Old Saybrook CenterCT
A town of 1,659.
Is Old Saybrook Center a good place to live?
Old Saybrook Center’s concentration of trails is 0.2 miles per square mile, against 1.3 in Connecticut’s towns and 0.4 across U.S. towns. We don’t grade Old Saybrook Center yet; the figures below are still real.
What makes Old Saybrook Center stand out
Where Old Saybrook Center beats most towns.
Old Saybrook Center lives by the ocean
Coastal flooding makes up 30% of the storm damage FEMA expects here.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA · OpenStreetMap
Mohegan Sun Arena and 75 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Old Saybrook Center. Close and well known come first.
20 mi Stadium & arenaMohegan Sun Arena
10 mi State parkGillette Castle State Park
32 mi Stadium & arenaYale Bowl
37 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
38 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
36 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney StadiumPhoto credits
Mohegan Sun Arena: Bbjeter, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0
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Moving to Old Saybrook Center: who provides what
Old Saybrook Center 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 Old Saybrook Center.
Old Saybrook Center has 2.6 jobs for every working resident, and 2,243 people commute in
Only a tenth of working residents stay in Old Saybrook Center for work; the rest commute out. Between 2013 and 2023, jobs in Old Saybrook Center dropped by 221, to 2,337. The town’s average commute comes in at 29 minutes. Half the trips to work are shorter than 23 miles.
| Old Saybrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 29 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $94,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Below the poverty line | 6.6% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Old Saybrook Center has four seasons and pleasant summers
A winter brings about 25 inches of snow, with January nights at 23° and July afternoons at 82°.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Conservation land takes up 10.1% of Old Saybrook Center
Trails run 0.7 miles in 3 parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Fort Saybrook Monument Park | 0.2 mi | 17 |
| 2. Old Saybrook Town Green | 0.1 mi | 2 |
| 3. Main Street Park | — | 1 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Old Saybrook Center stands out in Connecticut and nationally: a smaller share of its adults feel lonely
12% of adults say their health is fair or poor in Old Saybrook Center, where Connecticut’s towns sit at 14% and U.S. towns at 19%. Only 6 of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare have a lower share of adults who report frequent mental distress than Old Saybrook Center. Add to that, among adults here, 11% report frequent physical distress. Of 32 CDC measures, Old Saybrook Center beats the Connecticut average on 18 and trails it on 5.
| Old Saybrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 25% | 31% | 33% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 12% | 15% | 17% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 86% | 81% | 79% |
| Sleep under 7 hours (CDC PLACES) | 29% | 33% | 36% |
| What stands out | Old Saybrook Center | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 6.1% | 14.9% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 5.7% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 13% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
The biggest natural risk in Old Saybrook Center is inland flooding, at a moderate overall level
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 52% of U.S. communities. Of the losses FEMA expects in Old Saybrook Center, 49% come from inland flooding and 30% from coastal flooding.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Homes in Old Saybrook Center sell for about $750K
Homes sold in Old Saybrook Center spent a median 57 days on the market. In Old Saybrook Center, 45% of sales closed above the list price. Also worth knowing: the median rent for Old Saybrook Center comes to $1,414 a month.
| Old Saybrook Center | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households that own their home | 74% | 81% | 73% |
| Median rent | $1,414 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Old Saybrook Center
Colleges nearby
3 within 15 miles of the center of Old Saybrook Center
About 5 of every 100 Old Saybrook Center residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Old Saybrook Center has grown 12% from 2010 to 2020
2,039 counted in 2010 and 2,278 in 2020.
U.S. Census 2010 & 2020 counts
About Old Saybrook Center
Census-designated place in Connecticut, United States
Old Saybrook Center is the primary village and a census-designated place (CDP) in the town of Old Saybrook, Middlesex County, Connecticut, United States. The population was 2,278 at the 2020 census, out of 10,481 in the entire town of Old Saybrook. The CDP includes the traditional town center and the peninsula known as Saybrook Point.
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- Area
- 2.9 sq mi
- Elevation
- 0 ft
Old Saybrook Center’s neighbors
2 towns share a border with Old Saybrook Center.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Old Saybrook Center | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Old Saybrook | #51 | A− | D | B | A− | A |
| Old Lyme | #12 | A | D | — | A | A |
Old Lyme reports no FBI crime data of its own. Old Saybrook Center isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Old Saybrook Center with a neighbor →
Questions about Old Saybrook Center
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Is Old Saybrook Center, CT a good place to live?
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