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Connecticut rankings · Jobs & income

Best towns for jobs & income in Connecticut

Bethany ranks first on jobs & income among Connecticut’s 155 towns of 2,500+; 95 of the 155 grade A− or better on jobs & income nationally.

The Jobs & income grade: household income, poverty, unemployment (Census ACS) and jobs within a 45-minute drive (EPA). How grades work

#1

Bethany

5,339 people
A+

Jobs & income grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A · #13 of 151 in CT

#2

Andover

3,173 people
A+

Jobs & income grade, among the top in the U.S.·Overall A− · #43 of 151 in CT

#3

North Haven

24,799 people
A+

Jobs & income grade, better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #84 of 151 in CT

All 155 towns

Jobs & income grade, best first (the letter is national). Towns with the same score share a rank (T = tied; 39 towns here); the overall grade and state rank are beside each.

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#TownGradeOverall
1Bethany5,339 peopleA+among the top in the U.S.·Overall A · #13 of 151
2Andover3,173 peopleA+among the top in the U.S.·Overall A− · #43 of 151
3North Haven24,799 peopleA+better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #84 of 151
4Berlin20,698 peopleA+better than 98% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #72 of 151
5East Granby5,432 peopleA+better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #25 of 151
6Glastonbury35,503 peopleA+better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #20 of 151
7South Windsor27,036 peopleA+better than 97% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #34 of 151
T8Ellington16,594 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #59 of 151
T8Farmington28,632 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #29 of 151
T8Tolland14,752 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #56 of 151
11Colchester15,825 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #73 of 151
12Oxford13,311 peopleA+better than 96% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #82 of 151
13Orange14,416 peopleA+better than 95% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #91 of 151
14Granby11,963 peopleA+better than 95% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #16 of 151
15Bolton4,875 peopleAbetter than 95% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #22 of 151
T16Prospect9,638 peopleAbetter than 94% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #70 of 151
T16Westport28,301 peopleAbetter than 94% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #14 of 151
18Wolcott16,573 peopleAbetter than 94% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #46 of 151
19Wilton19,435 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #3 of 151
20Durham7,209 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #48 of 151
21Portland9,449 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #26 of 151
22Rocky Hill21,575 peopleAbetter than 93% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #35 of 151
23Southington44,242 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #65 of 151
T24Ridgefield25,373 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #2 of 151
T24Southbury20,468 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #96 of 151
26Cromwell14,350 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #79 of 151
T27Essex6,819 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #27 of 151
T27Old Lyme7,702 peopleAbetter than 92% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #12 of 151
29Avon19,096 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #19 of 151
30Somers10,938 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #64 of 151
31Brookfield18,566 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #45 of 151
32Newtown28,183 peopleAbetter than 91% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #61 of 151
T33Hebron9,256 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #44 of 151
T33Watertown22,526 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #75 of 151
T33Weston10,517 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #8 of 151
T33Wethersfield27,291 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #57 of 151
37Cheshire30,983 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #6 of 151
38New Canaan21,208 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #7 of 151
39Monroe19,341 peopleAbetter than 90% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #1 of 151
40Coventry12,446 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #15 of 151
41Lebanon7,142 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #98 of 151
T42Burlington9,874 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #55 of 151
T42Killingworth6,288 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #52 of 151
T44Canton10,304 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #24 of 151
T44North Stonington5,242 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #28 of 151
T44West Hartford64,242 peopleAbetter than 89% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #80 of 151
47New Hartford6,748 peopleAbetter than 88% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #60 of 151
T48East Hampton13,134 peopleAbetter than 88% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #41 of 151
T48Middlebury8,093 peopleAbetter than 88% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #10 of 151
50Ledyard15,601 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #67 of 151
51Darien22,583 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #11 of 151
52Beacon Falls6,307 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #101 of 151
T53Bethel21,682 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #31 of 151
T53Newington31,647 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #95 of 151
55Old Saybrook10,680 peopleAbetter than 87% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #51 of 151
56Wallingford44,406 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #53 of 151
T57Guilford22,322 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #40 of 151
T57Milford53,606 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·No overall grade
T57Salem4,324 peopleAbetter than 86% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #36 of 151
T60Harwinton5,751 peopleAbetter than 85% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #42 of 151
T60Simsbury25,582 peopleAbetter than 85% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #21 of 151
62Bloomfield22,267 peopleA−better than 85% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #128 of 151
63Fairfield66,262 peopleA−better than 85% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #38 of 151
64Woodbridge9,160 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #18 of 151
T65East Haddam9,043 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #49 of 151
T65Middlefield4,276 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #106 of 151
67Greenwich64,801 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #17 of 151
68Plainville17,746 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #87 of 151
69Trumbull38,075 peopleA−better than 84% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #66 of 151
70Easton7,838 peopleA−better than 83% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #5 of 151
71Sherman3,618 peopleA−better than 83% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #68 of 151
72Madison17,734 peopleA−better than 83% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #9 of 151
73Branford28,724 peopleA−better than 82% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #90 of 151
74East Lyme19,223 peopleA−better than 82% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #32 of 151
75Thomaston7,572 peopleA−better than 82% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #30 of 151
76Redding8,847 peopleA−better than 82% of U.S. towns·Overall A+ · #4 of 151
77Haddam8,947 peopleA−better than 81% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #62 of 151
78Bethlehem3,455 peopleA−better than 81% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #74 of 151
79Woodbury10,005 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #102 of 151
