Kids & Family
156 Best Places In Connecticut To Raise A Family
Where's the best place to raise a family in Connecticut? New rankings offer insights on the top 156 places. Do you agree?
Just in time for spring, Niche.com took a look at the best places to raise a family in states across the country. According to its rankings for Connecticut, Fairfield and Hartford counties dominate the top 100. Old Greenwich and the Simsbury village of Weatogue take the top two spots; followed by Weston, Ridgefield and the town of Simsbury. Simsbury is represented twice in the top 5.
In the national rankings, Kenilworth, Illinois, earned top honors. No Connecticut communities cracked the top 25. (To receive free news alerts from your hometown in Connecticut click here.)
The lists were created using information about public schools, crime rates, cost of living and family-friendly amenities. Data was pulled from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, CDC and other sources, according to Niche.
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Here is Niche.com's top 156 best places to raise a family in Connecticut. (You can click on the blue hyperlink to see why that community was ranked where it was in the list).
- Old Greenwich
- Weatogue
- Weston
- Ridgefield
- Simsbury
- New Canaan
- Westport
- Riverside
- Avon
- Greenwich
- West Simsbury
- Woodbridge
- Wilton
- Cos Cob
- Glastonbury
- Darien
- West Hartford
- Orange
- Fairfield
- Glastonbury Center
- Tariffville
- Southport
- North Granby
- Granby
- Cheshire
- Canton
- Guilford
- Farmington
- Pemberwick
- South Windsor
- Newtown
- Madison
- Redding
- East Granby
- Monroe
- Easton
- Byram
- Middlebury
- Trumbull
- Bethany
- Glenville
- Rocky Hill
- Georgetown
- East Lyme
- Salem
- Mansfield
- Bethel
- Collinsville
- Hebron
- Southbury
- Marlborough
- Salmon Brook
- Niantic
- Newington
- Higganum
- Lyme
- Andover
- Old Lyme
- Ledyard
- Essex
- East Hampton
- Brookfield
- Litchfield
- Bolton
- Ellington
- Burlington
- Southington
- Old Saybrook
- Noank
- Barkhamsted
- Mystic
- Windsor
- Crystal Lake
- Canton Valley
- Cromwell
- Wethersfield
- Suffield Depot
- Wallingford
- Tolland
- Pomfret
- New Hartford
- Old Mystic
- Suffield
- North Haven
- Waterford
- Berlin
- Branford
- Colchester
- Milford
- Chester
- Clinton
- Washington
- Woodstock
- Stonington
- Durham
- New Milford
- Coventry
- Portland
- Kensington
- Groton
- Haddam
- Deep River
- Westbrook
- Lake Pocotopaug
- Shelton
- Lebanon
- Roxbury
- Prospect
- Woodmont
- Stamford
- Gales Ferry
- Hamden
- Plainville
- Pawcatuck
- Harwinton
- Oxford
- Wolcott
- Milford City
- Middletown
- Seymour
- Long Hill
- Woodbury
- North Branford
- Sherman
- Killingworth
- Downtown Hartford
- Willington
- East Haddam
- Manchester
- Middlefield
- Franklin
- Watertown
- New Fairfield
- Bridgewater
- Bristol
- South Woodstock
- Bethlehem
- Norwalk
- Vernon
- Poquonock Bridge
- Saybrook Manor
- North Stonington
- Somers
- Windsor Locks
- Heritage Village
- Danbury
- Bloomfield
- Brooklyn
- South Coventry
- Beacon Falls
- East Windsor
- Naugatuck
- Coventry Lake
- Thomaston
- Canterbury
- Stratford
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