Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Simsbury grades A overall, 21st among Connecticut's 151 graded towns. It is healthier than 97% of U.S. towns. The median household earns $158K and crime is low: it reports less per resident than 83% of U.S. towns. The catch is cost: the typical home is worth about $547K, 5.7 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. 72% of adults 25 and older hold a bachelor’s degree or more in Simsbury, above both the Connecticut town median (45%) and the median of U.S. towns (29%). Its National Register listings include Amos Eno House and Drake Hill Road Bridge. Only 9 of Connecticut’s 175 towns score higher on the outdoors.
Where Simsbury beats most towns.
Census counts: 1,875 in 1820, a low of 1,830 in 1880, 24,517 in 2020. The archive holds 24 old photos and papers going back to 1820 and a map from 1892 on.
15 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Simsbury is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Simsbury. Close and well known come first.
21 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
11 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
16 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
17 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
13 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
39 mi Stadium & arenaYale BowlSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, 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 Simsbury, 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 Simsbury.
Simsbury has less no health insurance than most of Connecticut and has seen reported crime fall by about half, but it has a long record of flood insurance claims.
103 miles of trail in 46 parks and preserves. The trail density in Simsbury is 3.0 miles per square mile. McLean Game Refuge, at 990 acres with 6.2 miles of trail, is the biggest park or preserve.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. McLean Game Refuge | 6.2 mi | 990 |
| 2. Penwood State Park | 6.2 mi | 201 |
| 3. Massacoe State Forest, Great Pond Block | 5.7 mi | 292 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Its A− for schools comes with a D for cost of living: the typical home is worth about $547K.
Its public schools are run by the Simsbury School District. Three of its 12 schools are below, each with why it’s listed.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| Squadron Line SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 710 | A |
| Simsbury High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 1,187 | A |
| Latimer Lane SchoolTop results in townGrades PK–6 | Grades PK–6 | 483 | A |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
Its widest gap with Connecticut is no health insurance: 4.3% of those 18–64 have no health insurance, against 10% statewide.
4.3% of Simsbury adults 18 to 64 have no health insurance. Simsbury beats the Connecticut average on 22 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 1. 84% of Simsbury adults had a checkup this year.
| Simsbury | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Frequent physical distress (CDC PLACES) | 9.9% | 12% | 14% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 7.5% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 84% | 81% | 79% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 14% | 19% |
| What stands out | Simsbury | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 4.3% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing food insecurity | 7% | 14.9% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10.1% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Reported crimes fell from 250 to 138 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings. Violent crime is rare: 3 reported in 2025, 0.1 per 1,000 residents.
Simsbury’s property crime rate is 5.3 per 1,000 residents.
| Simsbury | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Property crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 5.3 per 1,000 residents | 9.7 | 9.9 |
| Violent crimes per 1,000 (2025) | 0.1 per 1,000 residents | 0.4 | 1.6 |
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
27.1% of workers work from home, against 16% across Connecticut.
Most working residents leave Simsbury for work: only 15% work in town. 27% of workers work from home in Simsbury. Since 2013, Simsbury has lost 1,424 jobs, to 7,813 in 2023.
| Simsbury | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $158,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
| Work from home | 27% | 15% | 11% |
| Working residents who work in town | 15% | 11% | 8% |
| Below the poverty line | 4.8% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
Typical home values rose 6.3% in the year to September 2026.
| Simsbury | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $2,203 a month | $1,448 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 75% | 81% | 73% |
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Simsbury has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers, with plenty of rain. July afternoons reach 85°, January nights drop to 18° and about 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
73 flood insurance claims have been filed here, and 11 properties have flooded more than once.
Expected storm and flood damage is higher than in 62% of U.S. communities. Since 1978, 73 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Simsbury.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
9 within 15 miles of the center of Simsbury
About 5 of every 100 Simsbury residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
29% of the town is conserved land, across 46 parks and preserves.
15 places in Simsbury on the National Register of Historic Places.
24 notable people were born in Simsbury.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Simsbury is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States, incorporated as Connecticut's 21st town in May 1670. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. The population was 24,517 in the 2020 census.
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6 towns share a border with Simsbury.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simsbury | #21 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| East Granby | #25 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| Tariffville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Avon | #19 | A | D | A− | A− | A+ |
| Bloomfield | #128 | C | C− | C+ | C− | B+ |
| Canton | #24 | A− | C− | A− | B+ | A |
| Granby | #16 | A | C | A | B+ | A |
East Granby reports no FBI crime data of its own. Tariffville isn’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Simsbury with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
For most people who can afford it, yes. Simsbury grades A overall, better than 86% of U.S. towns and #21 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades A+ for health, A− for safety and A− for schools. Cost of living is its weak spot, with a D.
Yes. Cost of living, which also weighs rents, property taxes and how many households pay 30% or more of their income for housing, grades D.
24 notable people were born here, including Gifford Pinchot and Franz von Holzhausen.
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