Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Granby's standout: the median household earns $120K. Overall it grades A, 16th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns. It is healthier than 94% of U.S. towns and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 85% of U.S. towns. 29% of the land in Granby is conserved, above both Connecticut’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). McLean Game Refuge, at 3,360 acres with 25 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve. Among 155 Connecticut towns, just 10 have a higher share of workers working from home than Granby.
Where Granby beats most towns.
Census counts: 3,012 in 1820, a low of 1,251 in 1890, 10,903 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1783 and 4 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 Granby is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Granby. Close and well known come first.
16 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
12 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
16 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
23 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
18 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
38 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Granby, 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 Granby.
Granby has less no health insurance than most of Connecticut, has seen reported crime fall by a third or more and has an unusually large share working from home.
Its widest gap with Connecticut is no health insurance: 4.6% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10% statewide.
84% of adults had a checkup this year in Granby, above both the Connecticut town median (81%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). 11% of adults report frequent physical distress in Granby. Granby beats the Connecticut average on 15 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2.
| Granby | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 14% | 19% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.9% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | Granby | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.4% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Granby School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Granby Memorial High School, with 564 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Granby Memorial Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 6–8 | Grades 6–8 | 387 | B |
| Granby Memorial High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 564 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
68 miles of trail in 34 parks and preserves. Granby’s trail density is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McLean Game Refuge | 25 mi | 3,360 |
| 2. Holcomb Farm | 10.2 mi | 291 |
| 3. Enders State Forest | 5.7 mi | 1,527 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Reported crimes fell from 87 to 56 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.3 per 1,000 residents.
The property crime rate in Granby is 4.4 per 1,000 residents.
| Granby | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 4.4 per 1,000 residents | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.3 per 1,000 residents | 0.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
30.2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut.
Most working residents leave Granby for work: only 10% work in town. 3.2% of Granby residents live below the poverty line. The top destinations are Hartford (13%), Simsbury (7%) and Windsor (6%).
| Granby | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $120,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 3.2% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 28 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Granby has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 17° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical Granby home is worth about $491,000, up 6.1% in a year, 10% above the Connecticut typical home.
| Granby | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,335 a month | $1,451 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 56% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Granby.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
4 within 15 miles of the center of Granby
About 5 of every 100 Granby residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Where Granby’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
8 places in Granby on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in Granby.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Granby is a town in northern Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 10,903 at the 2020 census. The town center is defined as a census-designated place known as Salmon Brook. Other areas in town include North Granby and West Granby. Granby is a rural town, located in the foothills of the Litchfield Hills of the Berkshires; besides the suburban natured center, the outskirts of town are filled with dense woods and rolling hills and mountains. From the 1890s to the 1920s, many immigrants from Sweden came to reside in the town.
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8 towns share a border with Granby.
At #16 in CT, it grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Simsbury (A) comes closest.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Granby | #16 | A | C | A | B+ | A |
| Hartland | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| North Granby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| East Granby | #25 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| Barkhamsted | #50 | A− | B− | — | B | A+ |
| Simsbury | #21 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Suffield | #37 | A− | C | A | A− | A |
| Canton | #24 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A |
Hartland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade. Hartland, East Granby and Barkhamsted report no FBI crime data of their own. North Granby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Granby with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. Granby grades A overall, better than 88% of U.S. towns and #16 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A for health, A for safety and B+ for schools.
That is 5.2 years of the area's median household income ($95,118 across the Hartford-West Hartford-East Hartford, CT metro area). Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
7 notable people were born here, including Chauncey Forward and Byron Kilbourn.
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