What is the population of Bristol city?

Bristol city has 61,129 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #10 of 215 in Connecticut.

What is the median household income in Bristol city?

Median household income in Bristol city is $83,458 a year, 6.3% above the national figure of $78,538.

How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bristol city?

Median gross rent is $1,305 a month and the median home value is $252,300, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.

Is Bristol city affordable compared with the rest of the US?

Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bristol city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.

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Bristol, CT population, income and ZIP codes

Quick answer

The population of the city of Bristol, Connecticut (Bristol, CT — Census place “Bristol city”) is 61,129 residents, ranking #10 of 215 places in Connecticut. Median household income is $83,458, the median home is worth $252,300 and median gross rent runs $1,305 a month. Looking for the Bristol Connecticut ZIP code list? 1 ZIP codes serve Bristol, CT: 06010.

Population: 61,129Bristol city residents
Median household income: $83,458Past 12 months, inflation adjusted
Median home value: $252,300Owner-occupied units
Median gross rent: $1,305Rent plus utilities, monthly
Median age: 38.2 yrsAll residents
Homeownership rate: 64.7%Owner-occupied households

Bristol ZIP codes (Connecticut)

Census ZCTAs whose delivery area overlaps Bristol.

The Bristol CT ZIP code list below covers 1 ZIP code. Open any one for its population, income, housing and rent profile.

06010

What the numbers mean in Bristol city

Housing cost measured against local earnings.

A household earning the Bristol city median would spend about 18.8% of gross income on the median rent. The 30% mark is the federal threshold for cost burden, so anything above it signals a stretched rental market. The median home costs 3.0× the median household income; nationally that ratio sits near 4.5×. Poverty affects 8.4% of residents and 64.7% of households own their home.

Source: US Census Bureau, ACS 2019-2023 5-year estimates · rates as published for 2019-2023 ACS 5-year

Bristol city, CT in context

How this area compares with national benchmarks.

Bristol city is a small city in Connecticut, with 61,129 residents counted in the Census American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, which places it #10 of 215 ranked by population — larger than 95% of them. The median age here is 38.2 years against 39.1 nationally, a slightly younger profile than the country as a whole. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.

Households in Bristol city earn a median of $83,458 a year, 6.3% above the national figure of $78,538 and 14% below the $96,484 median for the 159 Connecticut cities we cover. The median is the midpoint household, not an average, so a handful of very high earners cannot drag it upward the way they distort a mean. Poverty reaches 8.4% of residents here, below the 12.4% national rate.

The typical owner-occupied home in Bristol city is valued at $252,300, 16.8% below the national figure and 27% below the $344,200 peer median, while median gross rent runs $1,305 a month, 7.2% below the national figure, or roughly $15,660 across a full year. A household on the local median income would put about 18.8% of gross pay toward that rent against the federal 30% cost-burden threshold, so renting here is cheap relative to what people here earn. The home-price-to-income ratio works out to 3×, against roughly 3.9× nationally, so buying is easier here than in the average US market. 64.7% of occupied homes are owner-occupied versus 65% nationally, so the market leans more heavily on renters. Gross rent folds in the utilities a tenant pays separately, so it is closer to the real monthly outlay than a headline rent figure.

No figure on this page is estimated by us; each one comes straight from the published ACS tables for this area. Small-area estimates still carry wider margins of error than state or national figures, so check the linked ACS tables before relying on them for lending, appraisal or legal work.

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What is the population of Bristol city?: Bristol city has 61,129 residents on Census ACS 2019-2023 ACS 5-year estimates, ranking #10 of 215 in Connecticut.
What is the median household income in Bristol city?: Median household income in Bristol city is $83,458 a year, 6.3% above the national figure of $78,538.
How much does it cost to rent or buy in Bristol city?: Median gross rent is $1,305 a month and the median home value is $252,300, so rent absorbs about 18.8% of median household income.
Is Bristol city affordable compared with the rest of the US?: Homes cost about 3× the local median income here versus roughly 3.9× nationally, so Bristol city is more affordable to buy in than the typical US market, and rent takes 18.8% of median income against the 30% cost-burden line.
How current is this Bristol city data?: All figures come from the US Census Bureau American Community Survey 2019-2023 ACS 5-year five-year estimates. Places under 65,000 residents only appear in the five-year release, never the one-year file, so these values pool sixty months of responses and lag the current year by design.