{
 "metadata": {
  "purpose": "Rule-based peer sets for Marlborough, derived from published state data by a stated formula rather than selected by hand.",
  "built_by": "Data/build_peer_sets.py",
  "recipe": "python Data/fetch_ct_ucoa.py && python Data/build_peer_sets.py",
  "input_file": "src/data/ct_ucoa_town_indicators.json",
  "source": "CT Office of Policy and Management — Municipal Fiscal Indicators (Uniform Chart of Accounts program)",
  "dataset_id": "ej6f-y2wf",
  "source_url": "https://data.ct.gov/resource/ej6f-y2wf.json",
  "pulled": "2026-08-25",
  "dataset_last_updated": "2026-03-03",
  "match_year": "FY 22-23 (OPM fiscal_year_end 2023)",
  "rule": "Standardize each variable across all towns (log-transforming the skewed size and wealth variables), then rank towns by Euclidean distance to Marlborough in that standardized space. Variables are equally weighted. Nearest 12 are the peer set.",
  "why_logs": "Population, enrollment, and grand list per resident are heavily right-skewed. On raw values a few outlier towns dominate the variance and flatten real differences among mid-sized towns; on logs, the unit of distance becomes 'twice as big', which is the comparison that makes sense here.",
  "weighting_note": "Equal weights are a stated choice, not a fact. They were not tuned to produce a particular list.",
  "wealth_proxy_note": "Equalized net grand list per resident stands in for community wealth: it is the tax base per person restated to full market value, and it is the quantity that constrains what a mill rate can raise. Median household income would be a useful additional variable but the Census ACS API now requires a key.",
  "relationship_to_existing_sets": "Additional, not a replacement. The hand-built sets (Surrounding towns, DRG C) remain in use everywhere they already appear. Where this set and those sets disagree, the disagreement is itself worth showing.",
  "drg_note": "CT SDE District Reference Groups were created in 1996, last reassigned in 2006 on roughly 2000-census inputs, and have not been updated since. They were designed to compare school districts on family demographics — appropriate for education questions, not for municipal operations, and blind to town size.",
  "excluded": [
   "Groton (city)"
  ],
  "dropped_for_missing_data": [],
  "town_count_ranked": 169
 },
 "target": "Marlborough",
 "variable_stats": {
  "population": {
   "label": "Population (CT DPH estimate)",
   "log_transformed": true,
   "mean_of_transformed": 9.392518,
   "stdev_of_transformed": 1.111223,
   "target_raw": 6106
  },
  "enrollment": {
   "label": "Average Daily Membership enrollment",
   "log_transformed": true,
   "mean_of_transformed": 7.309335,
   "stdev_of_transformed": 1.228189,
   "target_raw": 911.22
  },
  "grand_list_per_capita": {
   "label": "Equalized net grand list per resident",
   "log_transformed": true,
   "mean_of_transformed": 12.211418,
   "stdev_of_transformed": 0.467644,
   "target_raw": 182970.998526
  },
  "school_age_share": {
   "label": "Enrollment as a share of population",
   "log_transformed": false,
   "mean_of_transformed": 0.127697,
   "stdev_of_transformed": 0.027724,
   "target_raw": 0.149234
  },
  "unemployment": {
   "label": "Unemployment rate, annual average",
   "log_transformed": false,
   "mean_of_transformed": 0.030079,
   "stdev_of_transformed": 0.00449,
   "target_raw": 0.0279
  }
 },
 "peer_sets": {
  "municipal": {
   "label": "Municipal peers",
   "purpose": "Town-side spending, debt, reserves, and tax comparisons.",
   "variables": [
    {
     "key": "population",
     "label": "Population (CT DPH estimate)",
     "log_transformed": true
    },
    {
     "key": "grand_list_per_capita",
     "label": "Equalized net grand list per resident",
     "log_transformed": true
    },
    {
     "key": "school_age_share",
     "label": "Enrollment as a share of population",
     "log_transformed": false
    },
    {
     "key": "unemployment",
     "label": "Unemployment rate, annual average",
     "log_transformed": false
    }
   ],
   "peers": [
    "Bolton",
    "Middlebury",
    "Canton",
    "Burlington",
    "Woodstock",
    "Granby",
    "North Stonington",
    "Hebron",
    "Salem",
    "Bethany",
    "East Hampton",
    "Harwinton"
