by awarding agency.
| Awarding agency | Obligations |
|---|---|
| Department of Defense | $3,020,317,239 |
| Social Security Administration | $1,396,889,321 |
| Department of Housing and Urban Development | $121,146,599 |
| Department of Veterans Affairs | $73,269,035 |
| Department of Homeland Security | $33,465,180 |
| Department of Education | $30,431,327 |
| Department of Transportation | $20,979,653 |
| Department of Health and Human Services | $17,931,029 |
| Department of Justice | $9,250,290 |
| Federal Communications Commission | $4,706,104 |
| Railroad Retirement Board | $3,917,905 |
| General Services Administration | $514,683 |
USAspending obligations are recorded where the work is performed, so a prime award performed here is counted here even when the recipient is headquartered elsewhere. Recipients are legal entities, never people.
National context, not this county #
These are United States, single-gauge, single-state and port series. None of them is keyed to this county.
| Series | Latest | As of | Change |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi River at Memphis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Mississippi River at St. Louis, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Ohio River at Louisville, stage · ft | 16.50 | 2026-09-30 | -11.7% |
| Missouri River at St. Joseph, stage · ft | not published | not published | |
| Colorado River below Hoover Dam, flow (Hoover releases) · ft³/s | 5,170.00 | 2026-02-05 | -25.3% |
| Texas reservoirs, statewide percent full · % | 71.30 | 2026-10-01 | +0.1% |
| Laredo truck crossings, monthly · trucks | 258,700.00 | 2026-08-01 | -0.4% |
| Los Angeles + Long Beach container volume, annual · TEU | 10,513,167.00 | 2023-01-01 | -13.5% |
| Containerships waiting for a berth, all US ports · ships | 6.00 | 2026-09-22 | -14.3% |
| Shanghai to Los Angeles container rate · $ per 40 ft box | 6,830.00 | 2026-08-01 | +7.4% |
| US diesel retail price · $ per gallon | unavailable | not published | |
| WTI crude oil, spot · $ per barrel | 96.16 | 2026-09-29 | -3.2% |
| 30-year fixed mortgage rate · % | 7.28 | 2026-10-01 | +3.6% |
| Housing starts, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,275.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.6% |
| Building permits, annual rate · thousands of units | 1,403.00 | 2026-08-01 | -2.1% |
| Case-Shiller US home price index · index, Jan 2000 = 100 | 337.31 | 2026-07-01 | +0.1% |
| Unemployment rate · % | 4.10 | 2026-08-01 | +0.0% |
| US goods and services trade balance, monthly · $ millions | -88,576.00 | 2026-07-01 | -24.4% |
| Retail sales excluding food services, monthly · $ millions | 646,347.00 | 2026-08-01 | +1.1% |
The indicator registry has no county-keyed series and no geographic selection: every entry is national, a named gauge, a single state or a port. They are here as the backdrop the county's own numbers move against, and they are never this county's readings.
What changed #
FIPS 09120, CT: 6 findings, 1 at a watch level and 5 noted
watchFIPS 09120, CT's covered employment is -1.1% against a year earlier, a watch level here: covered employment below the same quarter a year earlier (BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level). The previous published period is not in this table, so this is a standing level rather than a change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- test: jobs.yoy.emp = -1.1 < 0
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published; not an official level
noteFIPS 09120, CT's average weekly wage was 1.2% higher than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- +1.2 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 09120, CT's covered employment was 1.1% lower than the same quarter a year earlier in 2026 Q1, on BLS QCEW's published over-the-year change.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- -1.1 % = BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change for 2026 Q1, as published
- the newest QCEW file carries no year-earlier level, so no move from one level to another is printed
BLS QCEW over-the-year percent change, as published
noteFIPS 09120, CT's average weekly wage of $1,566 ranks 188th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of $1,039.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 94 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.avgWeeklyWage
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
noteFIPS 09120, CT's covered employment of 113,518 ranks 274th of 3,221 US counties, against a median of 8,232.
Period 2026 Q1.Show the arithmetic
- 92 on the 0-to-100 scale across 3221 US counties that published jobs.emp
position among the entities that published this metric this period; not an official level
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