Windsor Locks, CT: Local News, Events & Neighbors

Windsor Locks is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,613. It is the site of Bradley International Airport, which serves the Greater Hartford-Springfield region and occupies approximately a third of the town. Windsor Locks is also the site of the New England Air Museum. Located beside the Connecticut River and equidistant from the densely populated cities of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut, Windsor Locks is named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829. Windsor Locks is situated just south of the first large falls in the Connecticut River, the Enfield Fa…

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How Windsor Locks ranks

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#1Lowest property tax in CT #17Most affordable in CT #19Shortest commute in CT All CT rankings →

Town numbers

ZIP code06096

Area code860

Living in Windsor Locks

Housing in Windsor Locks

$340K▲ 10.1% in a year Typical home value · Zillow

The typical Windsor Locks home is worth about $340,000, up 10.1% in a year, 25% below the Connecticut typical home.

A balanced market

Buyer’sBalancedSeller’s

Days on market16

Sale-to-list108.6%

Sold in May8

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Safety in Windsor Locks

B

Safety Grade B

Windsor Locks reports less crime per resident than 63% of the U.S. towns and cities we grade.

Violent crime per 1,000

Windsor Locks 0.6

Connecticut 1.1

U.S. 3.3

Property crime per 1,000

Windsor Locks 7.9

Connecticut 11.6

U.S. 15.5

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Schools in Windsor Locks

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C

School Grade C

The public schools Windsor Locks’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of Connecticut’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.

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DistrictWindsor Locks School DistrictSchools4

North Street SchoolElementary · Grades PK–2 · 396 students South Elementary School C+Elementary · Grades 3–5 · 285 students Windsor Locks Middle School B-Middle · Grades 6–8 · 314 students Windsor Locks High School B-High · Grades 9–12 · 383 students

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.