IntelliMoveTake the quiz →Living in Gales Ferry, CT
Gales Ferry is a small town of 1,141 people in Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It's about 9 miles from Norwich, CT and 39 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 81°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 26 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $335k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,141people
$335kTypical home
$2,201/moRent
81° / 38°Summer / winter
26"Snow
238Sunny days
123Rain/snow days
Is Gales Ferry 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 1,141
- Part of a metro area
- About 1,182 people per sq mi
- 39 mi to Hartford, CT
- 9 mi to Norwich, CT
- 6 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $335k (≈$2,113/mo)
- Median rent $2,201/mo
- Median household income $84k
- Property tax about 1.9% of value
- 6.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 81°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Somewhat humid summers (dew point 62°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 123 days a year with rain or snow
- 26" of snow a year
- 8 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 9 nights a year below 10°F
- Usually calm
Safety
- Very low violent crime (121 per 100k), county-wide
- Low property crime (904 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 41
- 35% of households have kids
- 17% are 65 or older
- 41% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 3% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 19 min
- 1% walk or take transit to work
- 15 mi to WST airport
- 40 mi to PVD (major hub)
- 5 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 89% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1969
- 97% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 49 ft
- 5 mi to the ocean
- 149 mi to a big lake
- 19 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 29 mi to the nearest ski area
- 6 mi to the nearest campground
- 38 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 470 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 20 bars within 25 mi
- 112 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 2 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 72 museums within 25 mi
- 20 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 21 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 25% of Connecticut districts (reading)
- 2 mi to the nearest grocery store
- 5 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 5 mi to the nearest vet
- 4 mi to the nearest dog park
- 5 congregations per 10k people
- 3 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- Southeastern Connecticut Planning Region: D+13 in 2024
- Connecticut: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Low tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- Moderate flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low 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.