Best PlacesSimsbury Center, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Simsbury Center, 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.
Simsbury Center ranks 243rd 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 Simsbury Center
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.
Simsbury Center's strengths and weaknesses
Where Simsbury Center ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of towns
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 99% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 99% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 98% of towns
- Low vacancyBetter than 98% of towns
Where Simsbury Center ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 57 pleasant days a year, better 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
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Simsbury Center
A household needs to earn about $124,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Simsbury Center home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $158,210, 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 Simsbury Center's effective rate of 1.91%, 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 8 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Simsbury Center
Simsbury Center runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Simsbury Center.
Who works in Simsbury Center, and how
Work in Simsbury Center centers on finance & insurance and education. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 63%
- Work from home 28%
- Transit, walk, or bike 10%
Life in Simsbury Center
Simsbury Center has more restaurants and bars per resident than 90% of towns and more parkland per resident than 92% of towns. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Simsbury Center and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Simsbury Center, month by month
Simsbury Center sees roughly 57 pleasant days a year. July highs average about 89 degrees. January highs sit near 41, with lows near 20. The comfortable stretch runs May, June, and August through October.
Show the monthly temperatures
| Month | Avg high | Avg | Avg low |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 41° | 30° | 20° |
| April | 64° | 50° | 38° |
| July | 89° | 76° | 64° |
| October | 69° | 55° | 44° |
Flying in and out of Simsbury Center
Bradley International sits about 8 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 Simsbury Center
Schools across Simsbury Center average an A, better than 96% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Central SchoolA · 71% proficient
- Squadron Line SchoolA · 69% proficient
- Tariffville SchoolA− · 57% proficient
Top middle schools
- Henry James Memorial SchoolA+ · 71% proficient
Top high schools
- Simsbury High SchoolA · 75% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Simsbury Center school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Simsbury Center 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 Simsbury Center against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Simsbury Center
Is Simsbury Center a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Simsbury Center ranks 243rd of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, what local pay buys, and health care access, and lowest on property taxes and the weather. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Simsbury Center expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $413,145. The overall cost of living runs about 3% below the national average. Set against a $158,210 median income, cost of living beats 99% of towns.
Is Simsbury Center safe?
Yes, Simsbury Center is safer than 71% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $198 per resident a year.
Compare Simsbury Center with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Simsbury Center. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Simsbury Center 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.
Simsbury Center detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Simsbury Center: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Simsbury Center: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Simsbury Center: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Simsbury Center: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Simsbury Center 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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