Stamford is 2nd largest city in Fairfield County, Connecticut with a population of over 130,000.
It is located in the southwestern section of Connecticut, it has the Long Island Sound to the south and the NY State border to the north. It is comprised of 13 main neighborhoods and villages including the Cove, East Side, Downtown, North Stamford, Glenbrook, West Side, Turn Of River, Waterside, Springdale, Belltown, Ridgeway, Newfield, South End, Westover, Shippan, Roxbury and Palmers Hill. Stamford is close to the Borders of Greenwich, CT, Noroton, CT and Bedford, NY. Stamford is a financial center in its own right and many large companies call Stamford home, which lends to a growing population, and plenty of jobs.
Stamford, CT is considered one of the largest cities within an hour of NYC, but it is also one of the most affordable areas to buy in the same proximity. Besides Norwalk, Stamford is the commuter’s dream.
With real estate options ranging from multi-family high-rise condos in the downtown/city area, to large waterfront estate properties (with panoramic views of the Long Island Sound) and superb North Stamford Colonial style mansions on larger sized acreage of private, wooded land lots, Stamford can give you any type of home you want. And with Fairfield Country, being just a stone’s throw from Manhattan, it let’s you choose life on the water, in the countryside, or in the suburbs.
It takes about an hour to get from Stamford, CT to Grand Central via Metro-North.