Best PlacesTorrington, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Torrington, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. Several measures below read low, and the ranked lists name which ones. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Torrington ranks 1,340th of 2,098 U.S. cities 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 Torrington
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.
Torrington's strengths and weaknesses
Where Torrington ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 98% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of cities
- Heat safetyBetter than 85% of cities
- Low income/sales/gas taxBetter than 78% of cities
Where Torrington ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 5% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 11% of cities
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 13% of cities
- Local economyBetter than only 20% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Torrington
A household needs to earn about $65,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Torrington home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $76,579, 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 Torrington's effective rate of 2.14%, 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 Torrington
Torrington 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 Torrington.
Who works in Torrington, and how
Work in Torrington centers on health care & social and manufacturing. Unemployment sits above the national rate, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 86%
- Work from home 9%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Torrington
Torrington has more restaurants and bars per resident than 81% of cities and more parkland per resident than 93% of cities. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Torrington and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Torrington, month by month
Torrington sees roughly 72 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 Torrington
Bradley International sits about 24 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 Torrington
Schools across Torrington average a C, better than 26% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Harwinton Consolidated SchoolA · 63% proficient
- Pearson SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Forbes SchoolC+ · 35% proficient
Top middle schools
- Northwestern Regional Middle SchoolB+ · 48% proficient
- Torrington Middle SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top high schools
- Northwestern Regional High SchoolA− · 65% proficient
- Oliver Wolcott Technical High SchoolC · 33% proficient
- Torrington High SchoolC · 33% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Torrington school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Torrington 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 Torrington against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Torrington suits
Families
Schools land around the 26th percentile and crime safety beats 77%.
Remote workers
Internet is fast and widely advertised and 9% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Torrington
Is Torrington a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Torrington ranks 1,340th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and fast internet, and lowest on property taxes and state finances. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Torrington expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $211,111. The overall cost of living runs about 8% below the national average. Set against a $76,579 median income, cost of living beats 37% of cities.
Is Torrington safe?
Yes, Torrington is safer than 77% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $184 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Torrington?
July highs average about 84 degrees, and January highs near 38 with lows near 21. That works out to about 72 pleasant days a year, more than 30% of cities.
Is Torrington good for families?
Schools beat 26% of cities, crime safety beats 77%, and childcare runs $1,407 a month.
Compare Torrington with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Torrington. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Torrington 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.
Torrington detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Torrington: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Torrington: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Torrington: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Torrington: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Torrington 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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