Conning Towers-Nautilus ParkCT
The town, home to 8,460 people, lies in Connecticut.
Is Conning Towers-Nautilus Park a good place to live?
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park’s typical journey to work is 14 minutes, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 156 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of residents 65 or older than Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. 17% of the land in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is conserved, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 4.3%. City of Groton Watershed Lands, at 332 acres with 1.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Conning Towers-Nautilus Park yet; the figures below are still real.
97% of working residents leave Conning Towers-Nautilus Park for work
Where Conning Towers-Nautilus Park’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
The Breakers and 64 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumThe Breakers
7 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
40 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
40 mi MuseumMarble House
in town MuseumSubmarine Force Library and Museum150K visitors a year
5 mi MuseumMystic SeaportPhoto credits
The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain · Submarine Force Library and Museum: Flickr user : https://www.flickr.com/photos/divemasterking2000, CC BY 2.0 · Mystic Seaport: Joethon, Public domain
Moving to Conning Towers-Nautilus Park: who provides what
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is unincorporated, so New London 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 Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.
A smaller share of working residents in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park work locally than in the typical Connecticut or U.S. town
The middle household income here in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is $82,000. Since 2014, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park has lost 2,646 jobs, to 1,457 in 2024. A fifth of workers do their job from home here. The top destinations are Groton (29%), New London (7%) and Waterford (4%).
| Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 20% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 2.5% | 11% | 7.9% |
| Median household income | $82,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 7.1% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park faces a low natural-hazard risk, led by inland flooding
FEMA expects less storm and flood damage in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park than in 70% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Open space protected for good: 16.5% of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
2.5 miles of trail in 5 parks and preserves. Among 156 Connecticut towns, just 9 have a lower density of trails than Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Parkland in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park adds up to 596 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. City of Groton Watershed Lands | 1.2 mi | 332 |
| 2. Gungywamp | 0.5 mi | 258 |
| 3. Phoenix Drive Open Space | — | 3 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
The range runs from 22° on a January night to 82° on a July afternoon, with about 25 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
A smaller share of adults have diabetes in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
In Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, 10% of adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. No town among the 155 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of adults who have high blood pressure than Conning Towers-Nautilus Park. Across all 32 CDC measures, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park beats Connecticut on 9 and trails on 7. Also worth knowing: only 4 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a higher share of adults who have been diagnosed with depression than Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.
| Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 21% | 16% | 16% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 33% | 35% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 5.3% | 9.4% | 12% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 73% | 81% | 79% |
| What stands out | Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 4.3% | 8.5% |
| Fewer adults with diabetes | 5.3% | 10.2% |
| More binge drinkers | 21.4% | 15.4% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The median home in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park sells for about $455K
The typical rent in Conning Towers-Nautilus Park is $1,856 a month. For households here, the share who are owner-occupiers is 21%.
| Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 21% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,856 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
Colleges nearby
4 within 15 miles of the center of Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
About 4 of every 100 Conning Towers-Nautilus Park residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park’s neighbors
6 towns share a border with Conning Towers-Nautilus Park.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conning Towers-Nautilus Park | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Groton | #97 | B− | D | B+ | C+ | A− |
| Ledyard | #67 | B+ | D | A | B− | A |
| Groton | #120 | C+ | D | B+ | C+ | B |
| Waterford | #92 | B | C− | B | B− | A− |
| New London | #144 | D | D | C+ | D− | C+ |
| Long Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park and Long Hill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Conning Towers-Nautilus Park with a neighbor →
Questions about Conning Towers-Nautilus Park
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Is Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT a good place to live?
We don’t grade Conning Towers-Nautilus Park yet; the figures below are still real.