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Westport #1 in 'Rating the Towns' Guide
Connecticut Magazine recently published its "Rating the Towns" guide, which measures the quality of life in towns with populations over 10,000 in five categories: education, economy, cost of living, crime and leisure/culture.
Westport is ranked #1 in Connecticut Magazine’s recently published “Rating the Towns” guide, in the “Population 25K-50K” category.
The annual ranking measures the quality of life in towns with populations over 10,000 in five categories: education, economy, cost of living, crime and leisure/culture. Towns are broken down into size categories for comparison purposes.
Westport ranked #1 in education, economy, and leisure in its size category, however it ranked #26 in cost of living and #5 in crime.
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Population 10K-15K
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Town
Education
Crime
Economy
Cost
Leisure
Total
1. Weston
1
1
1
20
9
32
2. Canton
3
2
5
18
5
33
3. Old Saybrook
5
7
2
19
1
34
4. Granby
4
4
8
13
7
36
5. New Fairfield
6
3
3
16
11
39
6. Orange
2
12
6
17
4
41
7. Clinton
13
10
7
12
2
44
8. Somers
7
8
9
14
8
46
9. Cromwell
9
13
11
11
6
50
10. East Hampton
8
6
15
8
15
52
11. North Branford
14
11
10
9
10
54
12. Oxford
12
5
4
15
18
54
13. Coventry
10
15
12
10
14
61
14. Straford
11
9
17
7
17
61
15. Windsor Locks
19
17
13
3
12
64
16. Derby
20
20
18
5
3
66
17. Griswold
16
14
16
2
20
68
18. Plymouth
15
16
19
4
16
70
19. East Windsor
18
19
14
6
13
70
20. Winchester
17
18
20
1
19
75
Population 15K-25K
Town
Education
Crime
Economy
Cost
Leisure
Total
1. Ridgefield
4
1
4
29
2
40
2. New Canaan
1
4
1
31
4
41
3. Avon
5
2
5
27
3
42
4. Wilton
2
3
3
30
5
43
5. Darien
3
6
2
32
1
44
6. Simsbury
6
7
10
23
6
52
7. Madison
7
13
6
28
7
61
8. Southbury
9.5
5
11
24
17
66.5
9. Stonington
21
9
9
20
8
67
10. East Lyme
9.5
17
13
18
10
67.5
11. Guilford
8
19
7
25
9
68
12. Tolland
14
11
18
12
13
68
13. Brookfield
12
10
8
26
18
74
14. Rocky Hill
18
12
16
17
14
77
15. Ellington
15
14
21
14
15
79
16. Bethel
16
8
15
21
21
81
17. Waterford
19
29
14
8
12
82
18. Monroe
11
15
12
22
24
84
19. Colchester
24
16
23
13
16
92
20. Ledyard
20
18
24
9
22
93
21. Suffield
13
24
19
19
20
95
22. Berlin
17
26
20
16
19
98
23. North Haven
22
25
17
15
23
102
24. Watertown
28
23
22
7
25
105
25. Bloomfield
32
32
29
4
11
108
26. Montville
27
22
25
3
31
108
27. Plainfield
29
20
31
2
28
110
28. Wolcott
23
21
26
11
32
113
29. Plainville
25
31
28
6
27
117
30. Killingly
30
30
30
1
26
117
31. Seymour
26
27
27
10
29
119
32. Ansonia
31
28
32
5
30
126
Population 25K-50K
Town
Education
Crime
Economy
Cost
Leisure
Total
1. Westport
1
5
1
26
1
34
2. Farmington
2
10
2
21
2
37
3. Glastonbury
3
3
4
23
5
38
4. Newtown
6
1
3
25
13
48
5. Cheshire
4
2
7
22
15
50
6. Wallingford
14
7
12
15
6
54
7. Mansfield
8
4
17
14
11
54
8. New milford
11
6
8
18
12
55
9. Trumbull
5
9
6
24
16
60
10. Branford
13
17.5
5
19
7
61.5
11. South Windsor
7
8
10
17
23
65
12. Wethersfield
9
14
16
13
14
66
13. Groton
17
20
14
12
4
67
14. Windsor
23
12
15
9
10
69
15. Southington
10
16
11
16
19
72
16. Newington
12
22
13
8
17
72
17. Middletown
19
21
19
11
3
73
18. Shelton
15
13
9
20
21
78
19. Norwich
21
25
24
1
8
79
20. Enfield
16
17.5
18
5
24
80.5
21. Vernon
18
15
21
7
22
83
22. Torrington
22
19
22
4
18
85
23. Naugatuck
20
11
23
6
26
86
24. New london
26
26
25
3
9
89
25. Windham
25
24
26
2
20
97
26. East Haven
24
23
20
10
25
102
Population 50K+
Town
Education
Crime
Economy
Cost
Leisure
Total
1. Greenwich
1
1
1
19
4
26
2. Fairfield
2
2
2
17
6
29
3. Stamford
6.5
6
3
18
3
36.5
4. W. Hartford
3
7
7
15
5
37
5. Danbury
10
3
5
13
8
39
6. Milford
4
5
6
14
14
43
7. Norwalk
8
11
4
16
7
46
8. Hamden
11
4
8
11
13
47
9. Manchester
9
8
10
9
11
47
10. Stratford
6.5
9
9
12
16
52.5
11. Bristol
5
10
11
10
17
53
12. Meriden
13
12
13
5
15
58
13. New Haven
15
19
17
6
1
58
14. Waterbury
16
15
18
1
10
60
15. Hartford
18
18
19
4
2
61
16. Bridgeport
19
17
15
2
9
62
17. West Haven
12
13
12
8
18
63
18. New Britain
17
16
16
3
12
64
19. E. Hartford
14
14
14
7
19
68