Best PlacesBallouville, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ballouville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Local pay runs high here, and housing takes the biggest bite out of it. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Ballouville ranks 7,138th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on few empty homes by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Ballouville
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.
Ballouville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ballouville ranks high
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 97% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Ballouville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 15% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 19% of towns
- WalkabilityBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ballouville
A household needs to earn about $94,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ballouville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $103,095, 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 Ballouville's effective rate of 1.33%, 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 Ballouville
Ballouville runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ballouville.
Who works in Ballouville, and how
Work in Ballouville centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 83%
- Work from home 15%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Ballouville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Ballouville.
What the weather is like in Ballouville, month by month
Ballouville sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Ballouville
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 28 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ballouville
Schools across Ballouville average a B, better than 65% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pomfret Community SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Hampton Elementary SchoolC− · 28% proficient
Top middle schools
- Killingly Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Parish Hill High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Killingly High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
- Quinebaug Middle CollegeC · 34% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ballouville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ballouville 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 Ballouville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ballouville
Is Ballouville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ballouville ranks 7,138th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on few empty homes, civic engagement, and fast internet, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Ballouville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $336,098. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $103,095 median income, cost of living beats 87% of towns.
Is Ballouville safe?
Yes, Ballouville is safer than 78% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $168 per resident a year.
Compare Ballouville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ballouville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ballouville 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.
Ballouville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ballouville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ballouville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ballouville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ballouville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ballouville 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
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