Commentary & Analysis

Connecticut Towns

2002 Percent of Developed Land by Town

Salisbury 7.6% North Canaan 9.7% Norfolk 5.3% Colebrook 5.1% Hartland 5.9% Granby 9.3% Suffield 9.8% Enfield 34.4% Somers 12.4% Stafford 9.0% Union 6.1% Woodstock 7.9% Thompson 11.2% Canaan 4.7% East Granby 14.1% Barkhamsted 7.6% Winchester 12.5% Eastford 6.8% Ashford 7.1% Willington 9.6% Ellington 11.5% Windsor Locks 55.1% East Windsor 17.5% Putnam 18.7% Tolland 13.1% Windsor 28.7% Sharon 5.9% Canton 12.7% Simsbury 19.3% Cornwall 5.5% Pomfret 6.9% Goshen 5.8% Killingly 15.5% Bloomfield 24.4% New Hartford 9.3% Torrington 23.0% Vernon 36.7% South Windsor 26.4% Coventry 11.3% Mansfield 14.1% Chaplin 7.6% Hampton 7.1% Brooklyn 9.7% Avon 22.3% Manchester 47.8% Burlington 10.8% Hartford 76.5% Bolton 17.5% West Hartford 50.6% East Hartford 60.9% Harwinton 8.7% Litchfield 9.4% Kent 5.6% Warren 5.8% Sterling 7.1% Farmington 25.9% Plainfield 14.1% Andover 8.8% Canterbury 6.5% Windham 20.6% Scotland 5.9% Glastonbury 18.9% Columbia 9.9% Hebron 10.8% Wethersfield 43.9% Newington 51.6% Bristol 44.8% Morris 9.1% New Britain 68.9% Lebanon 7.6% Plymouth 16.1% Washington 8.6% Thomaston 21.2% Plainville 44.5% Marlborough 13.6% Rocky Hill 33.1% New Milford 13.7% Watertown 20.6% Bethlehem 8.6% Sherman 9.5% Franklin 7.7% Sprague 10.6% Southington 29.9% Berlin 25.3% Lisbon 12.1% Voluntown 6.0% East Hampton 11.5% Griswold 12.9% Wolcott 21.1% Portland 14.0% Cromwell 31.2% Colchester 14.4% Waterbury 55.9% Woodbury 10.1% Norwich 34.9% Roxbury 6.2% Middletown 25.2% Bozrah 8.5% Meriden 45.5% Preston 9.6% Middlebury 18.7% Bridgewater 8.1% Cheshire 25.1% Middlefield 13.2% Salem 8.2% East Haddam 9.3% New Fairfield 17.1% Prospect 18.0% North Stonington 6. Montville 15.7% Naugatuck 34.3% Haddam 10.4% Brookfield 26.0% Wallingford 30.2% Southbury 14.8% Durham 12.1% Oxford 12.9% Ledyard 13.8% Newtown 16.7% Bethany 11.6% Beacon Falls 16.3% Danbury 34.2% Hamden 33.1% East Lyme 17.8% Killingworth 8.8% Lyme 6.0% Madison 19.6% Stonington 19.3% North Haven 44.8% Chester 13.6% Guilford 17.3% Bethel 26.2% Waterford 21.5% North Branford 18.4 Seymour 28.6% Groton 32.0% Deep River 15.8% Woodbridge 19.7% Monroe 22.8% New London 76.8% Essex 24.6% Ridgefield 22.7% Shelton 33.4% Old Lyme 18.0% East Haven 45.6% Ansonia 48.9% Derby 44.5% Redding 11.6% New Haven 74.2% Westbrook 19.6% Old Saybrook 31.3% Clinton 29.5% Easton 14.3% Branford 39.5% Orange 33.4% West Haven 70.2% Trumbull 45.4% Milford 54.1% Weston 19.7% Stratford 60.0% Wilton 25.1% Fairfield 43.4% Bridgeport 86.0% New Canaan 31.2% Westport 46.3% Stamford 47.8% Norwalk 65.6% Greenwich 32.8% Darien 46.0% Percent Developed

1985-2002 Percent Changed to Developed by Town

Salisbury 3.9% North Canaan 11.1% Norfolk 4.7% Colebrook 7.3% Hartland 6.3% Granby 26.2% Suffield 20.1% Enfield 24.8% Somers 23.7% Stafford 19.2% Union 8%