East VillageCT
3,998 residents make their home in this town in Connecticut.
Is East Village a good place to live?
East Village’s typical household income is $177,000, above both Connecticut’s towns ($109,000) and U.S. towns ($80,000). No town among the 156 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of residents 65 or older than East Village. East Village’s density of trails is 1.7 miles per square mile, above both Connecticut’s towns (1.3) and U.S. towns (0.4). Webb Mountain Discovery Zone, at 177 acres with 2.6 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. We don’t grade East Village yet; the figures below are still real.
99% of working residents leave East Village for work
Where East Village’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
United States Military Academy and 86 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around East Village. Close and well known come first.
Big draw40 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
12 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
17 mi LakeCandlewood Lake
24 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
23 mi MuseumGlass House
39 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank ArenaPhoto credits
United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Candlewood Lake: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Glass House: Carol M. Highsmith, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5
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Moving to East Village: who provides what
East Village 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 East Village.
A smaller share of residents live below the poverty line in East Village than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
Half the trips to work are shorter than 13 miles. East Village’s average trip to work comes in at 32 minutes. Only 1% of working residents stay in East Village for work; the rest commute out. Also worth knowing: jobs based in East Village grew to 247 in 2023, 34 more than in 2013.
| East Village | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 32 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 1.1% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Working residents who work in town | 0.9% | 11% | 8% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
In East Village, expect snowy winters and pleasant summers
Expect July afternoons of 83° and January nights of 19°, with about 49 inches of snow a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
14.9% of East Village is conserved land
11 miles of trail wind through 9 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Webb Mountain Park | 3.8 mi | 136 |
| 2. Webb Mountain Discovery Zone | 2.6 mi | 177 |
| 3. Hamlet Lane (Windsor Hills) | — | 13 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
The biggest natural risk in East Village is inland flooding, at a low overall level
Nearly three fifths of East Village’s expected losses from natural hazards come from inland flooding, followed by hurricanes at 27%. Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in nearly two thirds of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
How healthy East Village is
29% of East Village adults have high blood pressure. This Connecticut town does better than the Connecticut average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and worse on 1. Only 10 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who have diabetes than East Village. In East Village, 18% of adults have been diagnosed with depression, and 13% report frequent mental distress.
| East Village | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 35% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 23% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 13% | 15% | 17% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | East Village | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer older adults who have lost all their teeth | 4.3% | 9.8% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.3% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
East Village stands out in Connecticut and nationally: a larger share of its households live in a home they own
A home in East Village typically sold within 56 days of listing. The median sale price was $768,000 in May 2026. 50% of the homes sold in East Village went for more than their asking price.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about East Village
Colleges nearby
10 within 15 miles of the center of East Village
About 1 of every 100 East Village residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
About East Village
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
East Village is a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Monroe, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. It occupies the northeastern end of the town of Monroe, extending northeast to the Housatonic River (the town border with Oxford) and southwest to Walnut Street. It is bordered to the southeast by the city of Shelton and to the northwest by the town of Newtown. As of the 2020 census, East Village had a population of 4,057.
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- Elevation
- 420 ft
East Village’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with East Village.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| East Village | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Monroe | #1 | A+ | B | A | A | A+ |
| Sandy Hook | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Newtown | #61 | B+ | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Shelton | #71 | B+ | D | A− | B− | A |
| Oxford | #82 | B | C− | — | B | A |
Newtown and Oxford report no FBI crime data of their own. East Village and Sandy Hook aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare East Village with a neighbor →
Questions about East Village
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is East Village, CT a good place to live?
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