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For most people who can afford it, yes. Hebron grades A− overall, 44th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 95% of the country. The median household earns $142K. The trade-off is money: homes are expensive, about $472K for a typical one and 5 times the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. 24% of the land in Hebron is conserved, above both Connecticut’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). On hazard risk, just 1 of Connecticut’s 175 towns do better. The biggest place to walk is Gay City State Park, 1,454 acres with 13 miles of trail.
Where Hebron beats most towns.
Census counts: 2,094 in 1820, a low of 879 in 1930, 9,098 in 2020. The archive holds 18 old photos and papers going back to 1880 and 5 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 Hebron is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Hebron. Close and well known come first.
Big draw39 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
32 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
17 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
14 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
20 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
27 mi Theme parkLake CompounceLake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain
Who provides power, water and the rest in Hebron, 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 Hebron.
Hebron carries less natural-hazard risk than nearly all of Connecticut (mostly inland flooding), has less food insecurity than most of Connecticut and has an unusually large share working from home.
76 miles of trail in 53 parks and preserves. Hebron’s trail density is 2.1 miles per square mile, above both the Connecticut town median (1.3) and the median of U.S. towns (0.4).
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Salmon River State Forest | 17.7 mi | 846 |
| 2. Gay City State Park | 13 mi | 1,454 |
| 3. Meshomasic State Forest | 5.9 mi | 732 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Regional School District 08. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is RHAM High School, with 714 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 364 | A− |
| RHAM High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 714 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Connecticut is food insecurity: 7.1% of its 3,716 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.9% statewide.
17% of adults get no exercise outside work in Hebron. Hebron beats the Connecticut average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 8.1% of adults have diabetes in Hebron.
| Hebron | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 22% | 25% |
| Diabetes (CDC PLACES) | 8.1% | 9.4% | 12% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.5% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Hebron | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.1% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk lower than 100% of Connecticut towns, with expected losses of about $214 per resident a year; that rating is what its A− for hazard risk is built on.
The FEMA risk score in Hebron is 21 of 100. One flood insurance claim has been paid in Hebron since 2005.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
27.2% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut.
Most working residents leave Hebron for work: only 9% work in town. 27% of Hebron workers work from home. The top destinations are Hartford (14%), Glastonbury (6%) and Manchester (5%).
| Hebron | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 27% | 15% | 11% |
| Median household income | $143,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Average trip to work | 33 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.1% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Hebron has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 83°, January nights drop to 19° and about 39 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Hebron’s median rent is $1,635 a month. Typical home values rose 5.4% in the year to September 2026.
| Hebron | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,635 a month | $1,448 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Hebron
About 6 of every 100 Hebron residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
Where Hebron’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
2 places in Hebron on the National Register of Historic Places.
16 notable people were born in Hebron.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Hebron ( HEE-brin) is a town in Tolland County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 9,098 at the 2020 census. Hebron was incorporated May 26, 1708. In 2010, Hebron was rated #6 in Top Towns in Connecticut with population between 6,500 and 10,000, according to Connecticut Magazine. The villages of Hebron Center, Gilead and Amston, are located within Hebron. Amston has its own ZIP Code and post office. The remnants of two long since abandoned communities, Grayville and Gay City, are also located in Hebron. The site of the latter is now Gay City State Park.
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6 towns share a border with Hebron.
Columbia next door grades lower for schools (C+ to Hebron’s B+) and higher for cost of living (B to C−).
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hebron | #44 | A− | C− | — | B+ | A+ |
| Colchester | #73 | B+ | C− | — | B | A |
| Marlborough | #54 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A |
| Andover | #43 | A− | C+ | — | B | A+ |
| Columbia | #78 | B | B | — | C+ | A− |
| Bolton | #22 | A | C | — | B+ | A |
| Lebanon | #98 | B− | C− | — | B | A− |
Hebron, Colchester, Marlborough, Andover, Columbia, Bolton and Lebanon report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Hebron with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Hebron grades A− overall, better than 78% of U.S. towns and #44 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A+ for health and B+ for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a C−.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C−.
16 notable people were born here, including William A. Palmer and Erastus Root.
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