Best PlacesRocky Hill, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Rocky Hill, 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.
Rocky Hill ranks 2,130th 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 Rocky Hill
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.
Rocky Hill's strengths and weaknesses
Where Rocky Hill ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- TransitBetter than 98% of towns
- Health outlookBetter than 96% of towns
- BikingBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 94% of towns
Where Rocky Hill ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,463 a month, better than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of towns
- QuietBetter than only 7% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Rocky Hill
A household needs to earn about $96,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Rocky Hill home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $105,759, 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 Rocky Hill's effective rate of 1.84%, 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 Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill 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 Rocky Hill.
Who works in Rocky Hill, and how
Work in Rocky Hill centers on professional & technical and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 81%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Rocky Hill
Rocky Hill has more restaurants and bars per resident than 78% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. The coast is about 32 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Rocky Hill and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Rocky Hill, month by month
Rocky Hill sees roughly 59 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 88 degrees. January highs sit near 42, with lows near 23. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 42° | 32° | 23° |
| April | 63° | 51° | 39° |
| July | 88° | 77° | 66° |
| October | 69° | 56° | 45° |
Flying in and out of Rocky Hill
Bradley International sits about 20 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 Rocky Hill
Schools across Rocky Hill average an A−, better than 88% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Moser SchoolA− · 61% proficient
- West Hill SchoolA− · 60% proficient
- Woodside Intermediate SchoolA− · 56% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert D. Griswold Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Cromwell Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Rocky Hill High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Cromwell High SchoolA− · 60% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Rocky Hill school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Rocky Hill 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 Rocky Hill against the other 50,332 towns.
Who Rocky Hill suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 90% of towns, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Rocky Hill
Is Rocky Hill a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Rocky Hill ranks 2,130th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, transit, and population health, and lowest on property taxes and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Rocky Hill expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $321,980. The overall cost of living runs about 5% below the national average. Set against a $105,759 median income, cost of living beats 90% of towns.
Is Rocky Hill safe?
Yes, Rocky Hill is safer than 72% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $186 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Rocky Hill?
July highs average about 88 degrees, and January highs near 42 with lows near 23. That works out to about 59 pleasant days a year, more than 6% of towns.
Is Rocky Hill good for families?
Schools beat 88% of towns, crime safety beats 72%, and childcare runs $1,463 a month.
Compare Rocky Hill with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Rocky Hill. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Rocky Hill 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.
Rocky Hill detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Rocky Hill: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Rocky Hill: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Rocky Hill: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Rocky Hill: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Rocky Hill 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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