   ],
   "ranked": [
    {
     "town": "Bolton",
     "distance": 0.2788
    },
    {
     "town": "Middlebury",
     "distance": 0.449
    },
    {
     "town": "Canton",
     "distance": 0.5181
    },
    {
     "town": "Burlington",
     "distance": 0.5315
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodstock",
     "distance": 0.5605
    },
    {
     "town": "Granby",
     "distance": 0.5886
    },
    {
     "town": "North Stonington",
     "distance": 0.5923
    },
    {
     "town": "Hebron",
     "distance": 0.7854
    },
    {
     "town": "Salem",
     "distance": 0.7928
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethany",
     "distance": 0.8031
    },
    {
     "town": "East Hampton",
     "distance": 0.8104
    },
    {
     "town": "Harwinton",
     "distance": 0.8116
    },
    {
     "town": "Pomfret",
     "distance": 0.8162
    },
    {
     "town": "East Granby",
     "distance": 0.8164
    },
    {
     "town": "New Hartford",
     "distance": 0.8866
    },
    {
     "town": "Haddam",
     "distance": 0.9507
    },
    {
     "town": "Ledyard",
     "distance": 0.9912
    },
    {
     "town": "Oxford",
     "distance": 1.0205
    },
    {
     "town": "Ellington",
     "distance": 1.0241
    },
    {
     "town": "Tolland",
     "distance": 1.0372
    },
    {
     "town": "Colchester",
     "distance": 1.0637
    },
    {
     "town": "Prospect",
     "distance": 1.0647
    },
    {
     "town": "Columbia",
     "distance": 1.0947
    },
    {
     "town": "Portland",
     "distance": 1.1133
    },
    {
     "town": "Somers",
     "distance": 1.1235
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethel",
     "distance": 1.1437
    },
    {
     "town": "Brookfield",
     "distance": 1.1565
    },
    {
     "town": "Cromwell",
     "distance": 1.1679
    },
    {
     "town": "Suffield",
     "distance": 1.1681
    },
    {
     "town": "Coventry",
     "distance": 1.179
    },
    {
     "town": "Barkhamsted",
     "distance": 1.1813
    },
    {
     "town": "Lebanon",
     "distance": 1.1952
    },
    {
     "town": "Easton",
     "distance": 1.2078
    },
    {
     "town": "New Fairfield",
     "distance": 1.2228
    },
    {
     "town": "East Lyme",
     "distance": 1.2603
    },
    {
     "town": "Berlin",
     "distance": 1.2864
    },
    {
     "town": "Canterbury",
     "distance": 1.2879
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodbridge",
     "distance": 1.2896
    },
    {
     "town": "Rocky Hill",
     "distance": 1.341
    },
    {
     "town": "Avon",
     "distance": 1.353
    },
    {
     "town": "Brooklyn",
     "distance": 1.358
    },
    {
     "town": "Killingworth",
     "distance": 1.3599
    },
    {
     "town": "North Branford",
     "distance": 1.3841
    },
    {
     "town": "Voluntown",
     "distance": 1.3889
    },
    {
     "town": "Wethersfield",
     "distance": 1.3904
    },
    {
     "town": "Chaplin",
     "distance": 1.4107
    },
    {
     "town": "Middlefield",
     "distance": 1.4128
    },
    {
     "town": "Beacon Falls",
     "distance": 1.4186
    },
    {
     "town": "Simsbury",
     "distance": 1.4289
    },
    {
     "town": "Orange",
     "distance": 1.4424
    },
    {
     "town": "Cheshire",
     "distance": 1.4433
    },
    {
     "town": "Newtown",
     "distance": 1.4787
    },
    {
     "town": "Windsor Locks",
     "distance": 1.4913
    },
    {
     "town": "Guilford",
     "distance": 1.4924
    },
    {
     "town": "North Haven",
     "distance": 1.5037
    },
    {
     "town": "Franklin",
     "distance": 1.5148
    },
    {
     "town": "Durham",
     "distance": 1.5237
    },
    {
     "town": "Wolcott",
     "distance": 1.5366
    },
    {
     "town": "Andover",
     "distance": 1.5427
    },
    {
     "town": "Redding",
     "distance": 1.5492
    },
    {
     "town": "Montville",
     "distance": 1.5525
    },
    {
     "town": "Plainville",
     "distance": 1.5542
    },
    {
     "town": "Deep River",
     "distance": 1.5785
    },
    {
     "town": "East Haddam",
     "distance": 1.5909
    },
    {
     "town": "New Milford",
     "distance": 1.5938
    },
    {
     "town": "Farmington",
     "distance": 1.6552
    },
    {
