Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Enfield is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades C+ overall, 118th of 151 graded towns in Connecticut, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: residents are healthier than 72% of U.S. towns on CDC estimates. Expect to pay for it: homes are expensive, about $336K for a typical one and 3.5 times the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. On civic life, just 13 of Connecticut’s 174 towns do worse. Its National Register listings include Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Mills and Enfield Shakers Historic District. Only 9 of the 118 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower typical home value than Enfield.
Where Enfield beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,065 in 1820, 42,141 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1800 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
7 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Enfield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Enfield. Close and well known come first.
9 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
Big draw37 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
5 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
16 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
16 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
29 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Enfield, 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 Enfield.
Enfield is safe by national standards but not by Connecticut’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Connecticut.
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 77% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar.
17% of Enfield adults report frequent mental distress, above the Connecticut town median (15%) and near the median of U.S. towns (17%). Enfield beats the Connecticut average on 1 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 34% of Enfield adults feel lonely.
| Enfield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 31% | 33% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 37% | 33% | 36% |
| Binge drink (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 16% | 16% |
| What stands out | Enfield | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 8.4% | 10% |
| More smokers | 12.3% | 10.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Enfield School District. Two of its 10 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John F. Kennedy Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 1,002 | C |
| Enfield High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,426 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Enfield’s median rent is $1,574 a month, against $1,448 a month in Connecticut’s towns and $1,185 a month across U.S. towns. Typical home values rose 5.2% in the year to September 2026. The typical Enfield home is worth about $336,000, up 5.2% in a year, 25% below the Connecticut typical home.
| Enfield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,574 a month | $1,448 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 76% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Enfield 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
18 miles of trail in 44 parks and preserves. Enfield’s trail density is 0.5 miles per square mile. The biggest place to walk is Scantic River State Park, 374 acres with 7.3 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scantic River State Park | 7.3 mi | 374 |
| 2. Town Open Space (Rear Buchanan & Tyler Roads) | — | 35 |
| 3. Brainard Memorial Park | 0.1 mi | 34 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Most working residents leave Enfield for work: only 17% work in town. Jobs based in Enfield fell to 15,750 in 2023, 1,354 fewer than in 2013. The average trip to work in Enfield is 24 minutes.
| Enfield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Working residents who work in town | 17% | 11% | 8% |
| Average trip to work | 24 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $90,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 15% | 16% | 11% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 46 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Enfield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
At 21.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 75% of Connecticut’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 838 to 446 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
7 within 15 miles of the center of Enfield
About 4 of every 100 Enfield residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
7 places in Enfield on the National Register of Historic Places.
13 notable people were born in Enfield.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Enfield is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, first settled by John and Robert Pease of Salem, Massachusetts Bay Colony. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 42,141 at the 2020 census. It is bordered by Longmeadow, Massachusetts, and East Longmeadow, Massachusetts, to the north, Somers to the east, East Windsor and Ellington to the south, and the Connecticut River (towns of Suffield and Windsor Locks) to the west.
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8 towns share a border with Enfield.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enfield | #118 | C+ | C | C+ | C | B+ |
| East Windsor | #121 | C+ | C | C+ | C− | A− |
| Suffield | #37 | A− | C | A | A− | A |
| Somers | #64 | B+ | C | — | B | A |
| Hazardville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thompsonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Southwood Acres | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Windsor Locks | #94 | B− | C+ | B | C | B+ |
Somers reports no FBI crime data of its own. Hazardville, Thompsonville and Southwood Acres aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Enfield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Enfield grades C+ overall, better than 37% of U.S. towns and #118 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades B+ for health, C+ for safety and C for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
13 notable people were born here, including Elisha M. Pease and James Dixon.
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