Plainville ranks #10 in Connecticut for short commutes
Plainville is ranked on 34 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 5.
The lists Plainville does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Plainville marked.
Plainville lands in the top half on 8 of 21 lists
Each dot is Plainville’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Plainville does best come first.
Fewer kids than 88% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Plainville’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
3 spots from the top 10 for cheap rent
Lists where Plainville sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Plainville out-ranks 2 of its 4 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 Plainville 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.
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#10 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#15
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#13
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#25
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#127
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#41
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#25 
Health
Healthiest#1 Darien · 100 / 100
#130
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#111
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#133
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#120
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#124
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#138
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#73 Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
#64 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Salisbury · 27.5%
#114
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#116
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#56 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#123
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#77
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#81
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#76
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#137 
The number on the right is Plainville’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.