Best PlacesMinortown, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Minortown, 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.
Minortown ranks 257th 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 Minortown
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.
Minortown's strengths and weaknesses
Where Minortown ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Household income$183,956 median, better than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 99% of towns
- Crime safetyBetter than 99% of towns
Where Minortown ranks low
- Cheap childcare$1,407 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 7% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 7% of towns
- Local economyBetter than only 15% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Minortown
A household needs to earn about $138,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Minortown home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $183,956, 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 Minortown's effective rate of 1.66%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Who lives in Minortown
Minortown runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Minortown.
Who works in Minortown, and how
Work in Minortown centers on retail trade and professional & technical. Unemployment is low, and the job base is shrinking.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 70%
- Work from home 29%
- Transit, walk, or bike 1%
Life in Minortown
The coast is about 42 minutes away. Distance to the water changes a lot across Minortown, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Minortown, month by month
Minortown sees roughly 74 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 84 degrees. January highs sit near 38, with lows near 21. The comfortable stretch runs May through September.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 38° | 30° | 21° |
| April | 60° | 48° | 38° |
| July | 84° | 73° | 63° |
| October | 66° | 54° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Minortown
The nearest airport, Tweed/New Haven, is about 27 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Minortown
Schools across Minortown average a B+, better than 75% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Fletcher W. Judson SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Mitchell Elementary SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodbury Middle SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Swift Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
Top high schools
- Nonnewaug High SchoolB · 50% proficient
- Watertown High SchoolC+ · 38% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Minortown school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Minortown 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 Minortown against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Minortown
Is Minortown a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Minortown ranks 257th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and high incomes, 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 Minortown expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $472,300. The overall cost of living runs about 3% above the national average. Set against a $183,956 median income, cost of living beats 100% of towns.
Is Minortown safe?
Yes, Minortown is safer than 99% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $97 per resident a year.
Compare Minortown with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Minortown. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Minortown 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.
Minortown detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Minortown: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Minortown: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Minortown: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Minortown: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Minortown 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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