NEW HAVEN, Conn., Jan. 22, 2026 — DataHaven, a New Haven-based nonprofit that has led community data collection in Connecticut for over 30 years, has launched a newly redesigned website and released updated Town Equity Reports for all 169 Connecticut towns, at a time when its recent analyses of federal tax changes continue to receive widespread media and policymaker attention across the state.

The new website features a streamlined design and improved search capabilities, including expanded “Key Facts” sections within the Community Profile pages. The updates are intended to make essential town- and region-level data easy to access with just one or two clicks, on both desktop and mobile devices.

At the same time, DataHaven announced the release of a new edition of its Town Equity Reports, which are used by residents, educators, advocates and policymakers statewide. The reports provide local-level data that are not available from other public sources, and include dozens of new indicators focused on health, housing and quality of life. These indicators were developed in partnership with DataHaven’s Advisory Council.

The Town Equity Reports are available for all 169 Connecticut towns.

DataHaven is presenting the updated reports and website through classroom visits, briefings, webinars and public events around the state, and is seeking opportunities to partner with organizations interested in using the data for research, planning or community engagement.

In late December, DataHaven released a separate report analyzing the town-by-town impacts of federal tax changes under the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H. R. 1). Titled “$15,000 for Darien families, $700 for Hartford: Mapping the Unequal Effects of H.R.1 Tax Relief in Connecticut,” the report includes interactive maps and downloadable data showing projected effects across Connecticut communities.

The tax policy analysis follows DataHaven’s widely used 2025 publications on the town- and legislative district-level impacts of H. R. 1 on Medicaid and SNAP. The new findings were extensively cited by local and state elected officials, and generated tens of thousands of views on social media. The analysis was featured in front-page coverage by The Day, CT Mirror, and all Hearst Connecticut newspapers.

According to the tax report, households in the top 25 percent by income in Greenwich, Darien, New Canaan and Westport are projected to receive more than $30,000 per family per year in tax relief, on average. By contrast, households in the bottom 25 percent of Greenwich’s income distribution are projected to lose an average of $30 annually.

Statewide, the top 25 percent of Connecticut households by income are projected to gain a combined $3.4 billion per year, or about $10,000 per family on average, while the bottom 25 percent are projected to lose $148 million annually, or $417 per family.

The estimates do not account for higher household costs resulting from tariffs enacted last year. The Yale Budget Lab estimates those tariffs will increase costs by about $2,000 to $8,000 per year for the average U.S. household.

The full tax report is available at ctdatahaven.org/taxrelief2025.

DataHaven is a nonprofit organization with a 30-year history of public service to Connecticut. Its mission is to empower people to create thriving communities by collecting and ensuring access to data on well-being, equity and quality of life. DataHaven is a formal partner of the National Neighborhood Indicators Partnership.

A new DataHaven report has town-by-town interactive maps showing how tax policy changes in the “One Big Beautiful Bill” will impact families in Connecticut:

-Statewide, the top 25% of households by income will receive nearly $10K each in tax relief (a total gain of $3.4 billion every year), with much of that going to the top 2%.

-The middle 50% of households receive $1,800 each on average.

-Households in the bottom 25% lose an average of $417 each (a total loss of $148 million), due to changes in programs such as SNAP and Medicaid. For families currently receiving those benefits, the negative impacts could be even greater.

-The estimates in our new report do not account for cost increases from tariffs, which the Yale Budget Lab projects will cause a $1,900 to $7,600 loss in disposable income for an average household each year.

What does this look like for your area?

-In Greenwich (as well as in Darien, New Canaan, and Westport), the top 25 percent of households by income receive annual tax relief of more than $30,000 each, on average. Meanwhile, households at the bottom 25% of Greenwich’s income distribution lose an average of $30 each.

-Households in West Hartford collectively see $121 million per year in tax relief – a gain of $4,600 per household on average. Meanwhile, in the neighboring city of Hartford, households collectively see only $36 million in tax relief, or just $700 per household on average. The bottom 25 percent of households within Hartford collectively lose $14.4 million per year, a loss of $1,200 each.

-In the City of New Haven, the top 25% of households get $6,200 each, middle-income households get $500 each, and the bottom 25% of households in the city each lose $1,100 per year, on average. In neighboring Woodbridge, the average household sees $7,700 in tax relief.

-In the Greater New London (SECOG) region, households in the top 25 percent of that region’s income distribution collectively gain $184 million in annual tax relief. At the same time, households in the bottom 25 percent collectively lose $14.1 million per year – with about $6 million of that loss impacting families in Norwich and New London.

“Like DataHaven’s widely-used reports that have mapped the communities where over 150,000 Connecticut adults are projected to lose healthcare coverage and food assistance due to H.R. 1, this new report again reminds us that policy changes can have dramatic impacts at the local level,” said Mark Abraham, Executive Director at DataHaven. “Overall, Greenwich sees around $262 million in tax relief, while Bridgeport (a city more than twice the size) gets $60 million total — but with low-income households within Bridgeport losing over $14 million collectively, each year.”

The new report notes that even if H.R. 1 were repealed, these impacts on wealth inequality would remain. In Connecticut, growing wealth inequality is linked to wide gaps in the quality of public spaces, life expectancy differences, and the worsening of housing affordability and homelessness in the state.

The new report has interactive maps and downloadable data for every Connecticut town and county equivalent area. Please help us share it with your colleagues and neighbors who care about economic and fiscal issues in Connecticut (https://ctdatahaven.org/taxrelief2025).