Brooklyn ranks #12 in Connecticut for cheap rent
Brooklyn is ranked on 32 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 0 and the top quarter on 2.
The lists Brooklyn does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Brooklyn marked.
Brooklyn lands in the top half on 5 of 19 lists
Each dot is Brooklyn’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Brooklyn does best come first.
Shorter growing season than 78% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Brooklyn’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
2 spots from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Brooklyn sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Brooklyn out-ranks 3 of its 5 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 Brooklyn lands
36 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#46
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#12
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#14
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Salisbury · 27.5%
#45
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#51
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#67 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#76 Health
Healthiest#1 Darien · 100 / 100
#120
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#125
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#116
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#120
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#106
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#105
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#136 
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#124
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#152
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#126 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#135
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#97
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#60
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#113
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#60 Climate
Snowiest#1 North Canaan · 75 in
#102
Least snow#1 Groton · 25 in
#39
Mildest winters#1 Stamford · 24.1°
#98
Hottest summers#1 Windsor Locks · 85.4°
#107
Coolest summers#1 Goshen · 79.6°
#46
Longest growing season#1 Old Saybrook · 221 days
#121
Wettest#1 New Hartford · 53 in
#92 Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
The number on the right is Brooklyn’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.