Best Places06024, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood inside ZIP code 06024, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
06024 ranks 10,929th of 33,110 U.S. zip codes on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in 06024
BestNeighborhood is the only ranking that scores 40 measures of daily life neighborhood by neighborhood and lets you re-weight every one of them yourself.
06024's strengths and weaknesses
Where 06024 ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of zip codes
- Internet speedBetter than 95% of zip codes
- Heat safetyBetter than 93% of zip codes
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 88% of zip codes
- Big-city accessBetter than 86% of zip codes
Where 06024 ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of zip codes
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 7% of zip codes
- Cheap childcare$1,407 a month, better than only 9% of zip codes
- Low property taxBetter than only 10% of zip codes
- Crime safetyBetter than only 19% of zip codes
What it costs to buy a home in 06024
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median 06024 home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,261, so a typical household can afford the median home outright.
Where the monthly payment goes
Assumes a 20% down payment, a 6.6% 30-year fixed rate, and a 28% share of income going to the payment. The rate is the 2026-07-23 30-year fixed average, series MORTGAGE30US from the St. Louis Fed, which publishes Freddie Mac's weekly survey. Against the median home value, property tax uses 06024's effective rate of 1.61%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in 06024
06024 runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for 06024.
Who works in 06024, and how
Work in 06024 centers on retail trade and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 16%
Life in 06024
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across 06024.
What the weather is like in 06024, month by month
06024 sees roughly 84 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 83 degrees. January highs sit near 34, with lows near 16. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34° | 25° | 16° |
| April | 58° | 45° | 34° |
| July | 83° | 71° | 59° |
| October | 63° | 51° | 40° |
Flying in and out of 06024
Bradley International sits about 31 miles away. It is a medium hub and boarded 3.3 million passengers in 2025, with 92 nonstop destinations.
The best schools in and around 06024
Schools across 06024 average a B, better than 69% of zip codes.
Top elementary schools
- North Canaan Elementary SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Housatonic Valley Regional High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every 06024 school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
06024 measure by measure
Cards are ordered by how much each measure matters to you, so the ones you weighted highest come first. Expand to see every measure. Percentages compare 06024 against the other 33,109 zip codes.
Common questions about living in 06024
Is 06024 a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, 06024 ranks 10,929th of 33,110 zip codes. It scores highest on civic engagement, fast internet, and heat safety, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is 06024 expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $293,044. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $100,261 median income, cost of living beats 88% of zip codes.
Is 06024 safe?
06024 is safer than 19% of zip codes. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $359 per resident a year.
Compare 06024 with other zip codes
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to 06024. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in 06024 represents the same real quantity as a 60 anywhere else, and the ranking is a weighted average of those absolutes. The map colors come from a national scale calibrated against a population weighted random sample of 5,000 neighborhoods. That absolute scoring is what no other places-to-live ranking does: it puts a single neighborhood, a town, a metro, and a state on one scale, so the same 40 measures answer both which metro to move to and which street inside it to buy on. Read the full methodology.
06024 detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for 06024: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in 06024: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of 06024: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in 06024: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
06024 detail on related sites:
- CrimeGrade: neighborhood crime rates behind the crime safety score.
- ISPreports.org: provider by provider internet availability and advertised speeds.
- CoverageWatch: the car insurance premiums behind the cheap car insurance score.
Federal and public data:
- U.S. Census Bureau American Community Survey: income, home value, rent, vacancy, commute time and mode, educational attainment, home age, age structure, household type, industry, and race.
- NOAA Global Surface Summary of the Day: the daily station record behind the monthly temperatures and the pleasant-day count.
- FAA Passenger Boarding Data: airport size and annual passenger counts.
- Freddie Mac Primary Mortgage Market Survey: the 30-year fixed rate used in the cost-to-buy estimate.
- FBI Crime Data Explorer: reported offenses behind the tangible crime cost estimate.
- U.S. EPA Air Quality System: five year average air quality index.
- FEMA National Risk Index: expected annual loss from natural hazards.
- CDC PLACES: disease burden, preventable risk, and barriers to care.
- National Center for Education Statistics: school enrollment and assessment inputs behind the school grade.
- FCC National Broadband Map: internet and wireless availability.
- U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics: employment and job growth behind the local economy score.
- Religious activity uses a proprietary religious signal measurement.
Your priorities
Move a slider to say how much a measure matters. Zero turns it off.