Best PlacesWoodstock, CT Best Neighborhoods
2026–2027 edition · Data updated July 2026
Every neighborhood in and around Woodstock, 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.
Woodstock ranks 2,914th of 50,333 U.S. towns on the BestNeighborhood index. It scores highest on civic engagement by a wide margin, and state finances rank lowest.
The best neighborhoods in Woodstock
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.
Woodstock's strengths and weaknesses
Where Woodstock ranks high
- Voter turnoutBetter than 98% of towns
- Internet speedBetter than 96% of towns
- Healthcare accessBetter than 95% of towns
- Educational attainmentBetter than 95% of towns
- Big-city accessBetter than 93% of towns
Where Woodstock ranks low
- State fiscal healthBetter than only 6% of towns
- Cheap childcare$1,310 a month, better than only 9% of towns
- Low property taxBetter than only 16% of towns
- Cheap car insuranceBetter than only 19% of towns
- Housing crash safetyBetter than only 25% of towns
What it costs to buy a home in Woodstock
A household needs to earn about $118,000 a year to comfortably buy the median Woodstock home, at 20% down and today's 30-year rate. That is only a little above the area's median income of $116,340; the gap is small, which keeps homes within reach of local pay.
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 Woodstock's effective rate of 1.31%, 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 Woodstock
Woodstock 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 Woodstock.
Who works in Woodstock, and how
Work in Woodstock centers on education and manufacturing. Unemployment is low, and jobs are growing.
Largest industries
How people get to work
- Drive or carpool 85%
- Work from home 13%
- Transit, walk, or bike 2%
Life in Woodstock
Woodstock has more restaurants and bars per resident than 95% of towns. That concentrates in some parts of Woodstock and thins out in others, which the map shows.
What the weather is like in Woodstock, month by month
Woodstock sees roughly 71 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 Woodstock
The nearest airport, Worcester Regional, is about 22 miles away and is a small airport. The nearest major hub is Bradley International, about 35 miles away.
The best schools in and around Woodstock
Schools across Woodstock average a B, better than 68% of towns.
Top elementary schools
- Pomfret Community SchoolA · 62% proficient
- Woodstock Elementary SchoolB · 45% proficient
- Mary R. Fisher Elementary SchoolC · 33% proficient
Top middle schools
- Woodstock Middle SchoolB · 46% proficient
- Thompson Middle SchoolC · 32% proficient
Top high schools
- Shepherd Hill Regional HighA− · 60% proficient
- The Woodstock AcademyB+ · 53% proficient
- Putnam High SchoolC+ · 40% proficient
Grades come from K-12 test scores, with scores projected for schools missing data. See every Woodstock school and its grade on SchoolGrade.
Woodstock 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 Woodstock against the other 50,332 towns.
Common questions about living in Woodstock
Is Woodstock a good place to live?
Using BestNeighborhood's default rankings, Woodstock ranks 2,914th of 50,333 towns. It scores highest on civic engagement, fast internet, and health care access, and lowest on state finances and childcare costs. How good it is for you depends on which of those you weight most, which the map lets you set.
Is Woodstock expensive to live in?
The median home is worth $423,396. The overall cost of living runs about 2% below the national average. Set against a $116,340 median income, cost of living beats 93% of towns.
Is Woodstock safe?
Yes, Woodstock is safer than 82% of towns. Safety varies a lot by neighborhood. Crime costs an estimated $167 per resident a year.
Compare Woodstock with other towns
Sources and methodology
Every measure on this page is scored for each neighborhood, then rolled up to Woodstock. Scores are absolute rather than ranked, which means a 60 in Woodstock 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.
Woodstock detail on BestNeighborhood maps:
- Walk Grade for Woodstock: walkability, transit, and biking, measured on the real street network rather than by straight line distance.
- Noise in Woodstock: road, rail, and aviation sound modeling calibrated against federal ground truth measurements.
- Conservative vs liberal map of Woodstock: precinct level election results apportioned to neighborhoods.
- Mobile and cell coverage in Woodstock: carrier by carrier coverage behind the cell score.
Woodstock 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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