Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region, Connecticut
- Census data · ACS 2019-2023
- 177,540 (2024 estimate)Population
- 73,624Households
- $101,117Median household income
- $359,000Median home value
- 31Towns with a page
Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region in numbersOfficial sources, refreshed yearly
Median household income $101,117 · Share of households by income, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table S1901.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year subject table S1901 (household income) 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
- Owner occupied
- 55,387 units
- Renter occupied
- 18,237 units
- Vacancy rate
- 11.1%
Occupied housing units by tenure and the share of all units vacant, American Community Survey 5-year 2019-2023, table DP04.
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
65,436 employees in 4,489 establishments with payroll in 2023, all sectors; employers themselves are not named in the source. County Business Patterns counts are published with noise.
Source: County Business Patterns 2023: employment by sector, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
| Measure | Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region | Connecticut |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 174,983 | 3,598,348 |
| Median household income | $101,117 | $93,760 |
| Median age | 45.8 | 41.2 |
| Median home value | $359,000 | $343,200 |
| Bachelor’s degree or higher | 45.5% | 41.9% |
| Foreign-born residents | 8.1% | 15.4% |
| Owner-occupied homes | 75.2% | 66.2% |
| Mean commute to work | 26.0 minutes | 26.6 minutes |
Source: American Community Survey 5-year data profile 2019–2023, county level, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026.
Townships, towns and villages in Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region31 with a page · sort by any column
| Type | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Middletown | City | 48,616 | 41.0 sq mi |
| Cromwell Town | Town | 14,388 | 12.5 sq mi |
| Clinton Town | Town | 13,467 | 16.2 sq mi |
| East Hampton Town | Town | 13,109 | 35.7 sq mi |
| Old Saybrook Town | Town | 10,689 | 15.1 sq mi |
| Portland Town | Town | 9,478 | 23.4 sq mi |
| East Haddam Town | Town | 9,061 | 54.3 sq mi |
| Haddam Town | Town | 8,806 | 43.9 sq mi |
| Old Lyme Town | Town | 7,721 | 23.0 sq mi |
| Durham Town | Town | 7,230 | 23.7 sq mi |
| Westbrook Town | Town | 6,918 | 15.8 sq mi |
| Essex Town | Town | 6,847 | 10.4 sq mi |
| Killingworth Town | Town | 6,284 | 35.3 sq mi |
| Portland | Census designated place | 5,970 | 6.00 sq mi |
| Lake Pocotopaug | Census designated place | 4,715 | 5.49 sq mi |
| Deep River Town | Town | 4,483 | 13.5 sq mi |
| Middlefield Town | Town | 4,274 | 12.6 sq mi |
| Chester Town | Town | 3,748 | 16.1 sq mi |
| Clinton | Census designated place | 3,547 | 2.39 sq mi |
| Durham | Census designated place | 3,508 | 8.25 sq mi |
| East Hampton | Census designated place | 3,159 | 4.05 sq mi |
| Essex Village | Census designated place | 2,722 | 3.84 sq mi |
| Deep River Center | Census designated place | 2,636 | 3.80 sq mi |
| Westbrook Center | Census designated place | 2,529 | 1.69 sq mi |
| Lyme Town | Town | 2,421 | 31.8 sq mi |
| Old Saybrook Center | Census designated place | 2,063 | 1.97 sq mi |
| Chester Center | Census designated place | 1,876 | 2.68 sq mi |
| Moodus | Census designated place | 1,815 | 3.37 sq mi |
| Higganum | Census designated place | 1,549 | 6.21 sq mi |
| Saybrook Manor | Census designated place | 1,404 | 0.77 sq mi |
| Fenwick | Borough | 43 | 0.39 sq mi |
Populations: Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 09 (2024). Land areas: Census Gazetteer 2025: counties. A dash means the figure is not in the cited file.
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Neighboring counties
Neighboring counties
- Capitol Planning RegionPopulation 991,508 (2024 estimate)
- South Central Connecticut Planning RegionPopulation 576,718 (2024 estimate)
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning RegionPopulation 282,602 (2024 estimate)
- Suffolk CountyPopulation 1,535,909 (2024 estimate)
Sources: Census county adjacency file 2024, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 09, retrieved November 14, 2026; Census Population Estimates, Vintage 2024: subcounty totals, state 36, retrieved November 14, 2026.