Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
East Hartford is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C− overall, 136th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is incomes: the median household earns $71K. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its public schools trail 82% of Connecticut towns on state tests and graduation. A typical home there costs about $230K, 2.4 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. Only 3 of Connecticut’s 174 towns score lower on health. East Hartford is easier to get around on foot or by transit than 88% of U.S. towns. East Hartford is home to Goodwin University.
Where East Hartford beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,375 in 1820, 51,045 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1862 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far East Hartford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Hartford. Close and well known come first.
in town Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
4 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
24 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
3 mi MuseumWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
18 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
19 mi Theme parkSix Flags New EnglandPratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Daderot at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in East Hartford, 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 East Hartford.
East Hartford has homes that are cheap against local pay, trades workers with Hartford and other neighbors and is safe by national standards but not by Connecticut’s.
Its public schools are run by the East Hartford School District. Two of its 17 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| East Hartford Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 971 | D |
| East Hartford High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,776 | C− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
42% of East Hartford adults sleep under 7 hours, above both the Connecticut town median (33%) and the median of U.S. towns (36%). 14% of adults binge drink in East Hartford. Among 154 Connecticut towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who get no exercise outside work than East Hartford.
| East Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food insecurity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 8.8% | 14% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 42% | 33% | 36% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 22% | 25% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 31% | 33% |
| What stands out | East Hartford | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults who have had cancer | 6.8% | 8.5% |
| More adults facing food insecurity | 26.4% | 14.9% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
East Hartford has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. Among 155 Connecticut towns, just 7 have a higher July high than East Hartford.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
East Hartford has about as many jobs (27,336) as working residents, but only 2,350 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave East Hartford for work: only 10% work in town. 13% of East Hartford residents live below the poverty line, against 5.8% in Connecticut’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. East Hartford’s average trip to work is 22 minutes.
| East Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 13% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $71,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 9.9% | 16% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
12 miles of trail in 26 parks and preserves. The trail density in East Hartford is 0.7 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Riverview Park, 277 acres with 2.1 miles of trail.
| East Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.9% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Riverview Park | 2.1 mi | 277 |
| 2. Great River Park | 0.7 mi | 44 |
| 3. South Meadows Greenway at Goodwin University | 0.3 mi | 81 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 21.9 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 78% of Connecticut’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 1,219 to 738 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 57% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 67 flood insurance claims have been paid out in East Hartford.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 2.4 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in any other Connecticut town; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
60% of East Hartford households own their home.
| East Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 60% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,225 a month | $1,451 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of East Hartford
About 6 of every 100 East Hartford residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
8 places in East Hartford on the National Register of Historic Places.
15 notable people were born in East Hartford.
Town in Connecticut, United States
East Hartford is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 51,045 at the 2020 census. The town is located on the east bank of the Connecticut River, directly across from Hartford., and is part of the Capitol Planning Region. It is home to aerospace manufacturer Pratt & Whitney. It is also home to Pratt & Whitney Stadium at Rentschler Field, a stadium used mainly for soccer and football with a capacity of 40,000 people.
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6 towns share a border with East Hartford.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Hartford | #136 | C− | C+ | C+ | C− | C |
| Hartford | #151 | D− | D− | D | D | D |
| Glastonbury | #20 | A | C− | B+ | A | A+ |
| Manchester | #127 | C | C | C+ | D | B+ |
| South Windsor | #34 | A− | C− | B | A− | A+ |
| Glastonbury Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wethersfield | #57 | B+ | C | B | B− | A |
Glastonbury Center isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Hartford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
East Hartford grades C− overall, better than 18% of U.S. towns and #136 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades C for health, C+ for safety and C− for schools. Schools is its weak spot, with a C−.
Connecticut has less crime than most states, so among its own towns East Hartford sits nearer the middle.
The typical home is worth about $230,000, 49% below the Connecticut typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C+.
15 notable people were born here, including Patrick Agyemang and Denison Olmsted.
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