LordshipCT
A town of 3,669.
Is Lordship a good place to live?
11% of residents are under 18 in Lordship, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 19% and U.S. towns at 22%. Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Lordship. Stratford Point Reserve, at 26 acres with 1 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Lordship yet; the figures below are still real.
Lordship lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 44% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
- Stratford Point Reserve
- Short Beach Park
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Yale Bowl and 92 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Lordship. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
38 mi LandmarkFerncliff Cemetery
39 mi Stadium & arenaNassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum
27 mi National Historic SiteSagamore Hill National Historic Site122K visitors a year
22 mi MuseumGlass House
4 mi Stadium & arenaTotal Mortgage ArenaPhoto credits
Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ferncliff Cemetery: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum: iMatthew // talk //, Public domain · Sagamore Hill National Historic Site: Unknown, Public domain · Glass House: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Total Mortgage Arena: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
Moving to Lordship: who provides what
Lordship 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 Lordship.
Most of Lordship’s workers commute out: the town has 0.1 jobs for each of them
Most working residents leave Lordship for work: only 1% work in town. Lordship’s median household income is $85,000, below Connecticut’s towns ($109,000) and close to U.S. towns ($80,000). The top destinations are Stratford (14%), Bridgeport (12%) and New York (6%).
| Lordship | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $85,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 8.6% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
More middle-aged adults than Connecticut overall
Adults 35 to 64 are 50% of residents (39% statewide); children under 18 are 11% of residents (20% statewide). The median age in Lordship is 53.6 years. 47% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 43% across Connecticut.
| Lordship | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 53.6 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 23% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.2 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 55 to 64, 58% are men (CT 49%).
| Lordship | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 4.4% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.8% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 9.5% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.9% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 14.8% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 24% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.7% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 5.5% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.5% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 20.4% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.2% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.6% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 21.6% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,700, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Lordship
Lordship has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 24° and about 34 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Lordship faces a high natural-hazard risk, led by coastal flooding
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy Lordship is
Lordship beats the Connecticut average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 24% of Lordship adults have obesity.
| Lordship | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 24% | 30% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.3% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | Lordship | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.6% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Lordship has set aside 5.4% of its land for conservation
1.3 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves. Lordship’s trail density is 0.9 miles per square mile.
| Lordship | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.9 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.4% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Stratford Point Reserve | 1 mi | 26 |
| 2. Short Beach Park | 0.1 mi | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A home in Lordship sells for about $875K at the median
85% of households own their home in Lordship.
| Lordship | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,672 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 85% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Lordship
Colleges nearby
6 within 15 miles of the center of Lordship
About 6 of every 100 Lordship residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
99% of working residents leave Lordship for work
Where Lordship’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
About Lordship
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Lordship is a small, waterfront neighborhood situated on Connecticut's Gold Coast in Stratford, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Lordship had a population of 2,954. It was listed as a census-designated place prior to the 2020 census. Lordship was an island bounded by salt marshes to the north and Long Island Sound to the south, The neighborhood currently extends, by man made fill, as a peninsula on Long Island Sound and is bounded from the rest of Stratford by Sikorsky Memorial Airport to the north and Short Beach to the north east. Lordship is accessible by only two roads, both parts of Route 113. Lordship is home to the Stratford Point Light.
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
- ZIP code
- 06615
Lordship’s neighbors
One town shares a border with Lordship.
Lordship isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Lordship with a neighbor →
Questions about Lordship
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Lordship, CT a good place to live?
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