Best PlacesDayville, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Dayville, 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.
Dayville ranks 16,380th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on fast internet by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Dayville
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.
Dayville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Dayville ranks high
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Voter turnoutBetter than 96% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- TransitBetter than 90% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 85% of towns
Where Dayville ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 14% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Dayville
A household needs to earn about $86,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Dayville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $90,470, 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 Dayville's effective rate of 1.34%, 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 Dayville
Dayville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Dayville.
Who works in Dayville, and how
Work in Dayville centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment runs well above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 82%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Dayville
Dayville has more restaurants and bars per resident than 86% of towns and more parkland per resident than 93% of towns. The coast is about 46 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Dayville and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Dayville, month by month
Dayville 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 Dayville
The nearest airport, Rhode Island Tf Green International, is about 25 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 42 miles away.
The best schools in and around Dayville
Schools across Dayville average a C+, better than 48% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pomfret Community SchoolA · 62% proficient
- West Glocester ElementaryB · 50% proficient
- Capt. Isaac Paine El. SchoolB · 50% proficient
Top middle schools
- Killingly Intermediate SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
- Putnam Middle SchoolD+ · 26% proficient
Top high schools
- Putnam High SchoolC+ · 40% 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 Dayville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Dayville 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 Dayville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Dayville
Is Dayville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Dayville ranks 16,380th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on fast internet, civic engagement, and big-city access, 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 Dayville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $305,671. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $90,470 median income, cost of living beats 72% of towns.
Is Dayville safe?
Yes, Dayville is safer than 64% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Dayville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Dayville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Dayville 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.
Dayville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Dayville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Dayville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Dayville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Dayville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Dayville 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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