Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Newington grades B− overall, 95th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $103K and it is healthier than 81% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: homes are expensive, about $310K for a typical one and 3.3 times the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. Its National Register listings include Willard Homestead and Newington Junction Railroad Depot. Newington’s average trip to work is 21 minutes, against 27 minutes in Connecticut’s towns and 25 minutes across U.S. towns. Newington is more walkable than 76% of U.S. towns.
Where Newington beats most towns.
Census counts: 934 in 1880, 30,536 in 2020. The archive holds 34 old photos and papers going back to 2008 and 7 maps from 1893 on.
8 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Newington is from typical.
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Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Newington. Close and well known come first.
6 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
10 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
8 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
30 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
6 mi MuseumWadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
28 mi Stadium & arenaYale BowlPeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art: Daderot at English Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Yale Bowl: Kenneth Zirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Newington, 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 Newington.
Newington trades workers with Hartford and other neighbors, is safe by national standards but not by Connecticut’s and is healthy by national standards but behind most towns in Connecticut.
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 69% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar.
83% of Newington adults had a checkup this year. Newington beats the Connecticut average on 9 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 11% of Newington adults smoke cigarettes.
| Newington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 30% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| What stands out | Newington | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing a utility shut-off | 6.2% | 8.4% |
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.4% | 10% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 9.6% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Newington School District. Two of its 8 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| John Wallace Middle SchoolLargest public middle schoolGrades 5–8 | Grades 5–8 | 610 | B− |
| Newington High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,255 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Newington has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 19° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
At 25.3 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 88% of Connecticut’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 909 to 580 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
Newington’s property crime rate is 17.7 per 1,000 residents.
| Newington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 17.7 per 1,000 residents | 9.6 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.4 per 1,000 residents | 0.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
11 miles of trail in 27 parks and preserves. The trail density in Newington is 0.8 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is I-291 Corridor, at 282 acres.
| Newington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.8 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 5.5% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Balf Nature Preserve | 2.6 mi | 90 |
| 2. Newington Greenway | 1.8 mi | 38 |
| 3. Cedarcrest Preserve | 0.9 mi | 39 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Newington has about as many jobs (15,836) as working residents, but only 1,613 people both live and work here.
Most working residents leave Newington for work: only 11% work in town. The top destinations are Hartford (16%), West Hartford (6%) and New Britain (6%). Half commute less than 7 miles.
| Newington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $103,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 14% | 16% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 6.4% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Connecticut average. 16% of residents are under 18 in Newington. Newington has grown 3.6% since 2020, to 31,647 residents in the Census Bureau’s 2025 estimate.
| Newington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 18 | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Median age | 45.3 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 40% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 21% | 20% | 18% |
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women (the survey’s margin: ±1.8 points). Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women. Median age: women 46.5, men 44.2.
| Newington | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 8.4% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 7.9% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.4% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 13.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.2% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 12.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.5% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 11.9% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9.3% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 6.5% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 26.6% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 17.4% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 9.6% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 23.8% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 16.2% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
Census population estimates, 2025 · U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 53% of U.S. communities. Since 1979, 27 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Newington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
11 within 15 miles of the center of Newington
About 7 of every 100 Newington residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
8 places in Newington on the National Register of Historic Places.
4 notable people were born in Newington.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Newington is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. Located 8 miles (13 km) south of downtown Hartford, Newington is an older, mainly residential suburb located in Greater Hartford. As of 2023, the population is 30,527. The Connecticut Department of Transportation has its headquarters in Newington. Newington is home to Mill Pond Falls, near the center of town. It is celebrated each fall during the Waterfall Festival. The American Radio Relay League is headquartered in Newington, with a call sign of W1AW.
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7 towns share a border with Newington.
Farmington next door grades higher for schools (A to Newington’s B−) and lower for cost of living (D to C).
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Newington | #95 | B− | C | C+ | B− | A− |
| Wethersfield | #57 | B+ | C | B | B− | A |
| New Britain | #149 | D− | D− | C− | D− | C− |
| West Hartford | #80 | B | D | C | B+ | A+ |
| Berlin | #72 | B+ | C− | B− | B | A |
| Rocky Hill | #35 | A− | C− | B | A− | A |
| Hartford | #151 | D− | D− | D | D | D |
| Farmington | #29 | A− | D | B− | A | A+ |
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Newington grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #95 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A− for health, C+ for safety and B− for schools.
Connecticut has less crime than most states, so among its own towns Newington sits nearer the middle.
The typical home is worth about $310,000, 31% below the Connecticut typical home. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
4 notable people were born here, including Melanie Fontana and E. E. Aiken.
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