Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Homes are expensive, about $385K for a typical one and 5.9 times the county’s $65K median household income. Overall it grades C−, 137th of 151 graded towns in Connecticut. It has 15 miles of trail and it is more walkable than 75% of U.S. towns. Its weakest subject is schools: its public schools trail 91% of Connecticut towns on state tests and graduation. Ansonia’s trail density is 2.4 miles per square mile, above both Connecticut’s towns (1.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). On civic life, just 4 of Connecticut’s 174 towns do worse. Ansonia has 5 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Upper Main Street Historic District and Richard Mansfield House.
Where Ansonia beats most towns, and one thing worth knowing.
Where Ansonia’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Ansonia is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,749 in 1870, 18,918 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1748 and 6 maps from 1889 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Ansonia. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
22 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
8 mi MuseumYale University Art Gallery
23 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
36 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
8 mi MuseumYale Center for British ArtYale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Yale University Art Gallery: Ragesoss, Public domain · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Yale Center for British Art: Sage Ross, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Ansonia, and how to reach them.
EPA SDWIS (Oct 9, 2026) · HIFLD + EIA-861 2025 · Census 2020 ZCTAs · NCES 2024–25 · registration: vote.gov, updated Sep 30, 2026.
Ordered by what stands out in Ansonia.
Ansonia sends most of its workers to New Haven and beyond, is safe by national standards but not by Connecticut’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Connecticut.
15 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. The biggest park or preserve is Naugatuck State Forest, at 552 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Naugatuck State Forest - Quillinan Reservoir Block | 7.8 mi | 552 |
| 2. Ansonia Nature and Recreation Center | 3.5 mi | 143 |
| 3. City Open Space (Wakelee Ave) | 0.4 mi | 15 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Ansonia School District. Two of its 6 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Emmett O'Brien Technical High School, with 618 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Prendergast SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–5 | Grades PK–5 | 588 | D |
| Emmett O'Brien Technical High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 618 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Ansonia has 2,380 jobs for its 8,267 working residents: even if every job went to a resident, most would still commute out.
Most working residents leave Ansonia for work: only 4% work in town. Since 2013, Ansonia has lost 517 jobs, to 2,380 in 2023. 9.1% of Ansonia workers work from home, below both the Connecticut town median (16%) and the median of U.S. towns (11%).
| Ansonia | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 9.1% | 16% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 4.3% | 11% | 8% |
| Median household income | $86,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 9.4% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 83% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar.
Ansonia beats the Connecticut average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 36% of Ansonia adults feel lonely.
| Ansonia | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 36% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 22% | 25% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 6.1% | 8.1% |
| What stands out | Ansonia | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 7.7% | 8.5% |
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 12.9% | 9.8% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Ansonia has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 19° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 64% of U.S. communities. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Ansonia since 2005.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
58% of households own their home in Ansonia. The typical Ansonia home is worth about $385,000, up 3.5% in a year, 14% below the Connecticut typical home. Ansonia’s median rent is $1,476 a month.
| Ansonia | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 58% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,476 a month | $1,448 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
At 17.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 66% of Connecticut’s graded towns.
The property crime rate in Ansonia is 15.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Ansonia | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 15.4 per 1,000 residents | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.7 per 1,000 residents | 0.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
10 within 15 miles of the center of Ansonia
About 6 of every 100 Ansonia residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
5 places in Ansonia on the National Register of Historic Places.
11 notable people were born in Ansonia.
City in Connecticut, United States
Ansonia is a city in Naugatuck Valley Planning Region, Connecticut, United States. Located on the Naugatuck River, it is immediately north of Derby, and about 12 miles (19 km) northwest of New Haven. The city is part of the Naugatuck Valley Planning Region. The population was 18,918 at the time of the 2020 census. The ZIP code for Ansonia is 06401. The city is served by the Metro-North Railroad. Ansonia Station is a stop on the railroad passenger commuter service's Waterbury Branch connecting to New York's Grand Central Terminal. Ansonia also is served by the Connecticut Transit bus carrier. Connecticut Route 8 serves Ansonia (Northbound, Exit 18; Southbound, Exit 19). Ansonia was founded i…
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3 towns share a border with Ansonia.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansonia | #137 | C− | D− | B− | D | B+ |
| Seymour | #81 | B | D | A | C+ | A− |
| Derby | #142 | D | D− | C− | D | B+ |
| Woodbridge | #18 | A | C− | B+ | A | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Ansonia grades C− overall, better than 16% of U.S. towns and #137 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades B+ for health, B− for safety and D for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D−.
11 notable people were born here, including Bob Skoronski and Reuben Henry Tucker III.
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