Best PlacesBeaver Hills, New Haven, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Beaver Hills, New Haven, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Beaver Hills, New Haven ranks 2,969th of 5,983 U.S. neighborhoods on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and property taxes are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Beaver Hills, New Haven
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.
Beaver Hills, New Haven's strengths and weaknesses
Where Beaver Hills, New Haven ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 93% of neighborhoods
- Heat safetyBetter than 87% of neighborhoods
- Air qualityBetter than 80% of neighborhoods
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 75% of neighborhoods
Where Beaver Hills, New Haven ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 9% of neighborhoods
- Cheap childcare$1,583 a month, better than only 17% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Beaver Hills, New Haven
A household needs to earn about $92,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Beaver Hills, New Haven home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $87,779; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Beaver Hills, New Haven's effective rate of 2.16%, 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 Beaver Hills, New Haven
Beaver Hills, New Haven runs younger than the country, and households here run larger than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Beaver Hills, New Haven.
Who works in Beaver Hills, New Haven, and how
Work in Beaver Hills, New Haven centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 71%
- Work from home 10%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Beaver Hills, New Haven
The coast is about 8 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Beaver Hills, New Haven, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Beaver Hills, New Haven, month by month
Beaver Hills, New Haven sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 43, with lows near 25. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 43° | 34° | 25° |
| April | 61° | 50° | 40° |
| July | 86° | 77° | 67° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Beaver Hills, New Haven
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 5 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Beaver Hills, New Haven
Schools across Beaver Hills, New Haven average a C−, better than 22% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Beecher SchoolC− · 26% proficient
- Barack H. Obama Magnet University SchoolD− · 11% proficient
- King/robinson Magnet SchoolF · 10% proficient
Top high schools
- James Hillhouse High SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Beaver Hills, New Haven school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Beaver Hills, New Haven 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 Beaver Hills, New Haven against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Beaver Hills, New Haven
Is Beaver Hills, New Haven a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Beaver Hills, New Haven ranks 2,969th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and heat safety, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Beaver Hills, New Haven expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $298,147. The overall cost of living runs about 0% above the national average. Set against a $87,779 median income, cost of living beats 58% of neighborhoods.
Is Beaver Hills, New Haven safe?
Beaver Hills, New Haven is safer than 44% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $366 per resident a year.
Compare Beaver Hills, New Haven with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Beaver Hills, New Haven. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Beaver Hills, New Haven 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.
Beaver Hills, New Haven detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Beaver Hills, New Haven: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Beaver Hills, New Haven: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Beaver Hills, New Haven: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Beaver Hills, New Haven: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Beaver Hills, New Haven 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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