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Bristol city, Connecticut: commercial real estate data.
Bristol city is a Census city of 61,462 people across 26.40 square miles of land, in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. Median household income is $79,076, 64.9 percent of occupied homes are owned, and the SBA record carries 77 7(a) approvals to borrowers here worth $29.0 m.
77 sourced place values · tier FULL · 8 sections · underlined figures are computed by MMCG Analytics, not published by the agency
Bristol
What Bristol is
- Census place typecity
- Land area26.4 sq mi
- Water area0.4 sq mi
- Population per square mile of land2,328
- County holding the largest share of its areaNaugatuck Valley Planning Region, 100.0 percent
US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage. US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
How many people live in Bristol
- Population61,462
- Median age37.9
- Population under 1812,362
- Share under 1820.1 percent
- Population 65 and over9,980
- Share 65 and over16.2 percent
- Households24,453
- Family households15,458
- Share of households that are families63.2 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Income and work in Bristol
- Median household income$79,076
- Per capita income$40,503
- Civilian labor force34,929
- Employed32,365
- Unemployed2,564 plus or minus 543
- Unemployment rate7.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Adults 25 and over43,099
- Adults 25 and over with a high school diploma or higher93.4 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a bachelor degree or higher30.3 percent
- Adults 25 and over with a graduate degree11.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
Housing in Bristol
- Housing units26,369
- Occupied units24,453
- Vacant units1,916 plus or minus 409
- Vacancy rate7.3 percent plus or minus 1.5
- Owner occupied15,879
- Renter occupied8,574
- Ownership rate64.9 percent
- Median owner-occupied home value$277,800
- Median gross rent, monthly$1,338
- Annual rent as a share of median income20.3 percent
- Single family units15,889
- Share single family60.3 percent
- Units in buildings of two or more10,238
- Share in buildings of two or more38.8 percent
- Mobile homes242 plus or minus 119
- Median year structure built1967
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
How Bristol gets to work
- Workers 16 and over who commute28,097
- Commuting under 15 minutes7,255
- Share commuting under 15 minutes25.8 percent
- Commuting 30 minutes or more8,926
- Share commuting 30 minutes or more31.8 percent
- Drove alone75.0 percent
- Carpooled10.4 percent plus or minus 2.2
- Public transport0.2 percent plus or minus 0.1
- Walked1.8 percent plus or minus 0.6
- Worked from home11.4 percent
US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
Bristol
SBA loans in Bristol (7(a))
- Approvals77
- Gross approval$28,982,200
- Average approval$376,392
- Median approval$100,000
- Ninetieth percentile approval$1,150,000
- Largest approval$5,000,000
- Jobs supported484
- Jobs per approval6.3
- Loans with a final outcome12
- Paid in full10
- Charged off2
- Charge-off rate over resolved loans16.7 percent
- Median term120 months
- Share on real estate terms of 20 years or more10.4 percent
- Share to franchises2.6 percent
- Distinct lenders19
- Distinct industries by NAICS42
US Small Business Administration, 7(a) FOIA release, FY2020 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Bristol
SBA loans in Bristol (504)
- Approvals16
- Gross approval$14,031,000
- Average approval$876,938
- Median approval$678,000
- Largest approval$3,452,000
- Jobs supported309
- Loans with a final outcome4
- Charged off0
- Median term300 months
- Distinct CDCs2
US Small Business Administration, 504 FOIA release, FY2010 to FY2026 year to date, as of 2026-06-30.
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, not Bristol
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region context, not Bristol figures
These are Naugatuck Valley Planning Region figures. There is no place level equivalent published for any of them, so they are shown as the county backdrop and never as Bristol measurements.
- Establishments in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region9,114
- Employment at those establishments, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region145,193
- Covered employment, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region160,111
- Average annual pay, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region$71,603
- Average weekly wage, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region$1,377
- Housing units permitted, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region317
- Of those, single family, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region264
- County product, 2024, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region$33,434,994,000
- Average income of an arriving household, Naugatuck Valley Planning Region$66,246
Every figure in this section is published for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole and is not a measurement of Bristol. It is here because a county backdrop is what a credit committee reads a place against, and it is labelled so that it can never be quoted as the place's own.
US Census Bureau, County Business Patterns, 2023. US Bureau of Labor Statistics, Quarterly Census of Employment and Wages, 2024 annual averages. US Census Bureau, Building Permits Survey, 2024 annual. US Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional, table CAGDP2, CAGDP2, through 2024. US Internal Revenue Service, Statistics of Income county migration flows, 2021 to 2022 filing years.
Coverage
What this page does not hold.
Every item below could be filled with a plausible figure. None of them is. On a page a lender may read, a number that cannot be traced is worse than an absence, so the absences are named.
- This place is not listed as a community in the FEMA Community Status Book, so no NFIP participation or CRS class is shown.
- Parcel level detail, zoning and flood zone at an address are resolved in the platform, not on this page.
SBA figures count approvals to borrowers whose address is in the place. They are not approvals for projects inside the place boundary: the tape records a borrower city and a project county, and those can differ.
Common questions
Bristol questions, answered from the record.
How many people live in Bristol, Connecticut?
61,462, in 24,453 households. Bristol city covers 26.40 square miles of land, which is 2,328 people per square mile. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
What county is Bristol in?
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, which holds 100.0 percent of the place by area. Source: US Census Bureau, cartographic boundary file, places, 2024 vintage.
What is the median household income in Bristol?
$79,076. The median owner-occupied home is valued at $277,800. Median gross rent is $1,338 per month. Source: US Census Bureau, American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates, place level, 2020-2024 5-year.
How much SBA lending goes to Bristol businesses?
77 7(a) approvals totalling $29.0 m, across 19 lenders, median approval $100,000, plus 16 504 approvals worth $14.0 m. These count approvals to borrowers whose address is in Bristol, not projects sited inside the place boundary, and they are approvals recorded in the release rather than loans disbursed.
Do SBA loans to Bristol borrowers get paid back?
Of the 12 loans that have reached a final outcome, 10 were paid in full and 2 charged off, a charge off rate of 16.7 percent. Loans still running are excluded because they have not yet succeeded or failed.
Are the county figures on this page Bristol figures?
No, and they are labelled so. County Business Patterns, QCEW, the Building Permits Survey, BEA product and IRS migration are published for Naugatuck Valley Planning Region as a whole and there is no place level equivalent. They appear in one clearly marked section as context and are never presented as measurements of Bristol.
Is zoning published for Bristol?
Not yet. The zoning layer is in build. Nothing on this page presents parcel level zoning.
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