Is Tolland Ranked Among Best Places to Live in Connecticut?

Where is 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 Nutmeg 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. (To sign up for free, local breaking news alerts from more than 100 Connecticut communities click here.)

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!


Written by Feroze Dhanoa, Patch Staff


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