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This report is designed to correspond with DataHaven’s Town Equity Reports. The DataHaven Town Equity Reports, available for each of the 169 towns in Connecticut, disaggregate data from the 2020 Census, American Community Survey microdata files, DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey record-level files, and federal and state agencies to create relevant town-level information that is not available from any other source. These innovative and user-friendly reports are widely used to inform local- and state-level efforts to improve community well-being and racial equity throughout Connecticut. Reports for regions such as counties are based on DataHaven’s analysis of data for each of the towns that comprise each region, or on parallel county-level statistics, depending on the data source used.

The 2023 editions of the regional (including county, COG and DMHAS region) and town reports represent version 2.0. Please see our Community Index reports and our statewide health equity report for a more thorough narrative discussion of the issues covered in these reports.

The document linked below is an Excel file created by DataHaven with DataHaven Community Index Score components and overall scores for all Connecticut towns. It corresponds to DataHaven’s 2023 Community Wellbeing Index publications.

The methodology used is described in the Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index 2023, Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2023, and Greater New Haven Community Wellbeing Index 2023 reports. As with most Connecticut data, the 169 Connecticut towns are defined geographically by the Census Bureau as county subdivisions.

Note: Town-level data are also analyzed and graphed within the DataHaven Town Equity Reports, which are available for all 169 towns in the state. DataHaven has also published neighborhood-level analyses of data on this site. This file was compiled using R statistical software scripts to ensure accuracy and reproducibility. If you are using information from this file, please cite the source as “DataHaven Community Index Scores from 2023 reports with data for 169 CT towns, Excel file published March 21, 2021, available at ctdatahaven.org.” Alternatively, you may cite our Community Wellbeing Index reports if citing information about the towns that are listed in those reports.

The Fairfield County Community Wellbeing Index report document may be downloaded by clicking on the Document link below. Please see the main report page for details (on the main report page, you may also download the report using the blue button).

Web-optimized version posted 3/13/2023. 

2023 document notes, clarifications, and errata

1. In the 2023 report’s Education and Youth chapter, suspension rates are described as suspensions per 1,000 students. To clarify, this indicator is actually based on the number of students suspended at least once per 1,000 students. If a student has more than one suspension in a year, they only count towards this rate once.

Published by Urban Institute, this report was the collective effort of a study team formed from seven different organizations: The Urban Institute, DataHaven, Source Development Hub, Corporation for Supportive Housing, Supportive Housing Works, and Fairfield County’s Center for Housing Opportunity. It was authored by Christie Stewart (FCCHO), Peter A. Tatian (Urban), Lydia Lo (Urban), Kelly Davila (DataHaven), and Fay Walker (Urban) and released on February 4, 2021. See the main report page for more information.