Best PlacesEaston, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Easton, 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.
Easton ranks 657th 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 Easton
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.
Easton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Easton ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$220,134 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 99% of towns
Where Easton ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,858 a month, better than only 1% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 12% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Easton
A household needs to earn about $235,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Easton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $220,134; 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 Easton's effective rate of 1.86%, 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 Easton
Easton runs older 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 Easton.
Who works in Easton, and how
Work in Easton centers on professional & technical and finance & insurance. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 9%
Life in Easton
The coast is about 15 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Easton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Easton, month by month
Easton sees roughly 69 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 87 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° | 41° |
| July | 87° | 77° | 68° |
| October | 69° | 59° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Easton
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 21 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Laguardia, about 45 miles away.
The best schools in and around Easton
Schools across Easton average an A, better than 94% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Weston Intermediate SchoolA+ · 74% proficient
- Samuel Staples Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Burr Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
Top middle schools
- John Read Middle SchoolA+ · 70% proficient
- Helen Keller Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Weston Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
Top high schools
- Weston High SchoolA+ · 82% proficient
- Joel Barlow High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Fairfield Warde High SchoolA− · 61% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Easton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Easton 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 Easton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Easton
Is Easton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Easton ranks 657th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, and lowest on childcare costs and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Easton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $786,733. The overall cost of living runs about 19% above the national average. Set against a $220,134 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Easton safe?
Yes, Easton is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
Compare Easton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Easton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Easton 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.
Easton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Easton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Easton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Easton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Easton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Easton 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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