Humidity & wind
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Population
121,981
US Census estimate, July 2025
Median home value
$228,600
Owner-occupied units
Hartford, CT
Connecticut · 41.766° N, 72.682° W · 17 sq mi
Hartford is a city in Connecticut, with a population of 121,981 and about 7,006 residents per square mile. The median household earns $46,411 a year, and the median home is worth $228,600.
Conditions
UV index
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Sunrise & sunset
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Local time
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Size & density
Land area
17 sq mi
Water excluded
Population density
7,006
People per square mile
Rank by population
#256
Of cities on this site
Rank by area
#693
Of cities on this site
Money & housing
Median household income
$46,411
US median ≈ $78,538
Median gross rent
$1,269
Per month
Homeownership
25.7%
US ≈ 65%
Average commute
23.1 min
One way
People
Median age
33.1
US median 39.1
Bachelor's degree +
19.4%
Age 25 and over
Foreign born
23.9%
Households
49,028
2.32 people each
What people here do for work
Education & health care 26.7%
Retail trade 15.3%
Professional & business services 10.5%
Transport & utilities 9.4%
Top four industries · share of all workers · ACS 2024
Wealthiest person in Connecticut
Name
Steve Cohen
Forbes, Apr 2025
Net worth
$21.3B
As of 25 Apr 2025 — not live
Lives in
Greenwich
Source of wealth
Hedge funds
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
Largest employer in Connecticut · private sector
Employer
Hartford HealthCare
Sector
Healthcare
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified. Government employers are excluded.
Largest public company in Connecticut
Company
Cigna
Revenue
$247.1B
Fiscal year 2024
Headquarters
Bloomfield
Ticker
CI
Compiled from public reporting, not from an official dataset, and not independently verified.
State of Connecticut
State bird
American Robin
State flower
Mountain Laurel
State capital
Hartford
Nickname
The Constitution State
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Cities near Hartford
- West Hartford, CT4 mi · 63,620
- East Hartford, CT4 mi · 50,918
- New Britain, CT8 mi · 76,286
- Bristol, CT15 mi · 62,341
- Meriden, CT17 mi · 60,810
- Waterbury, CT23 mi · 115,771
- Springfield, MA25 mi · 154,702
- Chicopee, MA29 mi · 55,310
Cities about the same size
- Berkeley, CA121,911
- Thousand Oaks, CA122,230
- Ann Arbor, MI122,233
- Independence, MO121,675
- Fairfield, CA122,489
- New Braunfels, TX122,492
- Cambridge, MA122,588
- Odessa, TX122,707
More in Connecticut
- Bridgeport152,273
- Stamford139,535
- New Haven138,774
- Norwalk94,508
- Danbury89,033
- West Haven55,351
- Milford51,215