Newfield Makes List Of 'Best Places To Live In CT': Niche

STAMFORD, CT — The Newfield section of Stamford was recently listed in Niche's annual compilation of the Best Places To Live In Connecticut for 2022.

Niche.com, a website which lets users explore schools and neighborhoods based on rankings, creates the annual Best Places to Live rankings by using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, and CDC combined with resident reviews. The company considers factors such as affordability, the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, area public schools, walkability and more.

Niche also released the 2022 Best Places to Live in America rankings. In the eighth consecutive year that Niche has produced these rankings, 228 cities and 18,515 towns and neighborhoods were included.

This year, The Woodlands, Texas remains the No. 1 Best City to Live in America. Chesterbrook, PA, a neighborhood in the Philadelphia area, keeps its title as the No. 1 Best Place to Live in America for the third year in a row.

Newfield was ranked No. 20 on the list out of 25 towns, ahead of West Simsbury, Rocky Hill, Orange, New Canaan and South Windsor.

"Living in Newfield offers residents an urban feel and most residents rent their homes. In Newfield there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many families and young professionals live in Newfield and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in Newfield are above average," Niche said in its description for Newfield.

• Overall grade: A+
• Nightlife: A+
• Good For Families: A
• Diversity: A
• Housing: C+

To view more grades for Newfield, click here.

At the top of the list: West Hartford, Southport, Weatogue, Avon and Simsbury.

To view the entire list, click here.