Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2023

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With support from community partners, DataHaven released the 2023 edition of the Community Wellbeing Index on March 13, 2023. The report includes an analysis of data from the 2021 and 2022 DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, as well as many other new data sources.

The Community Wellbeing Index is a core community indicators program of DataHaven, produced with support from public and private partners throughout the region. It serves as a collaborative Community Health Needs Assessment for the towns served by many hospitals throughout the Greater Hartford area.

Please contact us if you would like to help distribute the publication. DataHaven has made similar reports available for all other regions of Connecticut.

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Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019

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Published in October 2019, the Greater Hartford Community Wellbeing Index 2019 is the first comprehensive community indicators program for Greater Hartford, covering individual cities and neighborhoods throughout the area. Click here to download the 2019 report.

The report is approximately 120 pages in length, with over 80 illustrations related to well-being and economic opportunity in Greater Hartford. The report uses a combination of local, state, and federal data sources including new data analysis conducted by DataHaven and partners for the first time. The Index makes use of results from the DataHaven Community Wellbeing Survey, which conducted live, in-depth interviews with over 16,000 randomly-selected adults statewide, including about 3,000 in Greater Hartford, in 2018.

Indicators in the reports. The above reports have included indicators such as: Total population, population change over time, age distribution, race and ethnicity composition, foreign-born population, household and family structure, median household income, income inequality, poverty rate, low-income rate, employment rate, unemployment rate, labor force participation, wages and wage gaps by race/ethnicity and gender, job growth and job counts, financial insecurity, homeownership rate, rental rate, housing cost burden, eviction filings and eviction rate, housing supply and permits, residential overcrowding, educational attainment, preschool enrollment, early childhood care availability, K–12 academic achievement, chronic absenteeism, school suspension and discipline rates, opportunity youth, health insurance coverage, barriers to accessing care, emergency department visit rate, preventable hospitalizations, preventable dental visits and conditions, chronic disease prevalence, leading causes of death, premature mortality, maternal health indicators, infant and child health outcomes, mental health status, suicide rate, substance use–related hospital encounters, incarceration rate, jail and prison admissions, racial disparities in criminal justice involvement, traffic injuries and fatalities, voter participation, civic engagement and volunteering, trust in institutions, sense of community and belonging, access to community resources, municipal fiscal capacity, commute time, mode of transportation to work, internet access and broadband availability, life satisfaction, personal wellbeing index, overall community wellbeing score. The indicators may vary from one publication year to another.