Best PlacesBlue Hills, Hartford, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Blue Hills, Hartford, 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.
Blue Hills, Hartford ranks 2,866th 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 Blue Hills, Hartford
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.
Blue Hills, Hartford's strengths and weaknesses
Where Blue Hills, Hartford ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of neighborhoods
- Tree shadeBetter than 89% of neighborhoods
- QuietBetter than 85% of neighborhoods
- Cell coverageBetter than 84% of neighborhoods
- Internet speedBetter than 81% of neighborhoods
Where Blue Hills, Hartford ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of neighborhoods
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 6% of neighborhoods
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 7% of neighborhoods
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of neighborhoods
What it costs to buy a home in Blue Hills, Hartford
A household needs to earn about $59,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Blue Hills, Hartford home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $100,748, 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 Blue Hills, Hartford's effective rate of 2.08%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices, buying tends to cost more than renting for about the first 5 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Blue Hills, Hartford
Blue Hills, Hartford runs younger than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Blue Hills, Hartford.
Who works in Blue Hills, Hartford, and how
Work in Blue Hills, Hartford centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 67%
- Work from home 14%
- Transit, walk, or bike 19%
Life in Blue Hills, Hartford
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Blue Hills, Hartford, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Blue Hills, Hartford, month by month
Blue Hills, Hartford sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Blue Hills, Hartford
Bradley International sits about 10 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 Blue Hills, Hartford
Schools across Blue Hills, Hartford average a B−, better than 62% of neighborhoods.
Top elementary schools
- Stem Magnet At Annie Fisher SchoolC+ · 37% proficient
- Montessori Magnet At Fisher SchoolC · 33% proficient
- University Of Hartford Magnet SchoolD+ · 23% proficient
Top middle schools
- Renzulli Gifted And Talented AcademyA · 63% proficient
Top high schools
- University High School Of Science And EngineeringC+ · 38% proficient
- Weaver High SchoolF · 9% proficient
- Bulkeley High SchoolF · 9% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Blue Hills, Hartford school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Blue Hills, Hartford 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 Blue Hills, Hartford against the other 5,982 neighborhoods.
Common questions about living in Blue Hills, Hartford
Is Blue Hills, Hartford a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Blue Hills, Hartford ranks 2,866th of 5,983 neighborhoods. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and quiet, 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 Blue Hills, Hartford expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $193,701. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $100,748 median income, cost of living beats 74% of neighborhoods.
Is Blue Hills, Hartford safe?
Blue Hills, Hartford is safer than 45% of neighborhoods. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $362 per resident a year.
Compare Blue Hills, Hartford with other neighborhoods
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Blue Hills, Hartford. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Blue Hills, Hartford 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.
Blue Hills, Hartford detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Blue Hills, Hartford: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Blue Hills, Hartford: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Blue Hills, Hartford: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Blue Hills, Hartford: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Blue Hills, Hartford 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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