Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
The best of Bozrah’s subject grades is an A for civic life; the weakest is a C− for walkability. Only 17 of Connecticut’s 175 towns score higher on cost of living. Bozrah’s trail density is 0.3 miles per square mile, below the Connecticut town median (1.3) and near the median of U.S. towns (0.4). Bozrah Congregational Church and Parsonage is on the National Register of Historic Places. Bozrah has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Bozrah beats most towns.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Bozrah is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,085 in 1820, a low of 799 in 1900, 2,429 in 2020. The archive holds 7 old photos and papers going back to 2010 and 5 maps from 1892 on.
1 place on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Bozrah. Close and well known come first.
Big draw38 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
6 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
30 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
16 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
27 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
39 mi Theme parkLake CompounceLake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Bozrah, 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 Bozrah.
Its public schools are run by the Bozrah School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Memorial SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 180 | C+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests
Bozrah beats the Connecticut average on 6 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 6. 82% of Bozrah adults had a checkup this year, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 81% and U.S. towns at 79%. 37% of Bozrah adults have high blood pressure.
| Bozrah | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 35% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | Bozrah | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 9.9% | 14.9% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.9% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 69% of U.S. communities. Since 1982, 3 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Bozrah.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Bozrah has chilly winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 28 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most working residents leave Bozrah for work: only 6% work in town. Jobs based in Bozrah grew to 1,293 in 2023, 337 more than in 2013. 7.5% of workers work from home in Bozrah.
| Bozrah | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 7.5% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 12% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $109,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
6.0 miles of trail in 10 parks and preserves. The biggest place to walk is Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area, 360 acres with 2.4 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Bear Hill Wildlife Management Area | 2.4 mi | 360 |
| 2. Hopemead State Park | 0.4 mi | 38 |
| 3. Pease Brook Wildlife Management Area | — | 127 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The typical Bozrah home is worth about $409,000, up 7.8% in a year, 9% below the Connecticut typical home.
| Bozrah | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 87% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,426 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
3 within 15 miles of the center of Bozrah
About 2 of every 100 Bozrah residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Bozrah is a town in New London County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 2,429 at the 2020 census. Bozrah contains three villages: Fitchville, the town center; Leffingwell, a crossroads on Route 82; and Gilman, a mill village along Fitchville Road.
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5 towns share a border with Bozrah.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozrah | — | — | C+ | — | C− | A− |
| Montville | #105 | B− | C+ | — | C+ | A− |
| Norwich | #145 | D | D | B− | D | C+ |
| Lebanon | #98 | B− | C− | — | B | A− |
| Salem | #36 | A− | C− | — | A | A |
| Franklin | — | — | B+ | — | B | A− |
Bozrah and Franklin have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Bozrah, Montville, Lebanon, Salem and Franklin report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Bozrah with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.7 years of the area's median household income ($86,586 across the Norwich-New London-Willimantic, CT metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
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