IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Broad Brook, CT
Broad Brook is a small town of 3,609 people in Capitol Planning Region, Connecticut. It's about 12 miles from Hartford, CT. Summer highs average 84°F and winter highs 35°F, with about 49 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $347k and rent runs about $1k a month.
3,609people
$347kTypical home
$1,297/moRent
84° / 35°Summer / winter
49"Snow
238Sunny days
130Rain/snow days
Is Broad Brook right for you?
Take the 5-minute quiz and see your match — and how it stacks up against 34,000 other places.
Size & setting
- Small town of 3,609
- Part of a metro area
- About 609 people per sq mi
- 12 mi to Hartford, CT
- 12 mi to Hartford, CT
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $347k (≈$2,191/mo)
- Median rent $1,297/mo
- Median household income $98k
- Property tax about 1.6% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 84°F
- Winter highs around 35°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
- 130 days a year with rain or snow
- 49" of snow a year
- 12 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 17 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 42
- 27% of households have kids
- 20% are 65 or older
- 46% have a college degree
- Very diverse community
- 10% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 26 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 8 mi to BDL airport
- 8 mi to BDL (major hub)
- 4 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 63% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1981
- 83% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 177 ft
- 38 mi to the ocean
- 128 mi to a big lake
- 7 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 21 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 81 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,199 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 77 bars within 25 mi
- 405 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 4 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 103 museums within 25 mi
- 28 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 4 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 46% of Connecticut districts (reading)
- 3 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 10 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 10 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- Dog park in town
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
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