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Hartford County, CT

Migration of people and income, 20222023 filing years

At a glance (2023)

Cost of living
104
4% above the U.S. average

Cost of living is the statewide price level for Connecticut (state avg).

The cost of living runs about 4% above the national average. These figures describe all residents, not just tax filers, come from separate sources than the migration data on this page, and do not indicate why anyone moved.

Not enough data to report

Too few tax filers moved to or from Hartford County, CT for the IRS to publish migration figures above its disclosure threshold in the 20222023 filing years. To protect taxpayer privacy, the IRS withholds flows that involve too few returns, which most often affects the smallest counties. Figures may appear in other years. The population and local context below come from Census and other federal sources, a separate universe from the IRS filer data. How the data works.

Net migration by year

Net 2012–2021: -$4.3B (-43,273 people)
20122021
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Net AGI and net people by year (nominal dollars)
YearNet AGINet people
2012-$220M-3,332
2013-$471.8M-5,098
2014-$359.3M-5,087
2015-$277.9M-3,626
2016-$541.2M-6,455
2017-$660M-6,825
2018-$422.7M-4,687
2019-$436.7M-3,619
2020-$434.3M-2,778
2021-$501.6M-1,766
Income & cost of living

What a dollar is worth here

Prices around Hartford County, CT run about 4% above the national average. In plain terms: $100 spent here buys about what $96 buys in the average American community. The figures below apply that to income, each compared to the U.S. average of $70,002 per person.

Income per person
$75,740
what people here earn (BEA 2023, nominal)
8% above the U.S. average
Price level
104.2
100 = U.S. average prices (BEA price parity)
everyday costs about 4.2% higher than average
What that income buys
$72,686
local income restated at U.S.-average prices
4% above the U.S. average
Cheaper than U.S. avgU.S. average (100)Pricier

This county isn't in a metro area that BEA prices separately, so cost of living shows the Connecticut (state avg) figure.

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Where the cost comes from · price parity by category

Index where 100 = U.S. average for that category. Housing is usually what separates one place from another.

Housing & rents116.6
Goods98.6
Utilities153.2
Other services103.0

Housing is measured from rents (including an estimated rental value for owner-occupied homes), so a run-up in purchase prices shows here only as it reaches rents. Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis. Covers all residents, a separate universe from the IRS filer income above. How the data works.

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How Hartford County, CT has voted. Certified returns, popular vote only. This is a separate dataset from the migration figures on this page.

YearDemocraticRepublicanOtherMarginTotal
2024259,366162,5727,387D +22.5429,325
2020283,368159,0246,944D +27.7449,336
2016240,403148,17318,288D +22.7406,864
2012244,639143,2384,363D +25.9392,240
2008268,301138,7164,768D +31.5411,785
2004229,902154,9196,987D +19.1391,808
2000221,167127,46818,921D +25.5367,556

Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab county returns (CC0). Margins are the popular-vote gap as a share of all votes cast.

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