Towns

Small towns in Connecticut

69 small towns, communities and small cities of 1,000 to 75,000 people, plus 47 smaller suburbs, marked as suburbs. In the parts of Connecticut outside metro areas, everyday prices run 2.1% below the U.S. average, and housing 21% below.

Closest to a big city

  1. Redding13 miles to Bridgeport
  2. Burlington14 miles to Hartford
  3. Marlborough15 miles to Hartford
  4. Andover16 miles to Hartford
  5. East Hampton16 miles to Hartford

Straight-line miles to a metro area of about 1 million people or more.

Lowest home values

  1. Windham$209,800
  2. Torrington$215,500
  3. Norwich$242,300
  4. Winchester$249,500
  5. New London$253,300

Typical value of an owner-occupied home.

Growing fastest

  1. Mansfieldup 49% since 2020
  2. Haddamup 6% since 2020
  3. Harwintonup 5% since 2020
  4. Goshenup 5% since 2020
  5. New Londonup 5% since 2020

College towns

  1. MansfieldUniversity of Connecticut
  2. WindhamEastern Connecticut State University

Tourist towns

  1. Cornwall31% vacation homes
  2. Salisbury27% vacation homes
  3. Morris26% vacation homes
  4. Canaan24% vacation homes

Hospital in town

  1. LitchfieldCharlotte Hungerford Hospital
  2. New LondonLawrence & Memorial Hospital
  3. NorwichWilliam W Backus Hospital
  4. PomfretDay Kimball Hospital
  5. PutnamDay Kimball Hospital
  6. SharonSharon Hospital
  7. StaffordJohnson Memorial Hospital
  8. TorringtonCharlotte Hungerford Hospital

Every town in Connecticut

Select a column heading to sort. Miles are straight-line. Home values and incomes: Census survey 2020-2024; population: 2025 estimates.

