What is the #1 most educated cities in connecticut?

#	City	Population	Bachelor's+
1	Noank	1,617	61.4%
2	Southport	1,529	60.6%
3	Darien Downtown	1,329	60.0%
4	Poplar Plains	1,203	58.2%
5	Essex Village	2,722	56.6%
6	Westport Village	2,863	56.5%
7	Old Hill	3,078	56.4%
8	Weatogue	2,851	56.1%
9	Madison Center	1,818	56.0%
10	Mystic	4,441	54.9%
11	Tokeneke	2,466	54.5%
12	Lakes West	1,308	54.2%
13	Coleytown	3,479	53.3%
14	Glastonbury Center	7,860	52.6%
15	Ridgefield	7,103	52.6%
16	Compo	3,561	52.6%
17	Ridgebury	1,949	51.8%
18	Old Greenwich	6,904	51.3%
19	Simsbury Center	6,326	51.3%
20	Glenville	2,663	51.1%
21	New Canaan	7,032	50.3%
22	Noroton Heights	2,949	50.3%
23	Noroton	5,522	49.9%
24	Saugatuck	3,091	49.7%
25	West Simsbury	2,878	49.6%
26	Mill Plain	1,980	49.6%
27	Greenwich	14,528	49.5%
28	Woodmont	1,591	49.5%
29	Lakes East	1,295	49.0%
30	Woodbury Center	1,491	48.7%
31	Staples	6,985	48.5%
32	Riverside	9,216	48.5%
33	Litchfield	1,274	48.1%
34	Old Saybrook Center	2,063	47.6%
35	South Wilton	1,453	47.6%
36	Collinsville	4,001	47.4%
37	West Hartford	63,809	47.2%
38	Wilton Center	1,730	46.3%
39	Cheshire Village	6,049	46.3%
40	Cos Cob	7,354	45.6%
41	Tashua	3,436	45.5%
42	Greens Farms	3,022	45.2%
43	Salmon Brook	2,229	44.0%
44	Newtown	1,968	43.8%
45	Daniels Farm	5,995	43.6%
46	New Preston	1,121	43.5%
47	Pemberwick	3,455	43.1%
48	Higganum	1,549	42.2%
49	Guilford Center	2,272	41.7%
50	Stepney	3,489	41.5%
51	Lordship	3,613	41.5%
52	Heritage Village	4,517	41.2%
53	Orange	14,251	40.8%
54	Georgetown	1,751	40.4%
55	Sandy Hook	9,718	39.8%
56	Route 7 Gateway	1,032	39.6%
57	Wethersfield	27,180	39.4%
58	Niantic	3,302	39.3%
59	North Granby	1,510	38.4%
60	Oronoque	3,908	38.3%
61	Saybrook Manor	1,404	37.5%
62	Stamford	135,806	37.4%
63	Byram	5,011	37.3%
64	Deep River Center	2,636	37.0%
65	Milford city (balance)	50,749	36.9%
66	Trumbull Center	10,137	36.4%
67	Durham	3,508	35.3%
68	East Village	3,744	35.2%
69	North Haven	24,177	34.9%
70	South Coventry	1,509	34.2%
71	Long Hill	8,597	34.1%
72	Coventry Lake	2,358	34.1%
73	Broad Brook	3,550	33.7%
74	South Woodstock	1,294	33.6%
75	Branford Center	6,130	32.6%
76	Shelton	41,402	32.5%
77	Norwalk	91,375	32.4%
78	Westbrook Center	2,529	32.3%
79	Clinton	3,547	32.0%
80	Old Mystic	3,189	31.0%
81	Tariffville	1,607	31.0%
82	Crystal Lake	1,963	30.7%
83	Portland	5,970	30.6%
84	Newington	30,551	30.5%
85	Canton Valley	1,364	30.5%
86	Kensington	9,936	30.1%
87	Watertown	4,215	29.1%
88	Middletown	47,646	28.9%
89	Lake Pocotopaug	4,715	28.7%
90	Suffield Depot	1,947	28.1%
91	New Hartford Center	1,691	27.4%
92	Colchester	4,624	27.3%
93	Southwood Acres	8,154	27.3%
94	Gales Ferry	1,027	27.2%
95	Pawcatuck	5,475	26.8%
96	Bethel	11,606	26.7%
97	Northford	6,161	26.4%
98	Wallingford Center	18,107	26.4%
99	Chester Center	1,876	26.1%
100	Derby	12,359	26.1%
101	Plantsville	2,045	25.7%
102	Somers	2,081	25.4%
103	Northwest Harwinton	3,126	25.3%
104	Groton	9,343	25.3%
105	Bethlehem Village	2,275	25.1%
106	East Hampton	3,159	24.9%
107	Stratford Downtown	1,758	24.3%
108	Danbury	86,086	24.2%
109	New Haven	132,893	24.0%
110	Oakville	9,233	22.9%
111	Naugatuck	31,634	22.9%
112	Ball Pond	2,623	22.7%
113	Manchester	36,561	22.7%
114	Hazardville	6,482	22.6%
115	New Milford	7,632	22.2%
116	Bristol	61,129	21.7%
117	Moodus	1,815	21.5%
118	Thomaston	2,073	21.5%
119	Waterford	3,496	20.0%
120	Windsor Locks	12,555	19.8%
121	Winsted	7,074	19.5%
122	West Haven	55,147	18.9%
123	East Haven	27,729	18.8%
124	New London	27,199	18.6%
125	Torrington	35,481	18.1%
126	Sherwood Manor	5,781	17.5%
127	Ansonia	18,951	16.6%
128	Stafford Springs	4,801	16.4%
129	Norwich	39,992	15.9%
130	Meriden	60,418	15.5%
131	Bridgeport	148,012	15.5%
132	Oxoboxo River	2,912	15.4%
133	Thompsonville	7,473	15.3%
134	Canaan	1,297	15.1%
135	South Windham	1,391	14.5%
136	Terryville	5,112	14.2%
137	Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	8,590	13.8%
138	Baltic	1,266	13.5%
139	Putnam	7,120	12.9%
140	Quinebaug	1,163	12.9%
141	Willimantic	17,774	12.8%
142	Moosup	3,218	12.3%
143	East Hartford	50,798	12.2%
144	New Britain	73,301	12.1%
145	Hartford	119,970	11.5%
146	Waterbury	114,356	11.4%
147	Brooklyn	1,045	11.4%
148	Inglenook	1,162	11.3%
149	Danielson	4,185	10.2%
150	North Grosvenor Dale	1,097	10.0%
151	Rockville	6,657	9.9%
152	Wauregan	1,209	9.8%
153	Storrs	13,502	9.5%
154	Blue Hills	1,989	9.1%
155	Poquonock Bridge	1,108	7.7%
156	Plainfield Village	2,260	7.4%
157	East Brooklyn	2,008	7.4%
158	Jewett City	3,412	6.5%
159	Sacred Heart University	1,085	5.0%
160	Quinnipiac University	3,821	0.4%
161	Fairfield University	2,516	0.1%

Methodology

Cities in Connecticut are ranked by bachelor's+. Only cities with populations above 1,000 are included. Data sourced from U.S. Census Bureau ACS. Last updated 2026.

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the #1 most educated cities in connecticut?: Noank ranks #1 with 61.4% (bachelor's+).
What are the top 5 most educated cities in connecticut?: 1. Noank (61.4%), 2. Southport (60.6%), 3. Darien Downtown (60.0%), 4. Poplar Plains (58.2%), 5. Essex Village (56.6%)
How many cities in Connecticut are ranked?: This ranking includes 161 cities in Connecticut with available data.

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