Best PlacesWethersfield, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Wethersfield, scored on 40 measures of daily life and ranked to fit what matters to you. The coast is close, and the measures below put a number on how close. To work out which city fits you best, start with the best places to live tool.
Wethersfield ranks 224th 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 Wethersfield
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.
Wethersfield's strengths and weaknesses
Where Wethersfield ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 94% of cities
- Cost of living vs incomeBetter than 92% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 89% of cities
- TransitBetter than 87% of cities
Where Wethersfield ranks low
- Low property taxBetter than only 4% of cities
- Nice weatherabout 59 pleasant days a year, better than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cheap childcare$1,463 a month, better than only 19% of cities
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 33% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Wethersfield
A household needs to earn about $106,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Wethersfield home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $139,364, 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 Wethersfield's effective rate of 2.22%, and insurance is estimated at 0.4% of home value a year.
Renting versus buying
At today's prices and rents, renting stays cheaper than buying across the first 10 years here, so the case for buying rests on staying much longer or on prices rising faster than assumed. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Wethersfield
Wethersfield runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Wethersfield.
Who works in Wethersfield, and how
Work in Wethersfield centers on finance & insurance and health care & social. Unemployment is low, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 78%
- Work from home 18%
- Transit, walk, or bike 4%
Life in Wethersfield
Wethersfield has more restaurants and bars per resident than 69% of cities and more parkland per resident than 97% of cities. The coast is about 35 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Wethersfield and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Wethersfield, month by month
Wethersfield 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 Wethersfield
Bradley International sits about 16 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 Wethersfield
Schools across Wethersfield average a B+, better than 72% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- Naubuc SchoolA− · 57% proficient
- Highcrest SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
- Alfred W. Hanmer SchoolB+ · 55% proficient
Top middle schools
- Albert D. Griswold Middle SchoolA · 60% proficient
- Silas Deane Middle SchoolA− · 55% proficient
Top high schools
- Rocky Hill High SchoolA · 68% proficient
- Wethersfield High SchoolB+ · 52% proficient
- Pathways Academy Of Technology And DesignC− · 28% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Wethersfield school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Wethersfield 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 Wethersfield against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Wethersfield suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 92% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 18% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Wethersfield
Is Wethersfield a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Wethersfield ranks 224th of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on civic engagement, health care access, and what local pay buys, 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 Wethersfield expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $340,294. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $139,364 median income, cost of living beats 92% of cities.
Is Wethersfield safe?
Wethersfield is safer than 54% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $238 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Wethersfield?
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 cities.
Is Wethersfield good for families?
Schools beat 72% of cities, crime safety beats 54%, and childcare runs $1,463 a month.
Compare Wethersfield with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Wethersfield. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Wethersfield 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.
Wethersfield detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Wethersfield: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Wethersfield: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Wethersfield: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Wethersfield: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Wethersfield 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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