GlenvilleCT
Home to 2,656 people, the town was settled in 1850.
Is Glenville a good place to live?
76% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Glenville, above both Connecticut’s towns (45%) and U.S. towns (29%). No town among the 156 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Glenville. 20% of the land in Glenville is conserved, against 14% in Connecticut’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Glenville yet; the figures below are still real.
Glenville has grown 19% from 2010 to 2020
2,327 counted in 2010 and 2,762 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Central Park and 516 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Glenville. Close and well known come first.
Big draw24 mi City parkCentral Park40.0M visitors a year
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMadison Square Garden
Big draw29 mi MuseumUnited States Military Academy
Big draw26 mi Stadium & arenaMetLife Stadium
Big draw24 mi MuseumMetropolitan Museum of Art2.0M visitors a year
Big draw25 mi TheatreStudio 54Photo credits
Central Park: Ed Yourdon from New York City, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Madison Square Garden: Ajay Suresh from New York, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 · United States Military Academy: USMA Public Affairs Office, Public domain · MetLife Stadium: babyknight, CC BY 2.0 · Metropolitan Museum of Art: Hugo Schneider, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Studio 54: Americasroof (talk), CC BY-SA 3.0
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Moving to Glenville: who provides what
Glenville 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 Glenville.
The FEMA risk score in Glenville is higher than in most of Connecticut or the rest of the country
FEMA puts 85% of Glenville’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 8% to hurricanes. Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 89% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
In Glenville, trail density runs lower than in the typical Connecticut or U.S. town
0.1 miles of trail in 2 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Western Greenwich Civic Center Park | — | 9 |
| 2. Island Beach | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Four seasons and pleasant summers in Glenville
A winter brings about 33 inches of snow, with January nights at 25° and July afternoons at 85°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Most of Glenville’s workers commute out: the town has 0.9 jobs for each of them
The median household income for Glenville comes to $221,000. Only 1% of working residents stay in Glenville for work; the rest commute out. Employers in Glenville added 145 jobs between 2013 and 2023, to 910. The top destinations are Greenwich (29%), New York (19%) and Stamford (11%).
| Glenville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $221,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 7% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
How healthy Glenville is
Nearly a fifth of Glenville adults get no exercise outside work. Of 32 CDC measures, Glenville beats the Connecticut average on 23 and trails it on 1. In Glenville, 12% of adults report frequent mental distress, and 17% have been diagnosed with depression. Among 155 Connecticut towns, just 10 have a lower share of adults who have obesity than Glenville.
| Glenville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 23% | 30% | 35% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Depression (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 23% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 6.9% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | Glenville | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 4.2% | 8.4% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.2% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
A home in Glenville sells for about $2.05M at the median
For Glenville, the going rate for rent is $3,466 a month. The share of households in Glenville who are owner-occupiers: 73%.
| Glenville | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $3,466 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 73% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Glenville
Colleges nearby
16 within 15 miles of the center of Glenville
About 7 of every 100 Glenville residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
About Glenville
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Glenville is a neighborhood and census-designated place in the town of Greenwich in Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States. As of the 2020 census, Glenville had a population of 2,762. It is located in the western part of Greenwich at the falls of the Byram River, which provided waterpower when this was a mill village. The area is home to Glenville Elementary school, Western Civic Center and a volunteer fire station, the Glenville Fire Department. The town of Greenwich is one political and taxing body, but consists of several distinct sections or neighborhoods, such as Banksville, Byram, Cos Cob, Glenville, Mianus, Old Greenwich, Riverside and Greenwich (sometimes referred to as centra…
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- Area
- 0.7 sq mi
- Area code
- 203
Glenville’s neighbors
5 towns share a border with Glenville.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glenville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pemberwick | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rock Ridge | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Greenwich | #17 | A | D− | A− | A− | A+ |
Glenville, Pemberwick and Rock Ridge aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Glenville with a neighbor →
Questions about Glenville
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Glenville, CT a good place to live?
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