Salem ranks #8 in Connecticut for health insurance
Salem is ranked on 32 lists against the 155 Connecticut towns with 2,500+ residents. It makes the top 10 on 1 and the top quarter on 7.
More year-round than 95% of Connecticut
Not better or worse, just Salem’s character, from the lists where neither end is the “good” one. The most distinctive come first.
The lists Salem does best on
Each list ranks every CT town with 2,500+ residents. Tap one to see the whole list with Salem marked.
Salem out-ranks every neighbor it can be compared with
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.
Salem lands in the top half on 13 of 19 lists
Each dot is Salem’s spot on one list: the left end is #1 in CT, the right end is last. Areas where Salem does best come first.
1 spot from the top 10 for public schools
Lists where Salem sits just outside a milestone, and what it would take to get in.
Every CT list, and where Salem lands
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
#36
Lowest obesity#1 Wilton · 21%
#76
Fewest smokers#1 Darien · 6%
#20
Most active#1 Darien · 15%
#24
Fewest uninsured#1 Madison · 4%
#8
Lowest depression#1 Westport · 17%
#105
Closest to a top hospital#1 Stamford · 0.0 mi
#81 Housing
Vacation-home towns#1 Salisbury · 27.5%
#148
Most new homes#1 Granby · 7.4 per 1,000
#16
Fastest-rising home prices#1 Waterbury · +99.9%
#42 Outdoors
Most conserved land#1 Voluntown · 66.4%
#14
Most trails#1 Burlington · 3.8 mi / sq mi
#55
Most walkable#1 Bridgeport · 125 / sq mi
#147 People
Most educated#1 Darien · 85.9%
#57
Youngest#1 Mansfield · 21.2
#39
Oldest#1 Sherman · 60.2
#118
Most residents 65+#1 Sharon · 37.9%
#84
Most kids#1 Darien · 30.9%
#23 Cost of living
Most affordable#1 Jewett City · 2.1 yrs
#99
Cheapest rent#1 Middlebury · $398/mo
#72
Lowest property tax#1 Windsor Locks · $3,688/yr
#100
Rent easiest to afford#1 Rocky Hill · 33.6%
Getting around
Shortest commute#1 Groton · 17.5 min
#125 Climate
Snowiest#1 North Canaan · 75 in
#132
Least snow#1 Groton · 25 in
#10
Mildest winters#1 Stamford · 24.1°
#40
Hottest summers#1 Windsor Locks · 85.4°
#109
Coolest summers#1 Goshen · 79.6°
#48
Longest growing season#1 Old Saybrook · 221 days
#21
Wettest#1 New Hartford · 53 in
#96 Safety
Safest#1 Weston · 2.1
The number on the right is Salem’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.