Best Places to Live in Connecticut for Walkable City Living

Top 24 places

1. #1NewingtonPopulation 30,458 · mixed overall livability83% match
2. #2BristolPopulation 61,052 · mixed overall livability81% match
3. #3West HartfordPopulation 64,088 · mixed overall livability78% match
4. #4West HavenPopulation 55,336 · mixed overall livability78% match
5. #5East HartfordPopulation 50,942 · mixed overall livability78% match
6. #6StamfordPopulation 135,413 · mixed overall livability72% match
7. #7WaterburyPopulation 114,480 · mixed overall livability69% match
8. #8New BritainPopulation 74,212 · mixed overall livability69% match
9. #9MeridenPopulation 60,556 · mixed overall livability69% match
10. #10MilfordPopulation 50,664 · mixed overall livability64% match
11. #11NaugatuckPopulation 31,653 · mixed overall livability64% match
12. #12MiddletownPopulation 48,152 · mixed overall livability61% match
13. #13ManchesterPopulation 37,015 · mixed overall livability61% match
14. #14East HavenPopulation 27,871 · mixed overall livability61% match
15. #15New LondonPopulation 27,596 · mixed overall livability61% match
16. #16BridgeportPopulation 148,470 · mixed overall livability58% match
17. #17New HavenPopulation 135,736 · mixed overall livability58% match
18. #18NorwalkPopulation 91,050 · mixed overall livability58% match
19. #19DanburyPopulation 86,456 · mixed overall livability58% match
20. #20HartfordPopulation 121,057 · mixed overall livability47% match
21. #21WethersfieldPopulation 27,192 · mixed overall livability47% match
22. #22SheltonPopulation 41,206 · mixed overall livability42% match
23. #23NorwichPopulation 40,054 · mixed overall livability42% match
24. #24TorringtonPopulation 35,510 · mixed overall livability42% match

Match % is a range-based fit: the share of this profile's weighted factors whose value for a place lands inside the profile's preferred band. It is not an absolute quality score, and very small communities are excluded from this list.

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