Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Hartland’s best subject grades are an A for incomes and the outdoors and an A− for health; its weakest is a D for walkability. Only 3 of Connecticut’s 175 towns score lower on walkability. 47% of the land in Hartland is conserved, against 14% in Connecticut’s towns and 4.3% across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Tunxis State Forest, 8,969 acres with 28.5 miles of trail. Only 16 of Connecticut’s 174 towns score lower on civic life. Hartland has fewer than 2,500 residents, so it gets subject grades but no overall grade.
Where Hartland beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,318 in 1800, a low of 296 in 1930, 1,901 in 2020. The archive holds 9 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 3 maps from 1892 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Hartland is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hartland, 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 Hartland.
34 miles of trail in 11 parks and preserves. Hartland’s trail density is 1.0 miles per square mile, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 1.3 and U.S. towns at 0.4.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Tunxis State Forest | 28.5 mi | 8,969 |
| 2. Mill District Nature Preserve | 1.9 mi | 133 |
| 3. Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land | 0.8 mi | 4,643 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Hartland School District. Its one school is below.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–8 | Grades PK–8 | 121 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests
Hartland beats the Connecticut average on 12 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. 84% of adults had a checkup this year in Hartland.
| Hartland | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 10% | 9.7% | 14% |
| No health insurance, 18–64 (CDC PLACES) | 4.9% | 6.1% | 8.1% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 35% |
| What stands out | Hartland | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.9% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 7.1% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 11.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Most working residents leave Hartland for work: only 6% work in town. The average trip to work in Hartland is 35 minutes. Jobs based in Hartland grew to 135 in 2023, 41 more than in 2013.
| Hartland | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 35 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 22% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $113,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 4.7% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hartland’s FEMA risk score is 27 of 100.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Hartland has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 15° and about 59 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Children under 18 are 16% of residents (20% statewide). 22% of Hartland residents are 65 or older. 40% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 43% across Connecticut.
| Hartland | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 48.8 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 45% | 29% |
43% women, 57% men
About 135 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±3.7 points). Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women. Among residents 18 to 24, 71% are men (CT 51%).
| Hartland | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 7.2% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.8% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.5% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.3% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 8.5% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 21.4% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 14.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.7% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 1.3% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 31% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 19.7% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 27.3% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 12.7% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,900, single groups can be off by several points
The typical Hartland home is worth about $424,000, up 5.7% in a year, 5% below the Connecticut typical home.
| Hartland | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 92% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,819 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hartland. Close and well known come first.
20 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
18 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
22 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
25 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
24 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
30 mi TheatreTanglewoodSpringfield 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 · Tanglewood: Daderot., CC BY-SA 3.0
1 within 15 miles of the center of Hartland
About 3 of every 100 Hartland residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
47.3% of the town is conserved land, across 11 parks and preserves.
3 notable people were born in Hartland.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Hartland is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 1,901 at the 2020 census. The rural town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region and forms the northwestern border of Hartford County. Currently, the town consists of two unincorporated areas, East and West Hartland, entirely separated by the northern portion of the Barkhamsted Reservoir. A third area, Hartland Hollow (also referred to as Hartland Center), was flooded when the reservoir was completed in 1940.
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5 towns share a border with Hartland.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hartland | — | — | C | — | B− | A− |
| Granby | #16 | A | C | A | B+ | A |
| North Granby | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Barkhamsted | #50 | A− | B− | — | B | A+ |
| Colebrook | — | — | C | — | B+ | A |
Hartland and Colebrook have fewer than 2,500 residents, so they get subject grades but no overall grade. Hartland, Barkhamsted and Colebrook report no FBI crime data of their own. North Granby isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Hartland with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
That is 4.5 years of the area's median household income ($93,551 across the Torrington, CT 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.
3 notable people were born here, including Asher Benjamin and Horace Wilder.
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