Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Middlefield grades B− overall, 106th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 91% of the country and the median household earns $100K. On the other side, the typical home is worth about $424K, 4.5 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. Middlefield’s median rent is $3,501 a month, above both Connecticut’s towns ($1,448 a month) and U.S. towns ($1,185 a month). On history, just 13 of Connecticut’s 175 towns do worse. Wadsworth Falls State Park, at 171 acres with 4.3 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
Where Middlefield beats most towns.
26.5% of the town is conserved land, across 6 parks and preserves.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Middlefield is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 1,053 in 1870, 4,217 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1915 and 7 maps from 1893 on.
2 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Middlefield. Close and well known come first.
14 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
19 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
18 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
18 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
16 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
33 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun ArenaLake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0 · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Gillette Castle State Park: Original uploader was Kevinpepin at en.wikipedia, Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Middlefield, 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 Middlefield.
22 miles of trail in 6 parks and preserves. The trail density in Middlefield is 1.7 miles per square mile.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Wadsworth Falls State Park | 4.3 mi | 171 |
| 2. King Property | 1.5 mi | 78 |
| 3. Higby Mountain Easement | 0.9 mi | 67 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its public schools are run by the Regional School District 13. One of its 3 schools is below, with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Lyman SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 2–3 | Grades 2–3 | 207 | A− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Within Connecticut it is healthier than 60% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar. Its widest gap with Connecticut is food insecurity: 7.8% of its 2,236 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.9% statewide.
27% of Middlefield adults feel lonely. Middlefield beats the Connecticut average on 13 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 83% of Middlefield adults had a checkup this year.
| Middlefield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 27% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 34% | 36% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 14% | 15% | 17% |
| What stands out | Middlefield | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7.8% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.6% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.5% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Middlefield 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
People 65 and older are 26% of residents (19% statewide); children under 18 are 14% of residents (20% statewide). Middlefield’s median age is 51.6 years. Among 155 Connecticut towns, just 10 have a lower share of children under 18 than Middlefield.
| Middlefield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 51.6 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Under 18 | 14% | 19% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 42% | 45% | 29% |
50% women, 50% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.2 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Middlefield | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 5.9% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.1% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 9.5% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 9.1% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 17.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17.7% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.3% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.2% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.9% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 34.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.1% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.1% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 21.5% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 20% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates · in a town of 4,300, single groups can be off by several points
Most working residents leave Middlefield for work: only 8% work in town. Jobs based in Middlefield grew to 1,641 in 2023, 366 more than in 2013. The top destinations are Middletown (11%), Hartford (8%) and New Haven (6%).
| Middlefield | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Work from home | 11% | 16% | 11% |
| Median household income | $100,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 8.1% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 25 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 60% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 2 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Middlefield.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
87% of households own their home in Middlefield. The typical Middlefield home is worth about $424,000, up 4.3% in a year, 5% below the Connecticut typical home.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
4 within 15 miles of the center of Middlefield
About 6 of every 100 Middlefield residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
2 places in Middlefield on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Middlefield.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Middlefield is a town in Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Lower Connecticut River Valley Planning Region. The population was 4,217 at the 2020 census. The town includes the village of Rockfall in the northeastern section.
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3 towns share a border with Middlefield.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Middlefield | #106 | B− | D | — | B− | A |
| Middletown | #115 | C+ | D | B | C | A− |
| Durham | #48 | A− | B− | — | B− | A |
| Meriden | #140 | D | D | C+ | C− | C+ |
Middlefield and Durham report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare Middlefield with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Middlefield grades B− overall, better than 46% of U.S. towns and #106 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A for health and B− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
4 notable people were born here, including Alfred Kelley and Silas Stow.
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