Middlefield Among The Best Places To Live In Connecticut: Ranking

What’s the best place to live in Connecticut? That depends on who you ask and according to a new set of rankings released by Niche.com, Simsbury, a suburb of the state’s capital, is the best place to live in The Constitution State.

The suburbs of Hartford and several towns in Fairfield County dominated the rankings released April 17.

To arrive at the rankings, Niche.com took several factors into consideration, such as the quality of local schools, crime rates, housing trends, employment statistics and access to amenities. Niche created a standardized score for each factor and after weighting each factor, an overall score was calculated, which was again given a new standardized score.

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Finally, Niche.com created a numerical ranking and assigned grades for each place. Click here to read more about the methodology.

According to Niche.com, these are the best places to live in Connecticut:

1. Simsbury

2. New Canaan

3. Old Greenwich

4. Weatogue

5. Weston

6. Avon

7. Glastonbury

8. Greenwich

9. West Simsbury

10. Darien

11. West Hartford

12. Riverside

13. Cos Cob

14. Wilton

15. Westport

16. Glastonbury Center

17. Farmington

18. Fairfield

19. Southport

20. South Windsor

21. Pemberwick

22. Easton

23. Canton

24. Glenville

25. Rocky Hill

26. Trumbull

27. Byram

28. Bolton

29. East Granby

30. Newington

31. Windsor

32. Cromwell

33. Tariffville

34. Wethersfield

35. Collinsville

36. Middletown

37. Milford

38. Southington

39. Stamford

40. Berlin

41. Norwalk

42. Canton Valley

43. Shelton

44. Bloomfield

45. Portland

46. Burlington

47. Kensington

48. Manchester

49. Plainville

50. Vernon

51. Middlefield

52. Stratford

53. Windsor Locks

54. Bristol

55. East Windsor

56. East Hartford

57. Broad Brook

58. Plymouth

59. Blue Hills

60. Terryville

61. Rockville

62. New Britain

63. Bridgeport

Click here to view the full list.

According to the rankings, the best places to live in the country are:

1. Carmel, Indiana
2. Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania
3. Morrisville, North Carolina
4. Dublin, Ohio
5. Buffalo Grove, Illinois
6. Penn Wynne, Pennsylvania
7. Ann Arbor, Michigan
8. Naperville, Illinois
9. Clarendon Hills, Illinois
10. Devon, Pennsylvania

Do you agree with the rankings? Let us know in the comments below!

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— By FEROZE DHANOA (Patch National Staff)

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