Ball PondCT
The town has 2,627 residents and lies in Connecticut.
Is Ball Pond a good place to live?
Ball Pond’s mean commuting time is 39 minutes, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Ball Pond. We don’t grade Ball Pond yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave Ball Pond for work
Where Ball Pond’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
United States Military Academy and 82 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ball Pond. Close and well known come first.
Big draw23 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
5 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
34 mi LandmarkFerncliff Cemetery
28 mi National Historic SiteHome of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site102K visitors a year
31 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
7 mi State parkWonder Lake State ParkPhoto credits
United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Ferncliff Cemetery: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site: Crunch, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wonder Lake State Park: Anthony22 (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
Moving to Ball Pond: who provides what
Ball Pond is unincorporated, so Fairfield County and regional agencies provide most services.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Ball Pond.
Most of Ball Pond’s workers head elsewhere: there are 0.0 jobs for each of them
Ball Pond had 37 jobs in 2023, down 119 from 2013. Most working residents leave Ball Pond for work: only 1% work in town. Its middle household income comes in at $130,000. The median commute is under 14 miles.
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
The FEMA risk score in Ball Pond is lower than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
Of the losses FEMA expects in Ball Pond, 58% come from inland flooding and 24% from hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 77% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Fewer young adults than Connecticut overall
A bachelor’s degree or higher: 40% of adults 25 and older, vs 43% across Connecticut. Adults 18 to 34 are 17% of residents (22% statewide); children under 18 are 25% of residents (20% statewide). For residents in Ball Pond, the share who are 65 or older is 22%.
| Ball Pond | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Median age | 42.4 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 33% and 60% women
The Census survey reached too few of Ball Pond’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±13.6 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Ball Pond | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 17.7% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.5% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 7.6% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.3% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 13.9% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 10.6% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.7% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.2% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 20.9% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 19.5% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 2,600, single groups can be off by several points
A larger share of adults in Ball Pond binge drink than in the typical Connecticut or U.S. town
In Ball Pond, nearly one in ten adults smoke cigarettes. Only 8 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who had a checkup this year than Ball Pond. 19% of adults in the town have been diagnosed with depression; 29% have high blood pressure.
| Ball Pond | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 30% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 19% | 22% | 23% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 9.4% | 12% |
| What stands out | Ball Pond | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.5% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 5.5% | 8.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Ball Pond Town Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Ball Pond sells for about $599K
Among households in Ball Pond, 90% own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Ball Pond
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Ball Pond
About 8 of every 100 Ball Pond residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
Ball Pond’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Ball Pond.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ball Pond | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| New Fairfield | #63 | B+ | D | — | A− | A |
| Taylor Corners | — | — | — | — | — | — |
New Fairfield reports no FBI crime data of its own. Ball Pond and Taylor Corners aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Ball Pond with a neighbor →
Questions about Ball Pond
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
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