Mansfield makes Connecticut’s top 10 on 3 lists
Mansfield is ranked on 34 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 3 and the top quarter on 6.
Younger than 100% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Mansfield’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Mansfield does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Mansfield marked.
2 spots from the top 3 for new homes
Lists where Mansfield sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Mansfield lands in the top half on 13 of 21 lists
Each dot is Mansfield’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Mansfield does best come first.
Mansfield out-ranks 2 of its 3 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 Mansfield 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%
#105
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#5
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#51 Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#7 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#19
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#10
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#101 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#29
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#1
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#155
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#155
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#154 Health
Healthiest#1 Darien · 100 / 100
#99
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#55
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#41
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#56
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#106
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#105
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#123 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#56
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#95
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#55
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
#64 
Climate
Snowiest#1 North Canaan · 75 in
#67
Least snow#1 Groton · 25 in
#70
Mildest winters#1 Stamford · 24.1°
#111
Hottest summers#1 Windsor Locks · 85.4°
#117
Coolest summers#1 Goshen · 79.6°
#33
Longest growing season#1 Old Saybrook · 221 days
#121
Wettest#1 New Hartford · 53 in
#55 Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
The number on the right is Mansfield’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.