Best PlacesGranby, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Granby, 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.
Granby ranks 1,588th 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 Granby
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.
Granby's strengths and weaknesses
Where Granby ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 98% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 96% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 96% of towns
Where Granby ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 2% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 56 pleasant days a year, better than only 3% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,463 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Granby
A household needs to earn about $109,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Granby home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $129,332, 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 Granby's effective rate of 2.10%, 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 Granby
Granby runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Granby.
Who works in Granby, and how
Work in Granby centers on health care & social 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 27%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Granby
Granby has more restaurants and bars per resident than 79% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Granby and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Granby, month by month
Granby sees roughly 56 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Granby
Bradley International sits about 6 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 Granby
Schools across Granby average an A, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Squadron Line SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Wells Road Intermediate SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Tariffville SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Henry James Memorial SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
- Suffield Middle SchoolA · 66% proficient
- East Granby Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
Top high schools
- Simsbury High SchoolA · 75% proficient
- Granby Memorial High SchoolA · 72% proficient
- East Granby High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Granby school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Granby 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 Granby against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Granby
Is Granby a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Granby ranks 1,588th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and an educated workforce, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Granby expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $354,007. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $129,332 median income, cost of living beats 96% of towns.
Is Granby safe?
Yes, Granby is safer than 73% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $189 per resident a year.
Compare Granby with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Granby. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Granby 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.
Granby detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Granby: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Granby: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Granby: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Granby: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Granby 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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