List Ranks West Hartford As 'Best Place To Live' In Connecticut

WEST HARTFORD, CT — West Hartford has been named the best place to live in Connecticut by Niche, an online platform that specializes in connecting students and families with communities, colleges and schools.

Niche Monday released the 2022 Best Places to Live in America rankings.

West Hartford was atop the list. Making the The Top 5 are:

1. West Hartford
2. Southport
3. Weatogue (Simsbury)
4. Avon
5. Simsbury

Niche said of West Hartford:

"Living in West Hartford offers residents a dense suburban feel and most residents own their homes. In West Hartford there are a lot of bars, restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. Many young professionals and retirees live in West Hartford and residents tend to be liberal. The public schools in West Hartford are highly rated."

The median home value was listed by Niche as $334,300, well beyond the national average of $217,500. See the full report card for West Hartford here.

It is the eighth consecutive year in which Niche has produced the rankings. In all, 228 cities and 18,515 towns and neighborhoods were included.

"Millions of people each year use Niche rankings and profiles to help with key life decisions such as where to live and where to go to school," Niche officials said.

This year, The Woodlands, TX remains the Np. 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.

Niche creates the annual Best Places to Live rankings by using data from the U.S. Census, FBI, BLS, and CDC combined with millions of resident reviews. The company considers factors such as affordability, the local housing market, neighborhood diversity, area public schools, walkability, and more.

"Whether our users are young professionals, parents with young kids, or retirees, Niche's Best Places to Live rankings serve as an excellent starting point for considering a move,” said Luke Skurman, the CEO and founder of Niche. "The pandemic triggered a new set of possibilities — suddenly, many individuals and families found themselves more mobile than ever before, and in the past two years they have continued to think hard about where they really want to live. Families wondering about an area’s school district, a major part of many relocation decisions, can also use our comprehensive school profiles and rankings to get a sense of what their child’s future school might be like."