Ellington makes Connecticut’s top 10 on 2 lists
Ellington is ranked on 34 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 2 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Ellington does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Ellington marked.
Ellington lands in the top half on 15 of 21 lists
Each dot is Ellington’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Ellington does best come first.
More snow than 91% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Ellington’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
1 spot from the top 3 for graduation rate
Lists where Ellington sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Ellington out-ranks 5 of its 7 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.
Where Ellington lands in every CT ranking
36 lists from Census, school, health, library, crime, climate and land data. Tap any list to see every town on it.
Health
Healthiest#1 Darien · 100 / 100
#37
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#76
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#41
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#14
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#8
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#45
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#83 
Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Salisbury · 27.5%
#37
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#35
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#82 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#52
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#38
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#117
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#91
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#19 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#75
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#112
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#103
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
#19 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#60
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#82
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#93 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#123 Climate
Snowiest#1 North Canaan · 75 in
#15
Least snow#1 Groton · 25 in
#114
Mildest winters#1 Stamford · 24.1°
#121
Hottest summers#1 Windsor Locks · 85.4°
#95
Coolest summers#1 Goshen · 79.6°
#59
Longest growing season#1 Old Saybrook · 221 days
#69
Wettest#1 New Hartford · 53 in
#110 Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
The number on the right is Ellington’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.