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Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Broad Brook. The biggest park or preserve is East Windsor Town Park, at 27 acres. We don’t grade Broad Brook yet; the figures below are still real.
Where Broad Brook beats most towns.
Where Broad Brook’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1869.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Broad Brook. Close and well known come first.
Big draw37 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
14 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
10 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
12 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
11 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
27 mi Theme parkLake CompounceLake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Broad Brook is unincorporated, so Hartford County and regional agencies provide most services.
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 Broad Brook.
Most working residents leave Broad Brook for work: only 2% work in town. Since 2013, Broad Brook has added 78 jobs, to 263 in 2023. Broad Brook’s median household income is $98,000, below the Connecticut town median ($109,000) but above the median of U.S. towns ($80,000).
| Broad Brook | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $98,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 9.9% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 71% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Broad Brook has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
2.1 miles of trail in 4 parks and preserves. Broad Brook’s trail density is 0.4 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Connecticut’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. East Windsor Town Park | 0.1 mi | 27 |
| 2. Scantic River State Park | — | 16 |
| 3. Kerment | — | 7 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Broad Brook beats the Connecticut average on 5 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 83% of adults had a checkup this year in Broad Brook.
| Broad Brook | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 35% |
| What stands out | Broad Brook | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.8% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 9.6% | 12.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Connecticut average. 47% of Broad Brook adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more.
| Broad Brook | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 47% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 20% | 20% | 18% |
55% women, 45% men
About 84 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±4.2 points). Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Broad Brook | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 12.4% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.7% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 17.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.5% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.9% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 13.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 6.4% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.4% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 22.6% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 21.9% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.6% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 25.7% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20.9% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 3,600, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Broad Brook home is worth about $412,000, up 4.1% in a year, 8% below the Connecticut typical home.
| Broad Brook | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 69% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,297 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
14 within 15 miles of the center of Broad Brook
About 10 of every 100 Broad Brook residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Broad Brook is a neighborhood and census-designated place (CDP) in the town of East Windsor, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Broad Brook had a population of 3,998.
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2 towns share a border with Broad Brook.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broad Brook | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Windsor | #121 | C+ | C | C+ | C− | A− |
| Ellington | #59 | B+ | D | — | B+ | A |
Ellington reports no FBI crime data of its own. Broad Brook isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Broad Brook with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
We don’t grade Broad Brook yet; the figures below are still real.
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