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About Beacon Falls
Town in Connecticut, United StatesBeacon Falls is a town in western New Haven County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region and is approximately six miles from Waterbury. It lies in the southwestern part of the state, and is bisected by the Naugatuck River. The population was 6,000 at the 2020 census, down from 6,049 at the 2010 census.
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Housing in Beacon Falls
The typical Beacon Falls home is worth about $427,000, up 1.8% in a year, 5% below the Connecticut typical home.
Schools in Beacon Falls
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The public schools Beacon Falls’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 69% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
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