Best PlacesStaffordville, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Staffordville, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. This page is for people who live here or already know they want to. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Staffordville ranks 13,116th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and an overheated housing market is the weak spot.
The best neighborhoods in Staffordville
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.
Staffordville's strengths and weaknesses
Where Staffordville ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Tree shadeBetter than 94% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 93% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 92% of towns
Where Staffordville ranks low
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 5% of towns
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 8% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Nice weatherabout 66 pleasant days a year, better than only 17% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Staffordville
A household needs to earn about $85,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Staffordville home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $93,140, 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 Staffordville's effective rate of 1.59%, 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 Staffordville
Staffordville runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Staffordville.
Who works in Staffordville, and how
Work in Staffordville centers on manufacturing and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 11%
- Transit, walk, or bike 3%
Life in Staffordville
The map and measures below break down dining, culture, and green space by neighborhood across Staffordville.
What the weather is like in Staffordville, month by month
Staffordville sees roughly 66 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 Staffordville
Bradley International sits about 23 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 Staffordville
Schools across Staffordville average a B, better than 69% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Stafford Elementary SchoolB+ · 51% proficient
- Union SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Wales ElementaryB · 45% proficient
Top middle schools
- Stafford Middle SchoolC+ · 36% proficient
Top high schools
- Stafford High SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Staffordville school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Staffordville 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 Staffordville against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Staffordville
Is Staffordville a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Staffordville ranks 13,116th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on an overheated housing market and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Staffordville expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $292,423. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $93,140 median income, cost of living beats 77% of towns.
Is Staffordville safe?
Yes, Staffordville is safer than 61% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $204 per resident a year.
Compare Staffordville with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Staffordville. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Staffordville 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.
Staffordville detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Staffordville: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Staffordville: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Staffordville: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Staffordville: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Staffordville 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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