Best PlacesGlastonbury Center, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Glastonbury Center, 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.
Glastonbury Center ranks 596th of 50,333 U.S. towns 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 Glastonbury Center
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.
Glastonbury Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Glastonbury Center ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- BikingBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Glastonbury Center ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,463 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Glastonbury Center
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Glastonbury Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $143,707, 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 Glastonbury Center's effective rate of 2.09%, 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 10 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Glastonbury Center
Glastonbury Center runs older than the country, and households here run smaller than average.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Glastonbury Center.
Who works in Glastonbury Center, and how
Work in Glastonbury Center centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 76%
- Work from home 21%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Glastonbury Center
Glastonbury Center has more restaurants and bars per resident than 94% of towns and more parkland per resident than 96% of towns. The coast is about 38 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Glastonbury Center and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Glastonbury Center, month by month
Glastonbury Center 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 Glastonbury Center
Bradley International sits about 17 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 Glastonbury Center
Schools across Glastonbury Center average an A−, better than 92% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Hopewell SchoolA+ · 76% proficient
- Buttonball Lane SchoolA+ · 75% proficient
- Naubuc SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Smith Middle SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Gideon Welles SchoolA+ · 69% proficient
- Albert D. Griswold Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
Top high schools
- Glastonbury High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- Rocky Hill High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Pathways Academy Of Technology And DesignC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Glastonbury Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Glastonbury Center 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 Glastonbury Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Glastonbury Center
Is Glastonbury Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Glastonbury Center ranks 596th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, biking, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Glastonbury Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $394,005. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $143,707 median income, cost of living beats 98% of towns.
Is Glastonbury Center safe?
Glastonbury Center is safer than 48% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $273 per resident a year.
Compare Glastonbury Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Glastonbury Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Glastonbury Center 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.
Glastonbury Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Glastonbury Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Glastonbury Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Glastonbury Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Glastonbury Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Glastonbury Center 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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