Orange Ranked The Best Place To Live in CT: Report

We love rankings, well, because you love rankings. Whether it be the best schools, best places to live, or whatever it is, everyone loves to talk and debate the latest rankings.

“HomeSnack,” which is two bloggers that analyze the best places to live in the United States, have come up with their latest ranking called “These Are The 10 Best Places To Live In Connecticut According to Science.”

They say they’ve analyzed 268 communities in Connecticut using only science to guide their rankings.

HomeSnack says it’s combed through 2014 FBI data, studied weather patterns, education records, unemployment rate, income levels, and even short commute times to shape their list.

They do admit that they gave more weight to communities with larger populations believing there is more to do in bigger communities, which improves the overall quality of life.

According to their list, Orange is the best place to live in Connecticut and they say it’s not even that close, followed by Mansfield Center and also part of the top 10 include: Woodbridge, Wallingford, Rocky Hill, and West Hartford.

But where this list seems a little unrealistic is New Canaan is ranked No. 12, but in the you can’t make this up category, Greenwich, which is usually considered one of, if not the the top place to live in Connecticut, is ranked all the way down at No. 148.

Some other head scratchers include: Madison all the way down at No. 30, Darien No. 48, Easton, No. 49, Trumbull, No. 63, Ridgefield, No. 121, Milford, No. 125, Fairfield, No. 133, Westport, No. 135, and Guilford, No. 197.

But here is what HomeSnack says in its ranking of Orange being the best place to live in Connecticut.

Unemployment rate: 5%

Median household income: $106,372

Crime: 29th best in Connecticut

“As is the case with most of our rankings, suburbs of the larger towns rank higher as best places to live based on lower crime rates and higher school ratings. This is the case as well with Orange, a town of 14,000 people just outside of New Haven.

Orange not only came in first as the best place to live based on the criteria, it won by a lot. It finished a full three points higher than runner-up Wallingford. That’s no surprise; lots of employed, wealthy people living in a safe community is a great combination.”

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