Connecticut
Worst: Waterbury
2008 price change: -11.38%
Five-year price change: 5.17%
Median home value: $146,276
Population: 107,251
Once known as the "Brass City" because of its history as the center of the nation's brass industry, Waterbury is nowadays a great place for technology capabilities, historic architecture, and different communities.
Best: Westport (pictured)
2008 price change: 3.33%
Five-year price change: 4.15%
Median home value: $1,022,134
Population: 26,592
Westport is a coastal town on the Long Island Sound about 47 miles north of New York and is known as one of the most affluent communities in the U.S. Its Westport Country Playhouse theater and its Levitt Pavilion music hall are great attractions for both residents and visitors.