     "town": "Newington",
     "distance": 1.6589
    },
    {
     "town": "Chester",
     "distance": 1.6754
    },
    {
     "town": "Thomaston",
     "distance": 1.6789
    },
    {
     "town": "Eastford",
     "distance": 1.6922
    },
    {
     "town": "Windsor",
     "distance": 1.6967
    },
    {
     "town": "Madison",
     "distance": 1.7067
    },
    {
     "town": "Southbury",
     "distance": 1.7127
    },
    {
     "town": "Griswold",
     "distance": 1.7213
    },
    {
     "town": "Clinton",
     "distance": 1.7226
    },
    {
     "town": "Preston",
     "distance": 1.7258
    },
    {
     "town": "Watertown",
     "distance": 1.7369
    },
    {
     "town": "Monroe",
     "distance": 1.7404
    },
    {
     "town": "Willington",
     "distance": 1.7416
    },
    {
     "town": "Plainfield",
     "distance": 1.7678
    },
    {
     "town": "Bozrah",
     "distance": 1.7736
    },
    {
     "town": "Old Lyme",
     "distance": 1.774
    },
    {
     "town": "Waterford",
     "distance": 1.7778
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodbury",
     "distance": 1.7938
    },
    {
     "town": "Southington",
     "distance": 1.7986
    },
    {
     "town": "Stafford",
     "distance": 1.8262
    },
    {
     "town": "Putnam",
     "distance": 1.8613
    },
    {
     "town": "Sprague",
     "distance": 1.8784
    },
    {
     "town": "Seymour",
     "distance": 1.8869
    },
    {
     "town": "Glastonbury",
     "distance": 1.8942
    },
    {
     "town": "Ashford",
     "distance": 1.9455
    },
    {
     "town": "South Windsor",
     "distance": 1.9455
    },
    {
     "town": "Lisbon",
     "distance": 1.9634
    },
    {
     "town": "Wallingford",
     "distance": 2.0034
    },
    {
     "town": "Litchfield",
     "distance": 2.0112
    },
    {
     "town": "Groton",
     "distance": 2.0145
    },
    {
     "town": "Thompson",
     "distance": 2.0333
    },
    {
     "town": "Hartland",
     "distance": 2.0417
    },
    {
     "town": "Scotland",
     "distance": 2.0811
    },
    {
     "town": "East Windsor",
     "distance": 2.104
    },
    {
     "town": "Colebrook",
     "distance": 2.1715
    },
    {
     "town": "Bloomfield",
     "distance": 2.1771
    },
    {
     "town": "West Hartford",
     "distance": 2.1822
    },
    {
     "town": "Enfield",
     "distance": 2.1986
    },
    {
     "town": "Trumbull",
     "distance": 2.2027
    },
    {
     "town": "North Canaan",
     "distance": 2.2246
    },
    {
     "town": "Ridgefield",
     "distance": 2.2518
    },
    {
     "town": "Sherman",
     "distance": 2.282
    },
    {
     "town": "Westbrook",
     "distance": 2.3482
    },
    {
     "town": "Naugatuck",
     "distance": 2.357
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethlehem",
     "distance": 2.3703
    },
    {
     "town": "Killingly",
     "distance": 2.3844
    },
    {
     "town": "Stonington",
     "distance": 2.3987
    },
    {
     "town": "Morris",
     "distance": 2.4033
    },
    {
     "town": "Danbury",
     "distance": 2.4107
    },
    {
     "town": "East Haven",
     "distance": 2.4946
    },
    {
     "town": "Branford",
     "distance": 2.5003
    },
    {
     "town": "Vernon",
     "distance": 2.5193
    },
    {
     "town": "Fairfield",
     "distance": 2.5476
    },
    {
     "town": "Plymouth",
     "distance": 2.5648
    },
    {
     "town": "Torrington",
     "distance": 2.5728
    },
    {
     "town": "Manchester",
     "distance": 2.5951
    },
    {
     "town": "Winchester",
     "distance": 2.6145
    },
    {
     "town": "Shelton",
     "distance": 2.6163
    },
    {
     "town": "Milford",
     "distance": 2.6168
    },
    {
     "town": "Goshen",
     "distance": 2.6414
    },
    {
     "town": "Old Saybrook",
     "distance": 2.642
    },
    {
     "town": "Essex",
     "distance": 2.725
    },
    {
     "town": "Norwalk",
     "distance": 2.7394
    },
    {
     "town": "Union",
     "distance": 2.7826
    },
    {
     "town": "Hamden",
     "distance": 2.8127
    },
    {
     "town": "Stratford",
     "distance": 2.8176
    },
    {
     "town": "Lyme",
     "distance": 2.8436
    },
    {
     "town": "New London",
     "distance": 2.8449
    },
    {
