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Ranked · Buying a home · Connecticut

Best cities for buying a home in Connecticut

Cities of 25,000+ residents, scored with the “Buying a home” weighting the live tool uses, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index. Scores are relative to this set; open the tool to change the weights and re-rank.

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Top 10 · computed ranking

  1. 1.Naugatuck, CT32k residents

    72/100

    median home price: $259,100 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +3.7%

  2. 2.Waterbury, CT115k residents

    71/100

    median home price: $208,500 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +3.0%

  3. 3.Manchester, CT37k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $223,400 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +4.1%

  4. 4.Torrington, CT36k residents

    70/100

    median home price: $215,500 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +4.6%

  5. 5.East Hartford, CT51k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $229,700 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +4.6%

  6. 6.East Haven, CT28k residents

    69/100

    median home price: $294,200 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +3.3%

  7. 7.Meriden, CT61k residents

    67/100

    median home price: $241,200 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +4.6%

  8. 8.Hartford, CT121k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $228,600 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +3.6%

  9. 9.Newington, CT31k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $310,400 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +4.9%

  10. 10.New London, CT28k residents

    66/100

    median home price: $253,300 · property tax rate: 1.8% · home price yoy: +3.6%

Methodology: each city is scored 0–100 by min–max normalizing every weighted facet across this candidate set (direction-aware), identical math to the tool's “Best fit” tab. A different weighting produces a different order, which is the point: this is a starting shortlist, not a verdict.

Questions & answers
Which city is best for buying a home in Connecticut?
Naugatuck, CT ranks first with a fit score of 72/100, followed by Waterbury (71) and Manchester (70), using the "Buying a home" weighting.
How is this ranking calculated?
Each of the 10 candidate cities (25,000+ residents) is scored 0 to 100 by min-max normalizing the weighted facets, heaviest on median home price, property tax rate, home price yoy, cost of living index, across this set. Change the weights in the live tool and the order changes with them.