Best PlacesMansfield City, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Mansfield City, 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.
Mansfield City ranks 4,496th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Mansfield City
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.
Mansfield City's strengths and weaknesses
Where Mansfield City ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 97% of towns
Where Mansfield City ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 6% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 10% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Mansfield City
A household needs to earn about $97,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Mansfield City home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $111,635, 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 Mansfield City's effective rate of 1.71%, 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 7 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Mansfield City
Mansfield City 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 Mansfield City.
Who works in Mansfield City, and how
Work in Mansfield City centers on professional & technical and education. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 20%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Mansfield City
The coast is about 43 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Mansfield City, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Mansfield City, month by month
Mansfield City sees roughly 70 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 86 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 62° | 49° | 37° |
| July | 86° | 74° | 63° |
| October | 68° | 54° | 42° |
Flying in and out of Mansfield City
Bradley International sits about 27 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 Mansfield City
Schools across Mansfield City average an A−, better than 89% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Mansfield Elementary At VintonA− · 58% proficient
Top middle schools
- Mansfield Middle SchoolA · 65% proficient
Top high schools
- E. O. Smith High SchoolA− · 64% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Mansfield City school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Mansfield City 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 Mansfield City against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Mansfield City
Is Mansfield City a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Mansfield City ranks 4,496th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, an educated workforce, and few empty homes, and lowest on state finances and property taxes. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Mansfield City expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $330,028. The overall cost of living runs about 4% below the national average. Set against a $111,635 median income, cost of living beats 92% of towns.
Is Mansfield City safe?
Mansfield City is safer than 40% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $250 per resident a year.
Compare Mansfield City with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Mansfield City. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Mansfield City 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.
Mansfield City detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Mansfield City: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Mansfield City: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Mansfield City: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Mansfield City: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Mansfield City 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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