Bloomfield ranks #20 in Connecticut for trails
Bloomfield is ranked on 35 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Bloomfield does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Bloomfield marked.
Bloomfield lands in the top half on 11 of 22 lists
Each dot is Bloomfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Bloomfield does best come first.
Fewer kids than 94% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Bloomfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
Bloomfield out-ranks 1 of its 6 ranked neighbors
Head to head on the lists where both towns are ranked: a point for each list where one town places higher. Tap a town for its own rankings.
Every CT list, and where Bloomfield lands
36 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Salisbury · 27.5%
#106
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#21
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#13 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#33 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#84
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#20
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#49 Health
Healthiest#1 Darien · 100 / 100
#126
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#133
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#68
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#129
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#106
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#22
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#52 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#33
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#128
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#56
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
#37 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#90
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#117
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#37
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#12
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#146 
Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
#73 
The number on the right is Bloomfield’s spot. All of Connecticut’s rankings, with the map → · National lists and other states: all rankings.
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- 2,500+ residents. Census estimates for smaller towns carry margins of error too wide to rank fairly, so they sit out every CT list.
- One town, one row. A city that is both a city and a town in Census data, or a village inside a town, is counted once.
- Ties share a rank. Towns on one weather station, one school district or one CDC estimate share a figure, so they share a spot (T).
- No “worst” lists. Lists rank toward the good end, and share cards are made only for the top half. Age, snow and the like are character, not grades.
U.S. Census Bureau (American Community Survey 5-year, 2010 and 2020 censuses, Building Permits Survey), U.S. Department of Education, FBI Uniform Crime Reporting, CDC PLACES, Medicare Care Compare, IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FHFA House Price Index, NOAA U.S. Climate Normals 1991–2020, USGS PAD-US and OpenStreetMap. Each list explains its own method.