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Blue Hills is a small town of 1,676 people in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It's about 3 miles from Hartford, CT. Summer highs average 85°F and winter highs 36°F, with about 48 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $237k and rent runs about $1k a month.
1,676people
$237kTypical home
$1,089/moRent
85° / 36°Summer / winter
48"Snow
238Sunny days
129Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,676
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,437 people per sq mi
- 3 mi to Hartford, CT
- 3 mi to Hartford, CT
- 3 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $237k (≈$1,494/mo)
- Median rent $1,089/mo
- Median household income $64k
- Property tax about 1.5% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 85°F
- Winter highs around 36°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 61°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 129 days a year with rain or snow
- 48" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 15 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Low violent crime (238 per 100k), county-wide
- About average property crime (1,802 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 17% of households have kids
- 25% are 65 or older
- 21% have a college degree
- Mixed community
- 4% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 9 mi to BDL airport
- 9 mi to BDL (major hub)
- 3 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 81% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1955
- 86% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Hilly terrain
- Elevation 161 ft
- 35 mi to the ocean
- 137 mi to a big lake
- 6 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 14 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 85 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,433 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 76 bars within 25 mi
- 466 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 118 museums within 25 mi
- 32 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 3 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 16% of Connecticut districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 3 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- Vet in town
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- College in town
Politics
- Capitol Planning Region: D+22 in 2024
- Connecticut: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- High winter storm risk
- Moderate heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk
Some of this place's Census numbers are blended with county figures because its survey sample is small.