Speranza
The "Gold Coast", as it is obscenely called, also "better" known as Southwestern Connecticut or Lower Fairfield
County, is a region of the state of Connecticut, Long Island Sound, New England, that includes
the entire southern portion of Fairfield County as defined by the U.S. Census
Bureau, Super-Public Use Microdata Area (Super-PUMA) Region 09600.
The area is
about 50 miles to the northeast of New York, and is home to many wealthy
NYC=based business people -- and some gentlemen!
This area is often portrayed in culture as a
bastion of wealth.
Some of the novels and films that have taken place here
include:
"The Man in the Gray Flannel Suit",
"The Stepford Wives",
"The Ice Storm",
"The Swimmer,"
"Mr. Blandings Builds His Dream House"
and
"Gentleman's
Agreement".
THERE MAY BE MORE!
The distinction of being
called the wealthiest town in Connecticut can be attributed to either Darien,
Greenwich or New Canaan, depending on the statistic used.
The bad thing is that New Canaan is not COASTAL and so it really doesn't count as 'coast', gold or not!
According to the 2000
US Census, New Canaan was first in per capita income ($82,049), Darien second
($77,519) and Greenwich third ($74,346).
According to the Connecticut 2014-15
Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List per Capita (AENGLC); Per Capita Income for
Greenwich was $91,478, Darien $94,376, and New Canaan $99,016 the highest out of
the 169 towns in Connecticut.
However, per capita income does not take into
account personal assets:
homes, jewelry, art, boats or automobiles.
In 2000,
New Canaan had a higher percentage of RESIDENT home-owners (83%) than Greenwich
(69%), which may indicate more wealth.
According to some sources, the wealthiest
town along the Gold Coast should be New Canaan because of their higher rate of
home ownership suggesting a higher level of personal assets.
More recently,
another source named Darien the state's richest town in 2011.
An
additional consideration is to measure wealth per PERSON - not aggregate town
wealth.
Both the Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List per Capita (AENGLC) Wealth
Value and the CPR AENGLC Wealth Value, show that Greenwich has the highest
wealth value in Connecticut at over $430,000 per person.
The AENGLC is based on
the value of residential and commercial real estate, and measures the town's tax
base available to pay for public education (see Conn. Dep of Ed).
It is not a
measure of the PERSONAL wealth of INDIVIDUAL residents.
Towns and
cities
Stamford area --
Darien
Greenwich--Cos Cob
New
Canaan
Norwalk--Rowayton
Redding
Ridgefield
Stamford--Shippan
Point
Weston
Westport--Green's Farms
Wilton
Bridgeport
Bridgeport--Black Rock
Easton
Fairfield--Greenfield
Hill--Southport
Monroe
Shelton
Stratford--Lordship
Trumbull--Nichols
References:
ump
up^ Census.gov website retrieved 2011-06-26 [1]
How Census Income
Estimates Provide Misleading Statistics on Personal Income for Connecticut Towns
[2]
The Daily Fairfield retrieved 2011-07-03[3]
JState of
CT official website retrieved on 2011-06-27[4]
South
Western Regional Planning Agency
State of
Connecticut
New York metropolitan area
Categories:
Regions of Connecticut Metropolitan areas of Connecticut New York metropolitan
area
Sunday, August 30, 2015
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