HigganumCT
A town settled in 1828, now home to 1,742 people.
Is Higganum a good place to live?
Of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Higganum. Higganum’s middle household income is $128,000, against $109,000 in Connecticut’s towns and $80,000 across U.S. towns. 27% of the land in Higganum is conserved, above both Connecticut’s towns (14%) and U.S. towns (4.3%). The biggest place to walk is Cockaponset State Forest, 639 acres with 7.6 miles of trail. We don’t grade Higganum yet; the figures below are still real.
Higganum has grown 23% from 2010 to 2020
1,698 counted in 2010 and 2,089 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
Gillette Castle State Park and 82 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Higganum. Close and well known come first.
8 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
24 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
20 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
22 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
24 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
19 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Higganum: who provides what
Higganum is unincorporated, so Middlesex 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 Higganum.
nearly a quarter of the land in Higganum is protected from building
The density of trails for Higganum comes to 2.4 miles per square mile. Across 13 parks and preserves: 15 miles of trail.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Cockaponset State Forest | 7.6 mi | 639 |
| 2. Higganum Reservoir State Park | 1.7 mi | 95 |
| 3. Swan Hill Preserve | 1.6 mi | 151 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
With 0.3 jobs for every working resident, most of Higganum’s workers commute out
Half commute less than 17 miles. For Higganum, the average trip to work is 29 minutes. Just 2% of the town’s working residents have a job in town. The top destinations are Middletown (12%), Haddam (7%) and Hartford (6%).
| Higganum | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Natural hazards: high risk in Higganum, mostly inland flooding
Storm and flood damage is expected to run higher than in just over three quarters of U.S. communities. Expected losses in Higganum break down as 86% from inland flooding and 8% from hurricanes.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Young adults are less common in Higganum than in Connecticut
Connecticut has 43% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 50%. Adults 18 to 34 are 13% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide). For Higganum, the midpoint age is 45 years.
| Higganum | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 50% | 45% | 29% |
| Median age | 45 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
Somewhere between 30% and 59% women
The Census survey reached too few of Higganum’s residents to say more: its margin here is ±14.3 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Higganum | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 9.8% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 10.1% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 0.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 12.2% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 17% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 11.8% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 17.2% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 4% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.2% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.7% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 13.4% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 8.1% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 19.3% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 30.3% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 1,700, single groups can be off by several points
Four seasons and pleasant summers: that is Higganum’s year
July afternoons reach 84° and January nights drop to 20°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
The typical home in Higganum: about $506K
On the market in Higganum: a median 35 days to sell. Values rose 6% in the 12 months to September 2026. The midpoint rent in the town is $1,707 a month.
| Higganum | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,707 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Typical home value
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
How healthy Higganum is
6.3% of adults worry about having enough food in Higganum. This Connecticut town beats the Connecticut average on 17 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. Two figures for adults in the town: 11% say their health is fair or poor, 18% get no exercise outside work. Among 155 Connecticut towns, just 5 have a higher share of adults who binge drink than Higganum.
| Higganum | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 33% | 36% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 18% | 22% | 25% |
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 12% | 14% |
| What stands out | Higganum | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.8% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Everything we know about Higganum
Colleges nearby
2 within 15 miles of the center of Higganum
About 5 of every 100 Higganum residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
98% of working residents leave Higganum for work
Where Higganum’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Higganum’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Higganum.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Higganum | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haddam | #62 | B+ | D | — | A− | A+ |
| Middletown | #115 | C+ | D | B | C | A− |
Haddam reports no FBI crime data of its own. Higganum isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Higganum with a neighbor →
Questions about Higganum
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Higganum, CT a good place to live?
We don’t grade Higganum yet; the figures below are still real.