| Name | Education | Economy | Cost
of Living |
Crime | Leisure/
Culture |
Overall/
Total |
| 1. New Canaan | 4.0 | 2.0 | 41.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 | 50.0 |
| 2. Avon | 5.0 | 1.0 | 37.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 52.0 |
| 3. Wilton | 1.0 | 5.0 | 40.0 | 3.0 | 5.0 | 54.0 |
| 4. Madison | 3.0 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 59.0 |
| 5. Darien | 2.0 | 6.0 | 39.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 68.0 |
| 6. Mansfield | 7.0 | 8.0 | 24.0 | 29.0 | 6.0 | 74.0 |
| *7. Brookfield | 15.0 | 12.0 | 28.0 | 12.0 | 10.0 | 77.0 |
| *7. Southbury | 6.0 | 9.0 | 35.0 | 20.0 | 7.0 | 77.0 |
| 9. New Fairfield | 13.0 | 14.0 | 23.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | 78.0 |
| *10. East Lyme | 9.0 | 22.0 | 17.0 | 22.0 | 9.0 | 79.0 |
| *10. Rocky Hill | 16.0 | 11.0 | 18.0 | 21.0 | 13.0 | 79.0 |
| *12. Bethel | 12.0 | 15.0 | 27.0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 81.0 |
| *12. Tolland | 11.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 26.0 | 25.0 | 81.0 |
| 14. Waterford | 18.0 | 17.0 | 9.0 | 34.0 | 4.0 | 82.0 |
| *15. Coventry | 29.0 | 20.0 | 6.0 | 9.0 | 20.0 | 84.0 |
| *15. Suffield | 10.0 | 18.0 | 31.0 | 2.0 | 23.0 | 84.0 |
| 17. Cromwell | 21.0 | 25.5 | 10.0 | 17.0 | 17.0 | 90.5 |
| *18. East Hampton | 14.0 | 31.0 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 32.0 | 94.0 |
| *18. Stonington | 23.0 | 16.0 | 29.0 | 10.0 | 16.0 | 94.0 |
| 20. Monroe | 22.0 | 7.0 | 33.0 | 6.0 | 31.0 | 99.0 |
| 21. Ellington | 17.0 | 10.0 | 22.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 102.0 |
| 22. Clinton | 25.0 | 24.0 | 25.5 | 16.0 | 14.0 | 104.5 |
| 23. Ledyard | 26.0 | 19.0 | 20.5 | 30.0 | 12.0 | 107.5 |
| 24. Winchester | 34.0 | 33.0 | 4.0 | 14.0 | 29.0 | 114.0 |
| 25. Orange | 8.0 | 21.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 15.0 | 115.0 |
| 26. Berlin | 19.0 | 25.5 | 34.0 | 18.0 | 19.0 | 115.5 |
| 27. Windsor Locks | 33.0 | 29.0 | 5.0 | 24.0 | 26.0 | 117.0 |
| 28. North Branford | 28.0 | 23.0 | 30.0 | 15.0 | 27.0 | 123.0 |
| 29. Plainville | 24.0 | 34.0 | 13.0 | 33.0 | 24.0 | 128.0 |
| 30. Wolcott | 31.0 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 36.0 | 38.0 | 131.0 |
| 31. Montville | 20.0 | 36.0 | 15.0 | 28.0 | 33.0 | 132.0 |
| 32. Bloomfield | 36.0 | 27.0 | 20.5 | 40.0 | 11.0 | 134.5 |
| 33. Plainfield | 40.0 | 39.0 | 2.0 | 19.0 | 40.0 | 140.0 |
| 34. Stafford | 35.0 | 32.0 | 7.0 | 37.0 | 34.0 | 145.0 |
| 35. Colchester | 27.0 | 28.0 | 32.0 | 25.0 | 35.0 | 147.0 |
| Name | Education | Economy | Cost
of Living |
Crime | Leisure/
Culture |
Overall
/Total |
| *36. Derby | 41.0 | 38.0 | 11.0 | 41.0 | 18.0 | 149.0 |
| *36. Killingly | 32.0 | 41.0 | 1.0 | 39.0 | 36.0 | 149.0 |
| 38. Seymour | 30.0 | 30.0 | 25.5 | 27.0 | 37.0 | 149.5 |
| 39. Plymouth | 37.0 | 35.0 | 8.0 | 31.0 | 39.0 | 150.0 |
| 40. Griswold | 39.0 | 37.0 | 3.0 | 32.0 | 41.0 | 152.0 |
| 41. Ansonia | 38.0 | 40.0 | 19.0 | 38.0 | 28.0 | 163.0 |
This chart represents the 41 Connecticut cities that have populations of 10,000 to 20,000. The comparisons are made only with other towns in this group; thus the best possible score in any category is 1 and the worst is 41. In several categories, ties have resulted in fractional scores. Remember, Low scores are good, high scores are bad.