7 Best Places to Retire in Connecticut

2. New Haven

Score: 23

Median home price: $208,400

Cost of living index: 120.8

Average commute time: 24.07

Crime rate: 42

Doctors per 100K: 460

With over 862,000 people living in New Haven, this county is the third most populated in the entire state. The total area of New Haven is 862 square miles, out of which some 30 percent is water. The land is pretty much flat as it nears the coast, but there are some low hills peppering the rest of the land. New Haven is home to the Stewart B. McKinney National Wildlife Refuge in part, so if you want to spend some time out in nature you can choose it or one of the many water bodies available.

Houses go for over $208,000 in this area of Connecticut, while the cost of living index, once more, passes the 120 mark. The crime rate in the area is 42, which isn’t too great, but it’s not terrible either.

New Haven has the highest number of physicians per 100,000 people, namely 460, so you should be able to find yourself a good doctor to take care of whatever needs you have.

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