Best PlacesCannondale, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cannondale, 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.
Cannondale ranks 1,128th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and childcare costs are the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Cannondale
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.
Cannondale's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cannondale ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$175,899 median, better than 99% of towns
Where Cannondale ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,858 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cannondale
A household needs to earn about $339,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cannondale home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $175,899, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Cannondale's effective rate of 1.62%, 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 Cannondale
Cannondale runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cannondale.
Who works in Cannondale, and how
Work in Cannondale centers on education and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 62%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Cannondale
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cannondale, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cannondale, month by month
Cannondale sees roughly 68 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 31° | 21° |
| April | 63° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 86° | 75° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 55° | 43° |
Flying in and out of Cannondale
The nearest airport, Westchester County, is about 18 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 38 miles away.
The best schools in and around Cannondale
Schools across Cannondale average an A+, better than 98% of towns.
Top middle schools
- Middlebrook SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
Top high schools
- Wilton High SchoolA · 79% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cannondale school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cannondale 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 Cannondale against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cannondale
Is Cannondale a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cannondale ranks 1,128th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and population health, and lowest on childcare costs and an overheated housing market. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cannondale expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $1,165,240. The overall cost of living runs about 24% above the national average. Set against a $175,899 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Cannondale safe?
Cannondale is safer than 30% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $279 per resident a year.
Compare Cannondale with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cannondale. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cannondale 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.
Cannondale detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cannondale: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cannondale: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cannondale: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cannondale: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cannondale 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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