80Westbrook6,918 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #39 of 151
81Mansfield College campus29,062 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall A
T82North Branford13,551 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #76 of 151
T82SheltonFairfield County · 42,880 peopleA−better than 80% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #71 of 151
84New Fairfield13,674 peopleA−better than 79% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #63 of 151
85Willington5,601 peopleA−better than 79% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #112 of 151
86East Windsor11,342 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #121 of 151
87Seymour17,153 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #81 of 151
88Canterbury5,251 peopleA−better than 78% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #88 of 151
89Suffield16,046 peopleA−better than 77% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #37 of 151
90Windsor29,879 peopleA−better than 77% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #108 of 151
91Clinton13,439 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #83 of 151
92Preston4,873 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #114 of 151
93Plymouth11,902 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #85 of 151
94NaugatuckNew Haven County · 32,230 peopleA−better than 76% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #111 of 151
95Stonington18,832 peopleA−better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #47 of 151
96Lisbon4,260 peopleB+better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #104 of 151
97StamfordFairfield County · 139,535 peopleB+better than 75% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #119 of 151
98Deep River4,468 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #33 of 151
99East Haven27,925 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #130 of 151
100Barkhamsted3,726 peopleB+better than 74% of U.S. towns·Overall A− · #50 of 151
T101Brooklyn8,748 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #117 of 151
T101NorwalkFairfield County · 94,508 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #109 of 151
T103Columbia5,352 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #78 of 151
T103Woodstock8,474 peopleB+better than 73% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #99 of 151
105Goshen3,298 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·No overall grade
T106Litchfield8,381 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·No overall grade
T106Waterford20,435 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #92 of 151
108Marlborough6,213 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #54 of 151
109Enfield41,142 peopleB+better than 72% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #118 of 151
110Stratford53,908 peopleB+better than 70% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #116 of 151
111Hamden61,824 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #133 of 151
112Montville18,001 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #105 of 151
113Ashford4,265 peopleB+better than 67% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #113 of 151
114Chester3,726 peopleBbetter than 63% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #86 of 151
115Pomfret4,378 peopleBbetter than 63% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #69 of 151
116Kent3,101 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall A · #23 of 151
117Manchester59,773 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #127 of 151
118Stafford11,721 peopleBbetter than 62% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #107 of 151
119Sprague2,954 peopleBbetter than 61% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #131 of 151
120Washington3,733 peopleBbetter than 61% of U.S. towns·Overall B+ · #58 of 151
121MiddletownMiddlesex County · 48,439 peopleBbetter than 59% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #115 of 151
122DerbyNew Haven County · 12,925 peopleBbetter than 58% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #142 of 151
123Windsor Locks12,617 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #94 of 151
124New Milford28,941 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #89 of 151
125Groton39,138 peopleBbetter than 56% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #97 of 151
126AnsoniaNew Haven County · 19,216 peopleB−better than 54% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #137 of 151
127Salisbury4,290 peopleB−better than 54% of U.S. towns·Overall B · #77 of 151
128Griswold11,690 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #129 of 151
129Voluntown2,653 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #110 of 151
130East Hartford50,968 peopleB−better than 52% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #136 of 151
T131BristolHartford County · 62,341 peopleB−better than 51% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #124 of 151
T131Vernon30,842 peopleB−better than 51% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #100 of 151
133DanburyFairfield County · 89,033 peopleB−better than 51% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #135 of 151
134Plainfield15,381 peopleB−better than 51% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #103 of 151
135Sterling3,736 peopleB−better than 48% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #143 of 151
136Thompson9,566 peopleB−better than 46% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #123 of 151
137Sharon2,783 peopleC+better than 45% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #125 of 151
138West HavenNew Haven County · 55,351 peopleC+better than 44% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #132 of 151
139MeridenNew Haven County · 60,810 peopleC+better than 43% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #140 of 151
140Winchester10,360 peopleC+better than 42% of U.S. towns·Overall B− · #93 of 151
141Putnam9,402 peopleC+better than 42% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #126 of 151
142GrotonNew London County · 10,160 peopleC+better than 38% of U.S. towns·Overall C+ · #120 of 151
143TorringtonLitchfield County · 35,796 peopleC+better than 36% of U.S. towns·Overall C− · #134 of 151
144Killingly18,177 peopleCbetter than 34% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #138 of 151
145Jewett CityNew London County · 3,456 peopleCbetter than 31% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #139 of 151
146New BritainHartford County · 76,286 peopleCbetter than 31% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #149 of 151
147NorwichNew London County · 40,001 peopleCbetter than 27% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #145 of 151
148BridgeportFairfield County · 152,273 peopleCbetter than 26% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #146 of 151
149Windham24,139 peopleC−better than 25% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #141 of 151
150New LondonNew London County · 28,003 peopleC−better than 24% of U.S. towns·Overall D · #144 of 151
151New HavenNew Haven County · 138,774 peopleC−better than 24% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #148 of 151
152WaterburyNew Haven County · 115,771 peopleC−better than 21% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #150 of 151
153HartfordHartford County · 121,981 peopleC−better than 20% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #151 of 151
154North Canaan3,231 peopleC−better than 17% of U.S. towns·Overall C · #122 of 151
155DanielsonWindham County · 4,265 peopleDbetter than 14% of U.S. towns·Overall D− · #147 of 151
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Which Connecticut town is best for jobs and income?

Bethany () ranks first on jobs & income among 155 towns, with an A+; Andover and North Haven follow.

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The Jobs & income grade: household income, poverty, unemployment (Census ACS) and jobs within a 45-minute drive (EPA). Towns are sorted on the grade’s score; the letter and rank are the same as on each town’s page. How grades work.

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