Best PlacesCobalt, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Cobalt, 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.
Cobalt ranks 2,136th 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 Cobalt
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.
Cobalt's strengths and weaknesses
Where Cobalt ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 96% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Household income$132,080 median, better than 95% of towns
Where Cobalt ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,583 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- BikingBetter than only 3% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 3% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Cobalt
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Cobalt home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $132,080, 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 Cobalt's effective rate of 1.95%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Cobalt
Cobalt runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Cobalt.
Who works in Cobalt, and how
Work in Cobalt centers on professional & technical 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 81%
- Work from home 17%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Cobalt
The coast is about 41 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Cobalt, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Cobalt, month by month
Cobalt sees roughly 64 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 Cobalt
Bradley International sits about 25 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 Cobalt
Schools across Cobalt average an A−, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Memorial SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Top middle schools
- Brownstone Intermediate SchoolA− · 53% proficient
- East Hampton Middle SchoolB+ · 50% proficient
Top high schools
- Portland High SchoolA− · 63% proficient
- East Hampton High SchoolB · 48% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Cobalt school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Cobalt 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 Cobalt against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Cobalt
Is Cobalt a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Cobalt ranks 2,136th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on childcare costs and biking. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Cobalt expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $400,514. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $132,080 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Cobalt safe?
Yes, Cobalt is safer than 90% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $137 per resident a year.
Compare Cobalt with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Cobalt. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Cobalt 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.
Cobalt detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Cobalt: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Cobalt: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Cobalt: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Cobalt: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Cobalt 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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