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North Stonington grades A− overall, 28th among Connecticut's 151 graded towns, with clear strengths and some subjects that lag. The median household earns $124K and its public schools beat 88% of Connecticut towns on state tests and graduation. It also does better than most on health: CDC estimates put its residents' health ahead of 84% of the country. Its lowest everyday mark is in cost of living: the typical home is worth about $471K, 5.4 years of the Norwich metro’s $87K median household income. 23% of the land in North Stonington is conserved, above both the Connecticut town median (14%) and the median of U.S. towns (4.3%). No town among the 155 in Connecticut we compare has a lower share of residents below the poverty line than North Stonington. North Stonington has 4 places on the National Register of Historic Places, among them Samuel Miner House and John Randall House.
Where North Stonington beats most towns.
| School | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|
| North Stonington Elementary School | PK–6 | 379 |
| Wheeler High School | 7–12 | 344 |
| North Stonington Christian Academy | PK–12 | 34 |
Samuel Miner HouseWhere North Stonington’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2023
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far North Stonington is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Census counts: 2,624 in 1820, a low of 1,100 in 1910, 5,149 in 2020. The archive holds 6 old photos and papers going back to 1906 and 4 maps from 1889 on.
4 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around North Stonington. Close and well known come first.
Big draw30 mi MuseumThe Breakers
Big draw40 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
29 mi Ancient siteHMS Endeavour
11 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
29 mi MuseumMarble House
29 mi MuseumThe ElmsThe Breakers: UpstateNYer, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · HMS Endeavour: Samuel Atkins (c.1760-1810), Public domain · Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Marble House: [email protected], Public domain · The Elms: The original uploader was Daderot at English Wikipedia., CC BY-SA 3.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in North Stonington, 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 North Stonington.
North Stonington sends many workers across the state line to Westerly, has better schools than Stonington or any other neighbor and is healthy by national standards but mid-pack in Connecticut.
Its A is the best School Grade on its borders; Stonington (A−) is next.
Its public schools are run by the North Stonington School District. Two of its 3 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Wheeler High School, with 344 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Stonington Elementary SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 379 | A− |
| Wheeler High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 7–12 | Grades 7–12 | 344 | B+ |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 63% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar. Its widest gap with Connecticut is no health insurance: 5.8% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10% statewide.
30% of adults feel lonely in North Stonington, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 31% and U.S. towns at 33%. 82% of North Stonington adults had a checkup this year. North Stonington beats the Connecticut average on 8 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3.
| North Stonington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 30% | 31% | 33% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 33% | 34% | 36% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 9.8% | 9.7% | 14% |
| What stands out | North Stonington | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 5.8% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 8.7% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.3% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
75 miles of trail in 52 parks and preserves. North Stonington’s trail density is 1.4 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Assekonk Swamp State Wildlife Management Area, at 615 acres.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. TriTown Forest Preserve | 4.2 mi | 309 |
| 2. Green Falls River Glen Preserve | 3 mi | 85 |
| 3. Hewitt Farm | 2.1 mi | 112 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
26% of working residents cross a state line to work, Westerly among the top destinations.
Most working residents leave North Stonington for work: only 7% work in town. Jobs based in North Stonington fell to 1,372 in 2023, 96 fewer than in 2013. The top destinations are Groton (19%), Stonington (11%) and Westerly (7%).
| North Stonington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $124,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Working residents who work in town | 7.5% | 11% | 8% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Adults 18 to 34 are 12% of residents (22% statewide); adults 35 to 64 are 46% of residents (39% statewide). The median age in North Stonington is 50.8 years. 52% of adults 25 and older have a bachelor’s degree or more, vs 43% across Connecticut.
| North Stonington | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median age | 50.8 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 52% | 45% | 29% |
| Aged 65 or older | 25% | 20% | 18% |
| Under 18 | 16% | 19% | 22% |
48% women, 52% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±4.5 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| North Stonington | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.1% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 6.4% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 6.7% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 5.4% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 13.8% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 15.6% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 17% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 16.5% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 8.5% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 2.1% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 25.5% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 14.5% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 6.3% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 26.9% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 24.7% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
North Stonington has chilly, snowy winters and pleasant summers. July afternoons reach 82°, January nights drop to 20° and about 38 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
93% of households own their home in North Stonington. Typical home values rose 7.6% in the year to September 2026.
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 51% of U.S. communities. Since 1985, 13 flood insurance claims have been paid out in North Stonington.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
3 within 15 miles of the center of North Stonington
About 6 of every 100 North Stonington residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
4 places in North Stonington on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in North Stonington.
Town in Connecticut, United States
North Stonington is a town in New London County, Connecticut. The town was split off from Stonington in 1724. The town is part of the Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region. The population was 5,149 at the 2020 census.
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8 towns share a border with North Stonington.
It grades higher overall than all 5 graded towns on its borders; Stonington (A−) comes closest.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Stonington | #28 | A− | C | — | A | A− |
| Ledyard | #67 | B+ | D | A | B− | A |
| Stonington | #47 | A− | D | — | A− | A |
| Voluntown | #110 | C+ | C+ | — | B | B+ |
| Preston | #114 | C+ | C | — | C+ | A− |
| Griswold | #129 | C | C | — | C− | B |
North Stonington, Stonington, Voluntown, Preston and Griswold report no FBI crime data of their own. Compare North Stonington with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
By most measures, yes. North Stonington grades A− overall, better than 83% of U.S. towns and #28 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A− for health and A for schools.
Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades C.
3 notable people were born here, including James M. Pendleton and John Denison Baldwin.
