Best PlacesWindsor, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Windsor, 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.
Windsor ranks 832nd of 2,098 U.S. cities on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and the weather ranks lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Windsor
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.
Windsor's strengths and weaknesses
Where Windsor ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 99% of cities
- Tree shadeBetter than 95% of cities
- Healthcare accessBetter than 81% of cities
- Internet speedBetter than 80% of cities
- Short commute21.4 minutes each way, better than 80% of cities
Where Windsor ranks low
- Nice weatherabout 55 pleasant days a year, better than only 2% of cities
- QuietBetter than only 6% of cities
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 9% of cities
- Cell coverageBetter than only 13% of cities
- WalkabilityBetter than only 13% of cities
What it costs to buy a home in Windsor
A household needs to earn about $89,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Windsor home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is below the area's own median income of $108,068, 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 Windsor's effective rate of 1.53%, 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 6 years, then pulls ahead as rent keeps rising and the mortgage builds equity. The chart tracks the running cost of each.
Who lives in Windsor
Windsor runs older than the country.
Residents by age
Racial and ethnic makeup has its own map. See the race and diversity map for Windsor.
Who works in Windsor, and how
Work in Windsor centers on health care & social and retail trade. Unemployment is close to the national rate, and employment has held roughly flat.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 79%
- Work from home 16%
- Transit, walk, or bike 5%
Life in Windsor
Windsor has more restaurants and bars per resident than 68% of cities and more parkland per resident than 86% of cities. The coast is about 45 minutes away. Dining, parks, and nightlife concentrates in some parts of Windsor and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Windsor, month by month
Windsor sees roughly 55 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 Windsor
Bradley International sits about 6 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 Windsor
Schools across Windsor average a C+, better than 42% of cities.
Top elementary schools
- R. Dudley Seymour SchoolB+ · 53% proficient
- South Elementary SchoolC+ · 39% proficient
- Clover Street SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- East Granby Middle SchoolA · 64% proficient
- Windsor Locks Middle SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Sage Park Middle SchoolB− · 39% proficient
Top high schools
- East Granby High SchoolA− · 62% proficient
- Windsor High SchoolB · 47% proficient
- Windsor Locks High SchoolB− · 43% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Windsor school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Windsor 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 Windsor against the other 2,097 cities.
Who Windsor suits
Remote workers
Cost of living against local pay beats 75% of cities, internet is fast and widely advertised, and 16% already work from home.
Common questions about living in Windsor
Is Windsor a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Windsor ranks 832nd of 2,098 cities. It scores highest on civic engagement, tree cover, and health care access, and lowest on the weather and noise. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Windsor expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $310,082. The overall cost of living runs about 6% below the national average. Set against a $108,068 median income, cost of living beats 75% of cities.
Is Windsor safe?
Windsor is safer than 44% of cities. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $254 per resident a year.
What is the weather like in Windsor?
July highs average about 89 degrees, and January highs near 41 with lows near 20. That works out to about 55 pleasant days a year, more than 2% of cities.
Is Windsor good for families?
Schools beat 42% of cities, crime safety beats 44%, and childcare runs $1,463 a month.
Compare Windsor with other cities
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Windsor. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Windsor 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.
Windsor detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Windsor: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Windsor: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Windsor: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Windsor: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Windsor 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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