Best places to live in Connecticut
1 Connecticut metro scored on the default family weighting — schools and safety heaviest, then affordability, climate, college pipeline and jobs. Change the weights on the ranking engine to see your own order.
Who lives in Connecticut
Population-weighted racial and ethnic composition across the 1 tracked Connecticut metro, from Census ACS table B03002.
- White (non-Hispanic)
- 62.9%
- Hispanic or Latino
- 16.2%
- Black (non-Hispanic)
- 10.4%
- Asian (non-Hispanic)
- 5.6%
- Other or two or more
- 4.9%
Diversity index 70/100 — how evenly the population is spread across these groups. It is descriptive, not a judgement: weight it up, down or to zero on the ranking engine.
| # | Metro | Score | US rank | Typical home | Schools | Safety | Climate | Diversity |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hartford | 63.1 | #9 of 103 | $405k | 70 | 94 | 18° / 84° | 70 |
Figures are compiled estimates. Methodology and sources.