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Oronoque, Connecticut.

A community in Fairfield County, with no city government of its own. Zillow publishes no home prices for it: see Fairfield County’s.

Living in Oronoque, Connecticut

Oronoque, in , had 3,790 people in the 2020 census. Half its households earn more than $72,417 a year and half less; 5% of its people live below the poverty line.

People 3,790 in the 2020 census; median age 66.6
Household income $72,417 the median, give or take $4,979
Homes Too few homes in Oronoque for the Census survey to measure.
  • 2,130households
  • 42%of adults have a degree
  • 5%below the poverty line
  • 21 mintypical commute

Weather through the year

Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 18°; warmest in July, 82° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 18° F M A M J J 82° 63° A S O N D
Average daily high and low for each month: coldest in January, 36° and 18°; warmest in July, 82° and 63° 20° 40° 60° 80° J 36° 18° F M A M J J 82° 63° A S O N D

Coldest in January, with highs near 36° and lows near 18°; warmest in July, with highs near 82° and lows near 63°. About 52 inches of rain and melted snow a year.

Average daily high and low, 1991–2020, at the Ansonia Northeast weather station, 6 miles away (NOAA).

Largest workplaces in Oronoque

  1. Lockheed Martin Corporation US CT Stratford Main St (5225)5,636
  2. Ryders HealthcareHome nursing services430
  3. Clean Harbors Environmental Services Inc 42SIK31
  4. Compass Group28

Staff on average in 2025, as each workplace reported it to OSHA with its injury records: 4 workplaces with 20 or more staff, 6,125 people in all. Not listed: many offices and banks, which need not report to OSHA; military bases, whose staff OPM withholds; and, in about half the states, city and county governments.

Natural hazards

  1. Coastal floodingVery high
  2. Strong windRelatively high
  3. HurricanesRelatively high
  4. Inland floodingRelatively high
  5. Winter weatherRelatively high
  6. Ice stormsRelatively high

FEMA’s National Risk Index (December 2025) rates the risk each natural hazard poses to the people, buildings and farms across its county, against the rest of the country; all of them together, relatively moderate. It is meant for planning, not a substitute for a local risk assessment or a flood map: FEMA’s index.

From the U.S. Census Bureau’s 2020 census and its American Community Survey (2020–2024 five-year estimates), and the Bureau of Labor Statistics. A survey, so each figure has a margin of error, and figures it is not sure of are left out. More on .