Daniels FarmCT
A town of 5,976.
Is Daniels Farm a good place to live?
Daniels Farm’s average trip to work is 43 minutes, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. No town among the 156 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Daniels Farm. Old Mine Park, at 75 acres with 3.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade Daniels Farm yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave Daniels Farm for work
Where Daniels Farm’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
United States Military Academy and 85 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Daniels Farm. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
13 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
37 mi LandmarkFerncliff Cemetery
20 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
19 mi MuseumGlass House
29 mi Theme parkLake CompouncePhoto credits
United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Ferncliff Cemetery: Anthony22 at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Glass House: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Moving to Daniels Farm: who provides what
Daniels Farm is unincorporated, so Fairfield 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.
The data
Ordered by what stands out in Daniels Farm.
Daniels Farm stands out in Connecticut and nationally: a smaller share of its residents live below the poverty line
1.9% of Daniels Farm residents live below the poverty line, below both Connecticut’s towns (5.8%) and U.S. towns (9.6%). Daniels Farm’s median household income is $189,000. Since 2013, Daniels Farm has lost 1,130 jobs, to 1,531 in 2023.
| Daniels Farm | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $189,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 27% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 1.9% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Low risk in Daniels Farm, with inland flooding at the top
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 69% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Daniels Farm has snowy winters and pleasant summers
Daniels Farm has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 84°, January nights drop to 20° and about 49 inches of snow falls in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Daniels Farm is
Daniels Farm beats the Connecticut average on 24 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 0. 22% of adults have obesity in Daniels Farm. Only 6 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent physical distress than Daniels Farm.
| Daniels Farm | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 22% | 30% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.4% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Daniels Farm | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.4% | 9.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.7% | 14.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
7.3% of Daniels Farm is conserved land
6.6 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Daniels Farm is 1.4 miles per square mile.
| Daniels Farm | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 1.4 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 7.3% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Old Mine Park | 3.3 mi | 75 |
| 2. Robert G. Beach Memorial Park | 1.4 mi | 36 |
| 3. Booth Hill Greenbelt | 0.7 mi | 69 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The median home in Daniels Farm sells for about $840K
95% of Daniels Farm households own their home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Daniels Farm
Colleges nearby
8 within 15 miles of the center of Daniels Farm
About 5 of every 100 Daniels Farm residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
About Daniels Farm
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Daniels Farm is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Trumbull, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It is in the northeastern part of Trumbull and is bordered to the northeast by the city of Shelton. The Connecticut Route 25 expressway forms the southwest edge of the CDP, and Route 111 (Monroe Turnpike) forms the short northwest edge. The CDP extends south as far as Hedgehog Road, Old Dike Road, and Pinewood Trail. To the south is the Trumbull Center CDP. As of the 2020 census, Daniels Farm had a population of 6,150. Daniels Farm was first listed as a CDP prior to the 2020 census.
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- Elevation
- 509 ft
Daniels Farm’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Daniels Farm.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daniels Farm | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trumbull Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trumbull | #66 | B+ | D | C+ | A− | A+ |
| Shelton | #71 | B+ | D | A− | B− | A |
| Long Hill | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monroe | #1 | A+ | B | A | A | A+ |
Daniels Farm, Trumbull Center and Long Hill aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Daniels Farm with a neighbor →
Questions about Daniels Farm
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Is Daniels Farm, CT a good place to live?
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