Avon, Connecticut - Comparison (Hartford, West Hartford: apartment complexes, houses, to buy)
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I am originally from Stratford, CT. I am looking for a house closer to my job in Hartford. I am a Fairfield County girl at heart, so I am trying to find an area that is along the lines of that.
I've driven to Avon with my boyfriend, and we had fallen in love with it! It is absolutely gorgeous. It is the number one spot to live in Connecticut, and the school systems are amazing.
I was wondering if you can compare Avon to another area in Fairfield County? I've gotten mixed reviews. Some say it is the Greenwich of Hartford County, while others call it the Monroe of Hartford County.
Would you compare Avon to Greenwich? Fairfield? Monroe? Westport? Trumbull?
I am originally from Stratford, CT. I am looking for a house closer to my job in Hartford. I am a Fairfield County girl at heart, so I am trying to find an area that is along the lines of that.
I've driven to Avon with my boyfriend, and we had fallen in love with it! It is absolutely gorgeous. It is the number one spot to live in Connecticut, and the school systems are amazing.
I was wondering if you can compare Avon to another area in Fairfield County? I've gotten mixed reviews. Some say it is the Greenwich of Hartford County, while others call it the Monroe of Hartford County.
Would you compare Avon to Greenwich? Fairfield? Monroe? Westport? Trumbull?
What happened to Hebron?
Only Monroe and Trumbull. They're quiet.
Greenwich and Fairfield are big CT cities. Rt 1, 95 development make Westport appear larger than it is, busy, traffic.
Demographically, Avon is most similar to Brookfield in median income, population and even aesthetics (semi rural suburb and fairly well kept). Avon, while beautiful and upscale, has nowhere near the uniformity in uber wealth common in Greenwich, Darien, Westport, etc. It’s quite a bit less wealthy than even Ridgefield.
Brookfield is a good comparison.
No way a Greenwich, or even Fairfield.
There's not much of a town center there.....
It's certainly nice and if it ticks your boxes that should be all that matters.
But since your asking Farmington, West Hartford, Simsbury, Glastonbury all nice too.
Avon is one of the top suburbs of Hartford. It is among the most affluent as well with many newer large expensive homes. It’s hard to compare it to the long time super wealthy towns of Fairfield County. To me it is not comparable to Greenwich, Fairfield, Darien or Westport. Those are older more dense towns with old line walkable town centers. I also don’t think it’s similar to Brookfield Trumbull or Monroe which are more middle class.
While Newtown and Ridgefield may be a possible comparisons, to me I would think Wilton is the best comparable. While income is a lot higher in Wilton, the cost of housing kind of offsets the income difference meaning that higher income is needed to buy a similar home. Wilton is a largely low density town like Avon. Both lack a large walkable town center. Most of their commercial and retail development is car oriented and is found along major state routes (Routes 7 or 44). Though Wilton is more mature, the homes in both towns tend to be larger (over 3,000 square feet) and on larger parcels of land (acre or more). Just like Avon, Wilton has a few newer apartment complexes. And the schools and activities are similar. For all that I’d go with Wilton when making s comparison. Jay
Avon is a very nice town. Definitely would not be considered a city. Affluent and blue collar residents alike. I'm not familiar with Fairfield County so I can't do a comparison for you but depending on where in Avon you visited you may have found multi-million dollar houses on Avon mountain or very down to earth ranches and capes in the valley. Avon does not have a very walkable center. Most retail is along very busy RT44. For a walkable center you would want to take a look at West Hartford. The only downside to Avon is having to go over Avon mountain in the winter to get to your work in Hartford.
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