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About Hartford
Capital city of Connecticut, U.S.Hartford is the capital city of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The city, located in Hartford County, had a population of 121,054 at the 2020 census and was estimated at 124,006 in 2025. Hartford is the most populous city in the Capitol Planning Region and the core city of the Greater Hartford metropolitan area with 1.17 million residents in total. Founded in 1635, Hartford is among the oldest cities in the United States. It is home to the country's oldest continuously operating public art museum (Wadsworth Atheneum), the second oldest publicly funded park (Bushnell Park), the oldest continuously published newspaper (the Hartford Courant), the second-oldest secondary school (Hartford Public …
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How Hartford ranks
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Housing in Hartford
The typical Hartford home is worth about $204,000, up 1.9% in a year, 55% below the Connecticut typical home.
A seller's market
Safety in Hartford
Safety Grade D
Hartford reports more crime per resident than most U.S. towns we grade: about 88% report less. Compared with places its own size, it does better than 37%.
Schools in Hartford
All Hartford schools →School Grade D-
The public schools Hartford’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 96% 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.
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