DayvilleCT
With 452 residents, this town was settled in 1950.
Is Dayville a good place to live?
Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Dayville. The biggest park or preserve is Owen Bell Park, at 50 acres. Dayville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.
What makes Dayville stand out
Where Dayville beats most towns.
452 people, and everyone knows the way
In a town this size, neighbors are the best guide. Ask them anything.
Moving to Dayville: who provides what
Dayville is unincorporated, so Windham 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 Dayville.
Dayville has 3.9 jobs for every working resident, and 1,102 people commute in
The top destinations are Killingly (23%), Putnam (8%) and Plainfield (4%). Just 2% of Dayville’s working residents have a job in town. Jobs in the town fell by 316 from 2013 to 2023, to 1,107. 2.4% of residents live below the poverty line locally.
| Dayville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $67,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 2.4% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers in Dayville
The range runs from 18° on a January night to 83° on a July afternoon, with about 62 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Top of a high hazard risk in Dayville: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Dayville, 74% come from inland flooding and 18% from hurricanes. FEMA expects more storm and flood damage locally than in 67% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Conserved land covers 14.6% of Dayville
In Dayville, the trail network density is 1.0 miles per square mile, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 1.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4. Trails run 0.9 miles in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Owen Bell Park | 0.6 mi | 50 |
| 2. Cat Hollow Town Park | — | 5 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
A larger share of adults have high blood pressure in Dayville than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
Among adults in Dayville, 15% report frequent physical distress. Just over one in ten adults have diabetes locally, above the Connecticut town median (9.4%) and near the median of U.S. towns (12%). Only 10 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than Dayville.
| Dayville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 22% | 25% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 39% | 33% | 36% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 12% | 14% |
| High blood pressure (CDC PLACES) | 38% | 33% | 35% |
| What stands out | Dayville | CT |
|---|---|---|
| More older adults who have lost all their teeth | 18.7% | 9.8% |
| More smokers | 15% | 10.6% |
| More adults with COPD | 7.9% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A larger share of households in Dayville own their home than in the typical Connecticut or U.S. town
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Lake Chaubunagungamaug and 105 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Dayville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw14 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
Big draw36 mi Stadium & arenaGillette Stadium
Big draw40 mi MuseumThe Breakers
32 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
38 mi MuseumUSS Massachusetts
40 mi MuseumMarble HousePhoto credits
Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Gillette Stadium: Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0 · The Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · USS Massachusetts: USN, Public domain · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain
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Everything we know about Dayville
Colleges nearby
1 within 15 miles of the center of Dayville
About 0 of every 100 Dayville residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Every workday, about 1,102 people come to Dayville for work
Where Dayville’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Questions about Dayville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Dayville, CT a good place to live?
Dayville has fewer than 1,000 residents, too few for fair grades; the figures below are still real.