![Quality of Life Report Card for 7 Greater Danbury Towns](http://townsquare.media/site/677/files/2018/01/Screen-Shot-2018-01-25-at-7.47.10-PM.jpg?w=630&h=294&zc=1&s=0&a=t&q=89&w=980&q=75)
Quality of Life Report Card for 7 Greater Danbury Towns
Which greater Danbury area town do you live in? How does it measure up? Let's find out!
Niche.com is a website that analyzes dozens of public data sets and conducts thousands of interviews in towns and cities throughout the United States. The information helps people decide where they might like to live based on their preferences such as cost of living, outdoor activities, safety, nightlife, diversity, housing costs, the quality of public and private schools, climate, and jobs.
I've compiled the data for the above factors and how they're rated on niche.com., and have come up with a 'Report Card' for Danbury and the greater Danbury area towns of Bethel, New Milford, Brookfield, New Fairfield, Newtown, and Ridgefield.
- 1
Bethel
Population - 19,240
Overall Grade - A
- Cost of Living - C
- Good for Families - A
- Housing - B-
- Nightlife - B+
- Public Schools - A-
- 2
Brookfield
Population - 16,904
Overall Grade - A
- Cost of Living - C
- Good For Families - A
- Housing - B
- Nightlife - B
- Public Schools - A
- 3
Danbury
Population - 83,476
Overall Grade - B+
- Cost Of Living - C
- Diversity - A
- Good For Families - B
- Housing - C
- Nightlife - A-
- Public Schools - B-
- 4
Newtown
Population - 28,012
Overall Grade - A+
- Cost Of Living - C
- Good For Families - A+
- Housing - B
- Nightlife - B+
- Public Schools - A+
- 5
New Fairfield
Population - 14,117
Overall Grade - A-
- Cost Of Living - C
- Good For Families - A-
- Housing - B-
- Nightlife - B+
- Public Schools - B+
- 6
New Milford
Population - 27,670
Overall Grade - B+
- Cost Of Living - C
- Good For Families - A-
- Housing - C+
- Nightlife - B+
- Public Schools - B+
- 7
Ridgefield
Population - 25,137
Overall Grade - A+
- Cost Of Living - C-
- Good For Families - A+
- Housing - B
- Nightlife - B
- Public Schools - A+
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