Southwood AcresCT
Home to 8,115 people, this town lies in Connecticut.
Is Southwood Acres a good place to live?
Only one of the 156 Connecticut towns we compare has a lower share of working residents who work in town than Southwood Acres. The biggest park or preserve is Scantic River State Park, at 67 acres. We don’t grade Southwood Acres yet; the figures below are still real.
98% of working residents leave Southwood Acres for work
Where Southwood Acres’s working residents go each day. Line width shows the share.
Census LEHD 2024
Springfield Armory National Historic Site and 72 more within 40 miles
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Southwood Acres. Close and well known come first.
10 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
Big draw38 mi LakeLake Chaubunagungamaug
6 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
14 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
14 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
31 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirPhoto credits
Springfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Lake Chaubunagungamaug: Bree from Worcester, MA, USA, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
_-_2025.svg){kind=link}
.jpg){kind=link}
Moving to Southwood Acres: who provides what
Southwood Acres is unincorporated, so Hartford 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 Southwood Acres.
Most of Southwood Acres’ workers head elsewhere: there are 0.3 jobs for each of them
The average trip to work for Southwood Acres is 23 minutes. For most workers, Southwood Acres is a place to come home to: only 2% work in town. Also worth knowing: among residents in the town, 3.3% live below the poverty line, against 5.8% in Connecticut’s towns and 9.6% across U.S. towns. The top destinations are Enfield (17%), Hartford (9%) and Windsor (8%).
| Southwood Acres | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Below the poverty line | 3.3% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Average trip to work | 23 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Median household income | $110,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
Where working residents work
Census LEHD 2024 · ACS
Snowy winters and pleasant summers: that is Southwood Acres’ year
A July afternoon gets to about 85° and a January night to 18°, and about 52 inches of snow fall in a winter.
Typical low → high °F
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
How healthy Southwood Acres is
For adults in Southwood Acres, the share who smoke cigarettes is 11%. This Connecticut town beats the Connecticut average on 7 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 3. Among adults in the town, 83% had a checkup this year, above both the Connecticut town median (81%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%).
| Southwood Acres | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 83% | 81% | 79% |
| Smoke cigarettes (CDC PLACES) | 11% | 9.7% | 14% |
| Obesity (CDC PLACES) | 31% | 30% | 35% |
| Fair or poor health (CDC PLACES) | 15% | 14% | 19% |
| What stands out | Southwood Acres | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 6.3% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 8.8% | 12.5% |
| More adults who have had cancer | 10% | 8.5% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Southwood Acres keeps 7.5% of its land conserved
156 acres of Southwood Acres lie in its parks and preserves.
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Scantic River State Park | — | 67 |
| 2. Royce Memorial Park | — | 33 |
| 3. Town Open Space (West Of Plainfield Street) | — | 21 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
Top of a moderate hazard risk in Southwood Acres: inland flooding
Of the losses FEMA expects in Southwood Acres, 80% come from inland flooding. On expected storm and flood damage, Southwood Acres sits above 58% of U.S. communities.
FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Southwood Acres looks like Connecticut by age
In Southwood Acres, nearly a fifth of residents are under 18. No broad age group is more than 4 points off the Connecticut average. Connecticut has 43% of adults 25 and older with a bachelor’s degree or more; here it is 38%.
| Southwood Acres | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bachelor’s degree or more, 25+ | 38% | 45% | 29% |
| Under 18 | 19% | 19% | 22% |
| Median age | 40.8 years | 44.4 years | 40.5 years |
| Aged 65 or older | 18% | 20% | 18% |
Ages · share of residents
Education · adults 25 and older
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
That’s an even split within the survey’s margin of ±1.8 points. Across Connecticut, 50.9% of residents are women.
| Southwood Acres | CT | U.S. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 10 | 10.5% | 10.4% | 11.6% |
| 10 to 17 | 8.3% | 9.8% | 10.3% |
| 18 to 24 | 7.3% | 9.3% | 9.1% |
| 25 to 34 | 15.7% | 12.6% | 13.7% |
| 35 to 44 | 12.7% | 12.7% | 13.2% |
| 45 to 54 | 11.3% | 12.5% | 12.2% |
| 55 to 64 | 16.5% | 14.2% | 12.7% |
| 65 to 74 | 8.8% | 10.7% | 10.2% |
| 75 and older | 9% | 7.8% | 7% |
| No diploma | 3.6% | 8.5% | 10.4% |
| High school | 29.4% | 25.3% | 26% |
| Some college | 18.2% | 16.1% | 19.1% |
| Associate’s | 10.9% | 7.6% | 8.8% |
| Bachelor’s | 22.8% | 23.3% | 21.6% |
| Graduate | 15.1% | 19.2% | 14.1% |
U.S. Census Bureau · ACS 2020-2024 5-year estimates
A home in Southwood Acres sells for about $370K at the median
Among households in Southwood Acres, 88% own their home. The rent at the middle of the market here is $1,728 a month. On the market in the town: a median 17 days to sell.
| Southwood Acres | Typical Connecticut town | Typical U.S. town | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Median rent | $1,728 a month | $1,450 a month | $1,185 a month |
| Households that own their home | 88% | 81% | 73% |
Census ACS, 2020–24 · Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
Everything we know about Southwood Acres
Colleges nearby
13 within 15 miles of the center of Southwood Acres
About 3 of every 100 Southwood Acres residents are enrolled in college, against 7 across Connecticut.
Southwood Acres’s neighbors
4 towns share a border with Southwood Acres.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southwood Acres | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Hazardville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thompsonville | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enfield | #118 | C+ | C | C+ | C | B+ |
| East Windsor | #121 | C+ | C | C+ | C− | A− |
Southwood Acres, Hazardville and Thompsonville aren’t graded (fewer than 1,000 residents, or not enough data). Compare Southwood Acres with a neighbor →
Questions about Southwood Acres
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Is Southwood Acres, CT a good place to live?
We don’t grade Southwood Acres yet; the figures below are still real.