Best PlacesHaddam, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Haddam, 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.
Haddam ranks 2,429th 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 Haddam
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.
Haddam's strengths and weaknesses
Where Haddam ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 95% of towns
- TransitBetter than 94% of towns
Where Haddam ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,583 a month, better than only 2% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 14% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Haddam
A household needs to earn about $103,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Haddam home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $119,966, 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 Haddam's effective rate of 1.36%, 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 9 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Haddam
Haddam runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Haddam.
Who works in Haddam, and how
Work in Haddam centers on health care & social and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 77%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Haddam
The coast is about 19 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Haddam, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Haddam, month by month
Haddam sees roughly 76 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 85 degrees. January highs sit near 40, with lows near 26. The comfortable stretch runs May through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 40° | 32° | 26° |
| April | 59° | 50° | 42° |
| July | 85° | 75° | 67° |
| October | 66° | 57° | 49° |
Flying in and out of Haddam
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 24 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 34 miles away.
The best schools in and around Haddam
Schools across Haddam average an A−, better than 85% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Burr District Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Chester Elementary SchoolA · 67% proficient
- East Haddam Elementary SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Haddam-killingworth Middle SchoolA− · 58% proficient
- Nathan Hale-ray Middle SchoolA− · 56% proficient
- John Winthrop Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Haddam-killingworth High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Valley Regional High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Nathan Hale-ray High SchoolB− · 45% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Haddam school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Haddam 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 Haddam against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Haddam
Is Haddam a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Haddam ranks 2,429th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and fast internet, and lowest on childcare costs and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Haddam expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $364,382. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $119,966 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Haddam safe?
Yes, Haddam is safer than 92% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $133 per resident a year.
Compare Haddam with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Haddam. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Haddam 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.
Haddam detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Haddam: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Haddam: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Haddam: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Haddam: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Haddam 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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