Living in Woodmont, CT
Woodmont is a small town of 1,661 people in South Central Connecticut Planning Region, Connecticut. It's about 7 miles from New Haven, CT and 41 miles from Hartford, CT, the nearest major city. Summer highs average 83°F and winter highs 38°F, with about 36 inches of snow a year. The typical home is valued around $468k and rent runs about $2k a month.
1,661people
$468kTypical home
$1,877/moRent
83° / 38°Summer / winter
36"Snow
238Sunny days
121Rain/snow days
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Size & setting
- Small town of 1,661
- Part of a metro area
- About 6,040 people per sq mi
- 41 mi to Hartford, CT
- 7 mi to New Haven, CT
- 4 mi to the nearest town of 10k+
Money
- Typical home $468k (≈$2,951/mo)
- Median rent $1,877/mo
- Median household income $91k
- Property tax about 1.7% of value
- 4.0% unemployment
Weather
- Summer highs around 83°F
- Winter highs around 38°F
- Muggy summers (dew point 64°F)
- 238 sunny days a year (76 totally clear)
- 127 cloudy days a year
- 37 of 90 winter days are gray
- 121 days a year with rain or snow
- 36" of snow a year
- 10 days a year with 1"+ of snow
- Rarely hits 100°F
- 7 nights a year below 10°F
- Breezy
Safety
- Low violent crime (200 per 100k), county-wide
- Above-average property crime (2,234 per 100k), county-wide
People
- Median age 53
- 20% of households have kids
- 28% are 65 or older
- 54% have a college degree
- Not very diverse
- 5% of residents are college students
Getting around & homes
- Average commute 28 min
- 5% walk or take transit to work
- 6 mi to HVN airport
- 52 mi to BDL (major hub)
- 6 mi to the nearest Amtrak station
- 76% single-family homes
- Typical home built around 1938
- 95% of homes have broadband
Outdoors
- Gently rolling terrain
- Elevation 3 ft
- Right on the coast
- 176 mi to a big lake
- 4 mi to the nearest trailhead
- 23 mi to the nearest ski area
- 7 mi to the nearest campground
- 78 golf courses within 25 mi
Things to do
- 1,549 sit-down restaurants within 25 mi
- 80 bars within 25 mi
- 519 coffee shops within 25 mi
- 8 music venues & clubs within 25 mi
- 73 museums within 25 mi
- 25 breweries & distilleries within 25 mi
- 6 mi to the nearest farmers market
Everyday
- Schools in the bottom 40% of Connecticut districts (reading)
- Grocery store in town
- 4 mi to the nearest ER hospital
- 9 mi to a 4–5★ hospital
- 3 mi to the nearest vet
- 2 mi to the nearest dog park
- 4 congregations per 10k people
- 5 mi to the nearest college
Politics
- South Central Connecticut Planning Region: D+20 in 2024
- Connecticut: D+14 in 2024
Natural hazards
- High hurricane risk
- Moderate tornado risk
- Very low wildfire risk
- Very low earthquake risk
- High flood risk
- Very low drought risk
- Moderate winter storm risk
- Low heat wave risk
- Very low volcano risk