Derby
What’s happening
Weather
Forecast →Upcoming events
Put the next local happening — a market, a meeting, a concert — on the map.
Local news
Headlines via Google News · Articles belong to their publishers.
The Derby album
Outdoors in Derby
Parks & trails →Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
About Derby
City in Connecticut, United StatesDerby is a city in New Haven County, Connecticut, United States, approximately 8 miles (13 km) west-northwest of New Haven. It is located in southwest Connecticut at the confluence of the Housatonic and Naugatuck rivers. It shares borders with the cities of Ansonia to the north and Shelton to the southwest, and the towns of Orange to the south, Seymour to the northwest, and Woodbridge to the east. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 12,325 at the 2020 census. It is the smallest city in Connecticut by area, at 5.3 square miles (14 km2). Derby was settled in 1642 as an Indian trading post under the name Paugasset. It was named after Derby, England, in …
From Wikipedia, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0 · facts via Wikidata (CC0)
Town numbers
Housing in Derby
The typical Derby home is worth about $343,000, up 3.2% in a year, 24% below the Connecticut typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Derby
Safety Grade C-
Derby reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 77% report less.
Schools in Derby
All Derby schools →School Grade D
The public schools Derby’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 86% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
School data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results and graduation rates, graded within CT. Ratings are from neighbors.
Where Derby is
Explore map →
Location map