Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
New Hartford's standout: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 96% of the country. Overall it grades B+, 60th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns. The median household earns $110K and it has 79 miles of trail. Its weakest subject is hazard risk: FEMA rates its natural-hazard risk higher than 79% of U.S. communities, with inland flooding at the top. History is its standout character grade: an A+, better than 95% of U.S. towns, with 5 places on the National Register. New Hartford’s concentration of trails is 2.1 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Connecticut’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. The biggest place to walk is Nepaug Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land, 1,801 acres with 5.1 miles of trail.
Where New Hartford beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,685 in 1820, a low of 1,685 in 1820, 6,658 in 2020. The archive holds 12 old photos and papers going back to 1874 and 4 maps from 1892 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far New Hartford is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around New Hartford. Close and well known come first.
28 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
14 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
17 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
24 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
20 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
37 mi Stadium & arenaYale BowlSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in New Hartford, 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 New Hartford.
Count the trails in 17 parks and preserves and they come to 79 miles.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Nepaug State Forest | 27.7 mi | 1,349 |
| 2. Camp Sequassen | 7.1 mi | 480 |
| 3. Barkhamsted Reservoir Watershed Reserve Land | 6.6 mi | 686 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
One of its 3 schools is below, with the reason it’s listed. The public schools here belong to the New Hartford School District.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ann Antolini SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades 3–6 | Grades 3–6 | 241 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Connecticut is food insecurity: 6.3% of its 5,264 adults worry about having enough food, against 14.9% statewide.
The share of adults in New Hartford who had a checkup this year is 82%, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 81% and U.S. towns at 79%. 28% of adults feel lonely locally. Against the Connecticut average, New Hartford comes out ahead on 15 CDC measures out of 32, and behind on 1.
| New Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 30% | 35% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 34% | 36% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 28% | 31% | 33% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 8.4% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | New Hartford | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.3% | 14.9% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.6% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.7% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Only 5 of the 154 Connecticut towns we compare have a higher FEMA hazard score than New Hartford. This Connecticut town has had 19 paid flood insurance claims since 1978. FEMA puts 83% of the town’s expected hazard losses down to inland flooding, and 9% to hurricanes.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
The top destinations are Torrington (10%), Hartford (7%) and Farmington (5%). For New Hartford, the average commute is 30 minutes. Since 2013, New Hartford has lost 169 jobs, to 1,618 in 2023. New Hartford: 2.8% of residents live below the poverty line.
| New Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 2.8% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 30 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Summer afternoons peak near 83° in July, and January nights bottom out around 16°; snowfall runs to about 59 inches a winter. The seasons in New Hartford: chilly, snowy winters, pleasant summers, with plenty of rain.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Adults 18 to 34 are 16% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 44% of residents (39% statewide). The share of residents in New Hartford who are 65 or older: 22%. For New Hartford, the median age is 50.7 years. 43% of adults 25 and older hold at least a bachelor’s degree, against 43% across Connecticut.
| New Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.7 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 22% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 18% | 19% | 22% |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 43% | 45% | 29% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±3.9 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| New Hartford | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.5% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 9.7% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 4.8% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 11% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 11.4% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.4% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 20.8% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 15.1% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 7.1% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 21.3% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 22.3% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.5% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.8% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Values rose 2.2% in the 12 months to September 2026. For households in New Hartford, the share who are owner-occupiers is 89%. Its rent at the middle of the market comes in at $1,321 a month.
| New Hartford | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 89% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,321 a month | $1,451 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
2 within 15 miles of the center of New Hartford
About 4 of every 100 New Hartford residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Where New Hartford’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
5 places in New Hartford on the National Register of Historic Places.
7 notable people were born in New Hartford.
Town in Connecticut, United States
New Hartford is a town in Litchfield County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 6,658 at the 2020 census. The town is part of the Northwest Hills Planning Region. The town center is defined by the U.S. Census Bureau as the New Hartford Center census-designated place (CDP). The town is mainly a rural community consisting of farms, homes, and parks. Brodie Park and Ski Sundown are located in New Hartford.
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8 towns share a border with New Hartford.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| New Hartford | #60 | B+ | C | — | B | A+ |
| Canton | #24 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Torrington | #134 | C− | C− | B | C− | B |
| Harwinton | #42 | A− | C+ | — | B+ | A |
| Barkhamsted | #50 | A− | B− | — | B | A+ |
| Collinsville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Northwest Harwinton | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Burlington | #55 | B+ | C | — | B+ | A |
New Hartford, Harwinton, Barkhamsted and Burlington report no FBI crime data of their own. Collinsville and Northwest Harwinton aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare New Hartford with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. New Hartford grades B+ overall, better than 74% of U.S. towns and #60 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A+ for health and B for schools. Hazard risk is its weak spot, with a D.
That is 5.1 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.
7 notable people were born here, including Frank Stephen Baldwin and Marcus H. Holcomb.
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