TownPeopleSince 2020Typical homeHousehold incomeMiles to a big cityMiles to an ER
Andover 3,173 +0.8% $376,500 $134,632 16 8
Ansonia suburb 19,216 +1.7% $287,200 $85,877 13 In town
Ashford 4,265 +1.8% $334,800 $121,926 28 13
Avon suburb 19,096 +1.2% $479,700 $154,058 9 4
Barkhamsted 3,726 +2.8% $368,000 $123,544 19 13
Beacon Falls suburb 6,307 +5% $350,300 $101,516 19 8
Bethany 5,339 +0.7% $418,000 $166,236 19 8
Bethlehem 3,455 +2.1% $410,900 $108,929 29 10
Bolton suburb 4,875 +0.7% $367,600 $126,364 13 5
Bozrah 2,417 +0.4% $311,200 $108,516 30 4
Bridgewater 1,677 +1.5% $693,000 $159,365 25 9
Brookfield suburb 18,566 +6.3% $479,700 $148,360 22 5
Brooklyn 8,748 +4.3% $315,200 $96,207 28 9
Burlington 9,874 +4.1% $418,700 $165,120 14 5
Canaan 1,091 +1.4% $469,400 $89,632 35 11
Canterbury 5,251 +4.2% $334,200 $103,198 32 11
Canton suburb 10,304 +2.2% $395,300 $117,991 13 9
Chaplin 2,187 +1.8% $255,200 $97,846 28 7
Chester suburb 3,726 -0.3% $442,200 $109,191 26 13
Clinton suburb 13,439 +2.1% $380,000 $124,824 33 19
Colchester 15,825 +2% $366,800 $122,390 23 13
Colebrook 1,388 +1.7% $342,800 $111,250 26 15
Columbia 5,352 +1.6% $361,500 $127,000 20 5
Cornwall 1,589 +1.4% $554,600 $128,864 34 8
Coventry 12,446 +1.8% $330,000 $108,213 17 8
Cromwell suburb 14,350 +0.9% $325,200 $110,596 10 5
Deep River suburb 4,468 +1.4% $362,200 $90,253 29 16
Derby suburb 12,925 +5% $256,700 $79,500 11 In town
Durham suburb 7,209 +0.9% $424,800 $158,857 21 6
East Granby suburb 5,432 +4.3% $388,000 $120,938 12 11
East Haddam 9,043 +2.1% $352,700 $107,861 25 15
East Hampton 13,134 +3.5% $349,000 $124,577 16 8
East Lyme suburb 19,223 +4.3% $412,600 $105,044 37 7
East Windsor suburb 11,342 +1.7% $277,100 $96,250 11 9
Eastford 1,715 +4.1% $355,500 $97,422 32 9
Easton suburb 7,838 +3.3% $783,100 $222,604 8 7
Ellington suburb 16,594 +1.2% $366,900 $129,913 16 5
Essex suburb 6,819 +1.4% $552,000 $104,395 32 16
Franklin 1,915 +3.1% $326,200 $105,000 30 6
Goshen 3,298 +4.7% $482,400 $152,093 29 7
Granby suburb 11,963 +9.9% $367,900 $120,275 16 11
Griswold 11,690 +2.4% $275,900 $78,719 31 9
Haddam 8,947 +6% $379,700 $114,426 21 7
Hampton 1,768 +2.1% $295,800 $109,167 32 9
Hartland 1,928 +1.6% $350,700 $113,375 21 13
Harwinton 5,751 +5.1% $352,100 $129,643 20 4
Hebron 9,256 +2.2% $385,800 $142,500 17 10
Kent 3,101 +2.8% $470,900 $96,064 40 11
Killingly 18,177 +2.8% $288,600 $84,350 22 6
Killingworth 6,288 +2.1% $446,200 $140,655 28 13
Lebanon 7,142 +0.3% $345,900 $109,135 25 6
Ledyard suburb 15,601 +1.4% $326,200 $107,975 41 8
Lisbon 4,260 +1.7% $315,700 $92,708 34 6
Litchfield 8,381 +2.4% $391,900 $102,609 26 In town
Lyme 2,424 +2.7% $629,900 $135,000 31 13
Madison suburb 17,734 +0.7% $583,900 $167,442 29 14
Mansfield 29,062 +49.5% $335,400 $72,393 23 5
Marlborough 6,213 +1.8% $379,100 $142,105 15 11
Middlebury suburb 8,093 +6.8% $476,400 $133,487 24 4
Middlefield suburb 4,276 +1.5% $376,000 $99,837 17 4
Monroe suburb 19,341 +2.9% $503,200 $157,250 11 7
Montville suburb 18,001 -0.2% $285,600 $96,454 34 7
Morris 2,300 +2.5% $396,000 $109,191 28 8
New Fairfield suburb 13,674 +1% $484,800 $137,647 25 6
New Hartford 6,748 +2.1% $358,600 $109,695 17 8
New London 28,003 +4.5% $253,300 $59,098 43 In town
Norfolk 1,605 +1.4% $430,900 $91,548 29 13
North Branford suburb 13,551 +0.4% $385,400 $108,032 25 8
North Canaan 3,231 +1% $267,300 $71,976 36 13
North Stonington 5,242 +1.8% $397,100 $123,938 34 8
Norwich 40,001 -0.1% $242,300 $65,024 34 In town
Old Lyme suburb 7,702 +1.5% $484,200 $131,899 37 11
Old Saybrook suburb 10,680 +2.1% $538,200 $114,333 36 15
Orange suburb 14,416 +1.3% $491,500 $142,325 11 4
Oxford suburb 13,311 +4.7% $472,400 $128,953 18 9
Plainfield 15,381 +2.6% $272,100 $76,993 26 14
Plainville suburb 17,746 +1.7% $254,000 $84,343 11 4
Plymouth suburb 11,902 +2.2% $275,000 $94,514 19 5
Pomfret 4,378 +2.6% $409,100 $108,476 29 In town
Portland suburb 9,449 +0.9% $337,400 $118,929 12 5
Preston 4,873 +1.7% $361,900 $116,648 37 5
Prospect suburb 9,638 +2.7% $355,400 $126,394 24 5
Putnam 9,402 +2% $269,200 $70,561 24 In town
Redding 8,847 +1.5% $706,300 $186,060 13 8
Ridgefield 25,373 +1.7% $836,200 $179,219 18 7
Roxbury 2,328 +3.4% $714,500 $123,864 26 12
Salem 4,324 +3.5% $403,600 $123,245 29 10
Salisbury 4,290 +2.4% $763,700 $124,256 41 8
Scotland 1,591 +1.7% $294,100 $99,881 31 7
Seymour suburb 17,153 +2.6% $370,000 $107,708 15 4
Sharon 2,783 +3.8% $590,700 $100,518 40 In town
Sherman 3,618 +3.2% $497,300 $116,000 31 12
Somers suburb 10,938 +8.5% $395,800 $124,705 20 In town
Sprague 2,954 -0.3% $273,500 $92,850 32 6
Stafford 11,721 +2.7% $263,800 $93,235 24 In town
Sterling 3,736 +4.3% $283,400 $102,695 22 15
Stonington suburb 18,832 +2.9% $483,400 $114,797 41 5
Suffield suburb 16,046 +2.3% $407,500 $119,472 16 9
Thomaston suburb 7,572 +1.8% $282,600 $103,218 23 8
Thompson 9,566 +4.2% $291,900 $93,629 26 6
Tolland 14,752 +1.5% $365,500 $133,264 18 7
Torrington 35,796 +1.2% $215,500 $70,856 24 In town
Voluntown 2,653 +3.5% $356,100 $101,964 27 14
Warren 1,389 +2.9% $450,000 $134,583 34 12
Washington 3,733 +2.7% $660,200 $101,549 33 13
Westbrook suburb 6,918 +2.3% $434,300 $91,202 34 19
Weston suburb 10,517 +1.9% $996,700 $250,000 or more 9 9
Willington 5,601 +0.9% $305,800 $91,114 24 9
Wilton suburb 19,435 +5.5% $928,800 $242,199 13 7
Winchester 10,360 +1% $249,500 $66,519 25 10
Windham 24,139 +1.1% $209,800 $55,736 27 In town
Windsor Locks suburb 12,617 +0.3% $258,800 $81,205 11 11
Wolcott suburb 16,573 +2.8% $326,200 $110,850 19 4
Woodbridge suburb 9,160 +1.4% $588,100 $188,750 16 5
Woodbury suburb 10,005 +3% $469,900 $131,480 26 8
Woodstock 8,474 +3% $417,200 $112,011 33 7

Big city: a metro area of about 1 million people or more. ER: the nearest hospital with an emergency room. Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, BEA, Medicare.