Elevation of Waterbury
271ft
above sea level · 83 m
Waterbury is a city in Connecticut with 115,771 people, the 5th most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 107th lowest.
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 41.56° N · 73.05° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 41° 33′ 29″ N · 73° 3′ 5″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 18T · 662,486 E · 4,602,554 N
- Zone 18 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 115,771 people
- 28.6 sq mi of land · 4,054 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from March 2016: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Waterbury had 115,771 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 1.2% more than in April 2020, when it had 114,452. Its 28.6 sq mi of land work out to 4,054 people/sq mi; the state average is 762 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 215 places the Census counts in Connecticut (cities, towns and CDPs), after Bridgeport (152,273), and holds 3.1% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Waterbury sits at 271 ft (83 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Waterbury is 591 ft below it.
The state capital, Hartford, is 24 mi away in a straight line and 221 ft lower than Waterbury.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is New York (New York), 77 mi away in a straight line and 236 ft lower.
Of the 5 cities in Connecticut with a page, Waterbury is the highest. The others are Hartford (50 ft), New Haven (39 ft), Bridgeport (19 ft), and Stamford (16 ft).
The highest point in Connecticut is the south slope of Mount Frissell, at 2,380 ft according to the USGS: 2,109 ft above Waterbury.
- 143 Waterbury 271 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Waterbury.
What is the elevation of Waterbury?
Waterbury is 271 feet (83 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Waterbury?
Latitude 41.55815 and longitude -73.05150, in decimal degrees (41° 33′ 29″ N · 73° 3′ 5″ W). In UTM, zone 18: 662,486 E and 4,602,554 N, on NAD83.
How does Waterbury rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 107th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Waterbury in?
Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut.
Which is higher, Waterbury or Hartford?
Waterbury. Waterbury sits at 271 ft and Hartford at 50 ft: a difference of 221 ft, 24 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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