Watertown
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Watertown
- grade B minusOverall Grade
- Rating 3.7 out of 5 47 reviews
Report Card
- Public Schoolsgrade B minus
- Crime & Safetygrade C+
- Housinggrade C+
- Nightlifegrade B minus
- Good for Familiesgrade B minus
- Diversitygrade B
- Jobsgrade B minus
- Weathergrade C+
- Cost of Livinggrade B minus
- Health & Fitnessgrade A minus
- Outdoor Activitiesgrade unavailable
- Commutegrade B
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Real Estate
Median Home Value
$252,400
National
$244,900Median Rent
$1,214
National
$1,163Area Feel
Suburban Rural Mix
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Crime & Safety
Crime & Safety
grade C+
Based on violent and property crime rates.
Violent Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Assault0national 282.7
- Murder0national 6.1
- Rape13.6national 40.7
- Robbery27.1national 135.5
Property Crimes
- Calculated annually per 100,000 residents
- Burglary99.4national 500.1
- Theft1,161.7national 2,042.8
- Motor Vehicle Theft171.8national 284
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Working in Watertown
Jobs
grade B minus
Based on employment rates, job and business growth, and cost of living.
Median Household Income
$81,357
National
$69,021Top Public Schools Serving Watertown
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Watertown Reviews
Rating 3.7 out of 5 47 reviews
If you are an moving in, you will feel like an outsider. The locals run the show and do not respect those from other towns. Nepotism abounds. In general we have found the town to be unfriendly, especially the town employees, PD and FD. Town managers that have been brought in from outside the town has been run out. If not for the allure of Taft School, Watertown would surely be on the bottom of the lists for CT.
Watertown is an active community that supports those in need for a good cause. My children are active in sports and have been exposed to different teaching styles that have improved both of their skills in football and softball. Our family is involved in raising money for special needs children to have a playground built for them to enjoy as an all inclusive project. The towns' business are also involved and supportive of projects to better the town. The town is clean and has a hometown feeling when you drive through. The restaurants are all fantastic to enjoy a meal with your family. Overall it is a great place to live and raise a family.
Watertown used to be the place to live if you were escaping Waterbury and either upwardly mobile or winding down as it is both quiet and had some great nightlife. Proximity to Waterbury used to be its attraction, now that is its problem. People are still coming from Waterbury, but now they come with nefarious purpose, but this is a problem in most of the small towns that border Waterbury. Watertown has its up sides, a fairly large lake , there are several nice public parks, a public golf coarse, and a private golf club. There are several civic organisations. There are plenty of places of worship. It may have tempered from its hay day but there is still some night life mostly restaurants, bars, and a movie theater. The town has spent truckloads of money on schools and wile they are not sending many students to the Ivy League the majority are able to get into good colleges or get good employment upon graduation.