Best PlacesIvoryton, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Ivoryton, 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.
Ivoryton ranks 2,546th 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 Ivoryton
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.
Ivoryton's strengths and weaknesses
Where Ivoryton ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 94% of towns
Where Ivoryton 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 7% of towns
- Air qualityBetter than only 15% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 18% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Ivoryton
A household needs to earn about $121,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Ivoryton home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That runs well above the area's median income of $107,579, so buying stretches a typical household.
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 Ivoryton's effective rate of 1.08%, 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 Ivoryton
Ivoryton's age mix sits close to the national median.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Ivoryton.
Who works in Ivoryton, and how
Work in Ivoryton centers on manufacturing and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Ivoryton
The coast is about 10 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Ivoryton, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Ivoryton, month by month
Ivoryton sees roughly 81 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 Ivoryton
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 23 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 43 miles away.
The best schools in and around Ivoryton
Schools across Ivoryton average a B+, better than 80% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Deep River Elementary SchoolA · 70% proficient
- Essex Elementary SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Daisy Ingraham SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Westbrook Middle SchoolA · 63% proficient
- John Winthrop Middle SchoolB · 44% proficient
Top high schools
- Valley Regional High SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- Westbrook High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Ivoryton school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Ivoryton 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 Ivoryton against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Ivoryton
Is Ivoryton a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Ivoryton ranks 2,546th 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 Ivoryton expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $445,706. The overall cost of living runs about 2% above the national average. Set against a $107,579 median income, cost of living beats 85% of towns.
Is Ivoryton safe?
Yes, Ivoryton is safer than 94% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $127 per resident a year.
Compare Ivoryton with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Ivoryton. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Ivoryton 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.
Ivoryton detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Ivoryton: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Ivoryton: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Ivoryton: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Ivoryton: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Ivoryton 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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