Best Places to Live in Connecticut for Young Families

Top 24 places

1. #1BristolPopulation 61,052 · mixed overall livability73% match
2. #2MiddletownPopulation 48,152 · mixed overall livability73% match
3. #3ManchesterPopulation 37,015 · mixed overall livability71% match
4. #4NewingtonPopulation 30,458 · mixed overall livability71% match
5. #5East HavenPopulation 27,871 · mixed overall livability71% match
6. #6WethersfieldPopulation 27,192 · mixed overall livability71% match
7. #7West HartfordPopulation 64,088 · mixed overall livability66% match
8. #8MeridenPopulation 60,556 · mixed overall livability63% match
9. #9New HavenPopulation 135,736 · mixed overall livability61% match
10. #10WaterburyPopulation 114,480 · mixed overall livability61% match
11. #11New BritainPopulation 74,212 · mixed overall livability61% match
12. #12West HavenPopulation 55,336 · mixed overall livability61% match
13. #13East HartfordPopulation 50,942 · mixed overall livability61% match
14. #14NorwichPopulation 40,054 · mixed overall livability61% match
15. #15TorringtonPopulation 35,510 · mixed overall livability61% match
16. #16New LondonPopulation 27,596 · mixed overall livability61% match
17. #17MilfordPopulation 50,664 · mixed overall livability54% match
18. #18HartfordPopulation 121,057 · mixed overall livability51% match
19. #19BridgeportPopulation 148,470 · mixed overall livability49% match
20. #20NaugatuckPopulation 31,653 · mixed overall livability49% match
21. #21DanburyPopulation 86,456 · mixed overall livability44% match
22. #22SheltonPopulation 41,206 · mixed overall livability41% match
23. #23StamfordPopulation 135,413 · mixed overall livability32% match
24. #24NorwalkPopulation 91,050 · mixed overall livability32% 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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