Several Greenwich Neighborhoods Among Best Places To Live In CT: Niche

GREENWICH, CT — Several Greenwich neighborhoods made Niche's 2024 list of best places to live in Connecticut.

Niche, an online company used by millions of people to find schools and places to live, creates the annual "Best Places to Live" rankings by using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, CDC and other sources. The company considers factors such as crime, public schools, cost of living, job opportunities and local amenities.

Here are the Greenwich neighborhoods that cracked the top 20 in CT. Click on the neighborhood for more grades and info:

No. 4, Old Greenwich

• Overall Niche grade: A+
• Public schools: A+
• Housing: B-
• Good for families: A+
• Crime & safety: No grade
• Nightlife: B
• Diversity: C+

No. 7, Cos Cob

• Overall Niche grade: A+
• Public schools: A+
• Housing: C+
• Good for families: A+
• Crime & safety: No grade
• Nightlife: A-
• Diversity: B+

No. 9, Riverside

• Overall Niche grade: A+
• Public schools: A+
• Housing: C+
• Good for families: A+
• Crime & safety: No grade
• Nightlife: B-
• Diversity: B+

No. 14, Greenwich

• Overall Niche Grade: A
• Public schools: A+
• Housing: C
• Good for families: A+
• Crime & safety: B+
• Nightlife: B
• Diversity: B+

No. 16, Glenville

• Overall Niche grade: A
• Public schools: A+
• Housing: B
• Good for families: A+
• Crime & safety: No grade
• Nightlife: C+
• Diversity: B-

The top 20 list for CT is as follows:

1. West Hartford
2. Weatogue
3. Glastonbury Center
4. Old Greenwich
5. Avon
6. Simsbury
7. Cos Cob
8. Westport
9. Riverside
10. Glastonbury
11. Farmington
12. Newfield
13. Wilton
14. Greenwich
15. Noank
16. Glenville
17. Ridgefield
18. South Windsor
19. Fairfield
20. Mystic

For the national ranking, Niche analyzed 230 cities and more than 18,000 places. Community attributes considered in developing the list included the health of the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, area public schools and walkability, among others.

Overall in the United States, the five best places to live, according to the national ranking, are, respectively, Colonial Village, Virginia, a Washington, D.C., neighborhood; Carmel, Indiana; Chesterbrook, Pennsylvania; Uptown Tampa, Florida; and Cinco Ranch, Texas.

Four CT communities cracked the overall list. Read more here.