The Best Places To Buy A House In CT Might Surprise You: Survey

CONNECTICUT — The rankings website Niche.com recently released its 2020 list of the Best Places to Buy a House in Connecticut, and if you're thinking of purchasing a home in Fairfield County you might want to think again.

Of the top 50 places in the Constitution State to buy a home, only two — Southport and Weston — are in Fairfield County, the wealthy suburban area 25-plus miles east of New York City. Several of the communities in the county boast strong school systems, multimillion-dollar homes and other desirable amenities that go along with its nickname of Connecticut's "Gold Coast."

At the top of the list is Avon, followed by Weatogue, East Granby, Salem and Simsbury in the top five. West Simsbury, Cheshire, Andover, North Granby and Burlington round out the top 10. Southport came in at #31, while Weston was ranked 41st.

When you look at the methodology Niche.com used to compile the list, criteria geared toward inexpensive housing costs made up more than 55 percent of the ranking's weight. Click here to view the methodology.

Among the criteria Niche.com used included:

• Home Value to Income Ratio
• Monthly Housing Cost
• Cost of Living Grade
• Median Effective Property Tax
• Crime & Safety Grade
• Public Schools Grade

"[The overall] grade takes into account key factors of a location's housing market, including home values, taxes, crime rates, and quality of local schools, in an attempt to measure the quality and stability of an area’s real estate market," Niche.com wrote.

The rest of the top 50

11. East Lyme

12. Salmon Brook

13. Glastonbury

14. Granby

15. Crystal Lake

16. Harwinton

17. Coventry Lake

18. Barkhamstead

19. Terramuggus

20. South Windsor

21. Farmington

22. Glastonbury Center

23. Suffield

24. Collinsville

25. West Hartford

26. Tolland

27. Woodstock

28. Ellington

29. Coventry

30. Canton

31. Southport

32. Bolton

33. Woodbridge

34. Old Mystic

35. Marlborough

36. Orange

37. Windsor

38. Somers

39. Rocky Hill

40. Cromwell

41. Weston

42. East Hampton

43. Bozrah

44. Middlebury

45. Ledyard

46. Guilford

47. Hebron

48. Lebanon

49. Colchester

50. Hazardville

Click here to view Niche.com's 2020 list of the Best Places to Buy a House in Connecticut.

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