Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
Windsor Locks is a solid, middle-of-the-road choice. It grades B− overall, 94th of 151 graded towns in Connecticut, with no subject far below average. Its best mark is health: it is healthier than 68% of U.S. towns. It also does better than most on safety: it reports less crime per resident than 61% of U.S. towns. Its lowest everyday mark is in schools: its schools rank behind 66% of the state's. A typical home there costs about $259K, 2.7 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income. Only 9 of Connecticut’s 175 towns score higher on hazard risk. Its National Register listings include Windsor Locks Passenger Station and David Pinney House and Barn. Of the 155 Connecticut towns we compare, none has a higher July high than Windsor Locks.
Where Windsor Locks beats most towns.
Its founding year, 1633, comes before those of 99% of the Connecticut towns we grade with a known year.
Census counts: 1,587 in 1860, 12,613 in 2020. The archive holds 35 old photos and papers going back to 1936 and 7 maps from 1892 on.
5 places on the National Register of Historic Places.
Each subject compared with towns across the country (schools within Connecticut), ordered by how far Windsor Locks is from typical.
How TownRatings grades towns →
Museums, parks, gardens and other places to visit around Windsor Locks. Close and well known come first.
13 mi National Historic SiteSpringfield Armory National Historic Site14K visitors a year
8 mi Theme parkSix Flags New England
11 mi Stadium & arenaPeoplesBank Arena
12 mi Stadium & arenaPratt & Whitney Stadium
24 mi Theme parkLake Compounce
35 mi LakeQuabbin ReservoirSpringfield Armory National Historic Site: National Park Service, Public domain · Six Flags New England: Canadaolympic989, Public domain · PeoplesBank Arena: PeoplesBank Arena, CC BY 2.5 · Pratt & Whitney Stadium: Quintin Soloviev, CC BY 4.0 · Lake Compounce: Wildcat1 at English Wikipedia, Public domain · Quabbin Reservoir: engineerchange, CC BY 2.0
Who provides power, water and the rest in Windsor Locks, 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 Windsor Locks.
Windsor Locks has hotter summers than almost anywhere else in Connecticut, has homes that are cheap against local pay and is safe by national standards but not by Connecticut’s.
Within Connecticut it is less healthy than 81% of the 154 graded towns: Connecticut sets a high bar.
82% of adults had a checkup this year in Windsor Locks, above both the Connecticut town median (81%) and the median of U.S. towns (79%). Windsor Locks beats the Connecticut average on 3 of 32 CDC measures and trails it on 2. 17% of Windsor Locks adults report frequent mental distress.
| Windsor Locks | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Yearly checkup (CDC PLACES) | 82% | 81% | 79% |
| Frequent mental distress (CDC PLACES) | 17% | 15% | 17% |
| Feel lonely (CDC PLACES) | 34% | 31% | 33% |
| Get no exercise (CDC PLACES) | 26% | 22% | 25% |
| What stands out | Windsor Locks | CT |
|---|---|---|
| Fewer uninsured adults | 7.7% | 10% |
| Fewer adults facing housing insecurity | 10.7% | 12.5% |
| More adults with COPD | 6.5% | 5.6% |
CDC PLACES 2025 · modeled estimates for adults · CMS · HRSA
Its public schools are run by the Windsor Locks School District. Two of its 4 schools are below, each with why it’s listed. The largest public high school is Windsor Locks High School, with 383 students.
| School | Level | Students | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Street SchoolLargest public elementary schoolGrades PK–2 | Grades PK–2 | 396 | – |
| Windsor Locks High SchoolLargest public high schoolGrades 9–12 | Grades 9–12 | 383 | B− |
NCES · EDFacts · graded within CT on state tests and graduation
July afternoons average 85.4°, the highest of 364 Connecticut places with climate records; January nights average 18.2°.
Windsor Locks has chilly, snowy winters and warm summers. About 52 inches of snow falls in a winter.
NOAA U.S. Climate Normals, 1991–2020
Expected storm and flood damage is lower than in 67% of U.S. communities. Since 1984, 7 flood insurance claims have been paid out in Windsor Locks.
FEMA flood insurance claims · FEMA National Risk Index · OpenFEMA
Most working residents leave Windsor Locks for work: only 12% work in town. At 22 minutes, Windsor Locks’ average trip to work is where Connecticut’s towns sit at 27 minutes and U.S. towns at 25 minutes. 11% of residents live below the poverty line in Windsor Locks.
| Windsor Locks | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip to work | 22 minutes | 27 minutes | 25 minutes |
| Work from home | 18% | 15% | 11% |
| Below the poverty line | 11% | 5.8% | 9.6% |
| Median household income | $81,000 | $109,000 | $80,000 |
Census LEHD 2023 · ACS
At 14.1 crimes per 1,000 residents a year, it reports more crime than 51% of Connecticut’s graded towns. Reported crimes fell from 199 to 108 over the last three FBI years, a drop beyond ordinary year-to-year swings.
FBI crime data, 2025 · crimes reported to police
6.3 miles of trail in 13 parks and preserves. Windsor Locks’ trail density is 0.7 miles per square mile. The biggest park or preserve is Spring Park, at 58 acres.
| Windsor Locks | Connecticut towns | U.S. towns | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Miles of trail per square mile | 0.7 miles per square mile | 1.3 | 0.4 |
| Conserved land | 6.8% | 14% | 4.3% |
| Biggest places to walk | Trails | Acres |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Noden-Reed Park | 0.3 mi | 22 |
| 2. Spring Park | — | 58 |
| 3. Veteran's Memorial Park | 0.2 mi | 38 |
Trails & parks © OpenStreetMap contributors · Conserved land: USGS PAD-US
At 2.7 years of the Hartford metro’s $95K median household income, the typical home costs less against local pay than in 99% of Connecticut towns; that ratio is one input to its C+ for cost of living.
The median sale price was $324,000 in May 2026.
Zillow Home Value Index · Redfin Data Center
15 within 15 miles of the center of Windsor Locks
About 6 of every 100 Windsor Locks residents are enrolled in college, about the same as Connecticut.
5 places in Windsor Locks on the National Register of Historic Places.
3 notable people were born in Windsor Locks.
Town in Connecticut, United States
Windsor Locks is a town in Hartford County, Connecticut, United States. The town is part of the Capitol Planning Region. As of the 2020 census, its population was 12,613. It is the site of Bradley International Airport, which serves the Greater Hartford-Springfield region and occupies approximately a third of the town. Windsor Locks is also the site of the New England Air Museum. Located beside the Connecticut River and equidistant from the densely populated cities of Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut, Windsor Locks is named for a set of canal locks that opened in 1829. Windsor Locks is situated just south of the first large falls in the Connecticut River, the Enfield Fa…
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5 towns share a border with Windsor Locks.
| Town | CT rank | Overall | Cost | Safety | Schools | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Windsor Locks | #94 | B− | C+ | B | C | B+ |
| Windsor | #108 | C+ | C− | B− | C | A− |
| Suffield | #37 | A− | C | A | A− | A |
| East Granby | #25 | A− | C | — | B+ | A |
| East Windsor | #121 | C+ | C | C+ | C− | A− |
| Enfield | #118 | C+ | C | C+ | C | B+ |
East Granby reports no FBI crime data of its own. Compare Windsor Locks with a neighbor →
Short answers, built from the data on this page.
Windsor Locks grades B− overall, better than 54% of U.S. towns and #94 of 151 in Connecticut. It grades B+ for health, B for safety and C for schools.
The typical home is worth about $259,000, 42% below the Connecticut typical home. 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 Ella Grasso and John Mahlon Marlin.
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