What is the median rent in Stratford Downtown, CT?

Name: Median rent in Stratford Downtown, CT, 2020–2024
Creator: US Census Bureau
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The median gross rent in Stratford Downtown, CT is $1,620 (±$563) a month, according to the US Census Bureau’s 2020–2024 American Community Survey.

That is across 211 rented homes; gross rent is the contract rent plus the utilities and fuels a renter pays separately.

Figures last updated on November 12, 2026.

Median gross rent: $1,620 (±$563)
Rented homes: 211 (±90)
$2,000 or more: 32.6%

How much rent costs in Stratford Downtown

Share of rented homes in each gross-rent range, 2020–2024
Monthly gross rent	Stratford Downtown	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Less than $500	0.0% (±18.1 points)	9.3%	7.8%	6.3%
$500 to $999	6.2% (±7.8 points)	12.3%	12.5%	20.2%
$1,000 to $1,499	38.4% (±23.9 points)	25.8%	30.4%	28.1%
$1,500 to $1,999	22.7% (±19.6 points)	27.8%	25.9%	21.1%
$2,000 to $2,499	13.7% (±16.1 points)	13.4%	12.0%	12.0%
$2,500 to $2,999	18.0% (±20.7 points)	5.0%	5.2%	5.5%
$3,000 or more	0.9% (±2.3 points)	6.4%	6.1%	6.8%

The most common range is $1,000 to $1,499, paid by 38.4% of renting households.

32.6% of rented homes in Stratford Downtown cost $2,000 or more a month.

Stratford Downtown against Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, its state and the nation

Estimate (90% margin of error)
	Stratford Downtown	Greater Bridgeport Planning Region	Connecticut	United States
Median gross rent	$1,620 (±$563)	$1,546 (±$38)	$1,488 (±$10)	$1,413
Rented homes paying rent	211 (±90)	40,135 (±1,115)	462,698 (±4,638)	42,849,984

In Stratford Downtown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Greater Bridgeport Planning Region ($1,546).

It is not measurably different from Connecticut ($1,488).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

In Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, Stratford Downtown ranks 8 of 8 places with a published estimate, from highest to lowest median gross rent.

Statewide, it ranks 52 of 115.

Rankings use the estimates alone; where margins of error overlap, neighboring ranks may not truly differ.

Median gross rent in places near Stratford Downtown

Nearest places with a published estimate, compared with Stratford Downtown
Place	Distance	Median gross rent	Compared with this place
Stratford Downtown	—	$1,620 (±$563)	—
Lordship	3.2 mi	$1,672 (±$147)	Not measurably different
Bridgeport	3.6 mi	$1,450 (±$35)	Not measurably different
Milford	3.9 mi	$1,882 (±$80)	Not measurably different
Trumbull Center	4.2 mi	$2,307 (±$206)	Higher
Oronoque	4.3 mi	$2,278 (±$352)	Not measurably different
Trumbull	6.7 mi	$2,266 (±$255)	Higher
Long Hill (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region)	7.0 mi	$1,952 (±$1,258)	Not measurably different
Shelton	7.3 mi	$1,741 (±$216)	Not measurably different

Nearby places with a measurably higher figure: Trumbull Center, CT ($2,307), Trumbull, CT ($2,266).

Distance is measured in a straight line between the Census Bureau’s internal points for each place.

Median gross rent across Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, place by place

Rank	Place	Median gross rent
2	Stepney	$2,750 (±$1,256)
3	Trumbull Center	$2,307 (±$206)
4	Tashua	$2,306 (±$791)
5	Oronoque	$2,278 (±$352)
6	Long Hill (Greater Bridgeport Planning Region)	$1,952 (±$1,258)
7	Lordship	$1,672 (±$147)
8	Stratford Downtown	$1,620 (±$563)

Showing 7 of 8 places in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region, ranked from highest to lowest.

Stratford Downtown is a census-designated place: an unincorporated community the Census Bureau draws for statistics, with no municipal government of its own.

It lies inside Stratford, whose figures include it.

Survey years: 2020–2024 (American Community Survey 5-year estimates), compared with 2015–2019.

Margins of error are at the 90% confidence level.

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Questions about Stratford Downtown

What is the average rent in Stratford Downtown, CT?

The Census Bureau publishes the median rather than the average: the median gross rent in Stratford Downtown is $1,620 (±$563) a month (2020–2024 American Community Survey), so half of renting households pay less and half pay more.

How many rentals in Stratford Downtown cost more than $2,000 a month?

32.6% of rented homes in Stratford Downtown have a gross rent of $2,000 or more a month, and 0.0% cost less than $500.

Is rent in Stratford Downtown higher than in Greater Bridgeport Planning Region?

In Stratford Downtown, median gross rent is not measurably different from Greater Bridgeport Planning Region ($1,546).

It is not measurably different from Connecticut ($1,488).

It is not measurably different from the national figure ($1,413).

Is this the rent for an apartment listed today?

No: these are rents households reported paying across 2020–2024, not asking rents for vacant homes, which usually run higher.

Sources

To check these figures in the Census Bureau’s own API, request the variables below from the 2024 ACS 5-year data profile (acs/acs5/profile) for Stratford Downtown CDP, Connecticut (place:74303, in state:09).

Each estimate (E or PE) has a margin of error beside it (M or PM).

The 2015–2019 figures are B25064_001E, B25064_001M, DP04_0047PE, DP04_0047PM, DP04_0005E, DP04_0005M from the 2019 release.

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DP04_0134E, DP04_0134M, DP04_0126E, DP04_0126M, DP04_0127PE, DP04_0127PM, DP04_0128PE, DP04_0128PM, DP04_0129PE, DP04_0129PM, DP04_0130PE, DP04_0130PM, DP04_0131PE, DP04_0131PM, DP04_0132PE, DP04_0132PM, DP04_0133PE, DP04_0133PM

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