     "town": "Middletown",
     "distance": 2.8455
    },
    {
     "town": "Bristol",
     "distance": 2.8646
    },
    {
     "town": "Wilton",
     "distance": 2.8835
    },
    {
     "town": "Weston",
     "distance": 2.8843
    },
    {
     "town": "West Haven",
     "distance": 2.966
    },
    {
     "town": "Norfolk",
     "distance": 2.9775
    },
    {
     "town": "Ansonia",
     "distance": 2.9998
    },
    {
     "town": "Derby",
     "distance": 3.0311
    },
    {
     "town": "Norwich",
     "distance": 3.1218
    },
    {
     "town": "Canaan",
     "distance": 3.1584
    },
    {
     "town": "Hampton",
     "distance": 3.1737
    },
    {
     "town": "Stamford",
     "distance": 3.2057
    },
    {
     "town": "Meriden",
     "distance": 3.3503
    },
    {
     "town": "New Haven",
     "distance": 3.4551
    },
    {
     "town": "Bridgewater",
     "distance": 3.4773
    },
    {
     "town": "Kent",
     "distance": 3.4786
    },
    {
     "town": "East Hartford",
     "distance": 3.4998
    },
    {
     "town": "Warren",
     "distance": 3.5247
    },
    {
     "town": "New Canaan",
     "distance": 3.5496
    },
    {
     "town": "Sterling",
     "distance": 3.5806
    },
    {
     "town": "Salisbury",
     "distance": 3.6113
    },
    {
     "town": "Cornwall",
     "distance": 3.6298
    },
    {
     "town": "Westport",
     "distance": 3.7009
    },
    {
     "town": "Windham",
     "distance": 3.8443
    },
    {
     "town": "Greenwich",
     "distance": 3.8617
    },
    {
     "town": "Darien",
     "distance": 3.926
    },
    {
     "town": "Mansfield",
     "distance": 4.0315
    },
    {
     "town": "Washington",
     "distance": 4.113
    },
    {
     "town": "Roxbury",
     "distance": 4.1772
    },
    {
     "town": "Bridgeport",
     "distance": 4.2372
    },
    {
     "town": "New Britain",
     "distance": 4.2463
    },
    {
     "town": "Sharon",
     "distance": 4.7353
    },
    {
     "town": "Hartford",
     "distance": 5.4624
    },
    {
     "town": "Waterbury",
     "distance": 5.4948
    }
   ]
  },
  "school": {
   "label": "School peers",
   "purpose": "Education spending comparisons.",
   "variables": [
    {
     "key": "enrollment",
     "label": "Average Daily Membership enrollment",
     "log_transformed": true
    },
    {
     "key": "grand_list_per_capita",
     "label": "Equalized net grand list per resident",
     "log_transformed": true
    },
    {
     "key": "school_age_share",
     "label": "Enrollment as a share of population",
     "log_transformed": false
    }
   ],
   "peers": [
    "Bolton",
    "Woodstock",
    "Middlebury",
    "Burlington",
    "Canton",
    "Bethany",
    "Granby",
    "Prospect",
    "North Stonington",
    "Brooklyn",
    "Preston",
    "Lisbon"
   ],
   "ranked": [
    {
     "town": "Bolton",
     "distance": 0.2633
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodstock",
     "distance": 0.3624
    },
    {
     "town": "Middlebury",
     "distance": 0.3835
    },
    {
     "town": "Burlington",
     "distance": 0.3913
    },
    {
     "town": "Canton",
     "distance": 0.4277
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethany",
     "distance": 0.5015
    },
    {
     "town": "Granby",
     "distance": 0.5069
    },
    {
     "town": "Prospect",
     "distance": 0.5178
    },
    {
     "town": "North Stonington",
     "distance": 0.5727
    },
    {
     "town": "Brooklyn",
     "distance": 0.6022
    },
    {
     "town": "Preston",
     "distance": 0.6674
    },
    {
     "town": "Lisbon",
     "distance": 0.685
    },
    {
     "town": "East Hampton",
     "distance": 0.6959
    },
    {
     "town": "Hebron",
     "distance": 0.6965
    },
    {
     "town": "Harwinton",
     "distance": 0.7357
    },
    {
     "town": "Salem",
     "distance": 0.7725
    },
    {
     "town": "New Hartford",
     "distance": 0.7761
    },
    {
     "town": "Cromwell",
     "distance": 0.7802
    },
    {
     "town": "East Granby",
     "distance": 0.7932
    },
    {
     "town": "Coventry",
     "distance": 0.821
    },
    {
     "town": "Haddam",
     "distance": 0.8261
    },
    {
     "town": "Pomfret",
     "distance": 0.8446
    },
    {
     "town": "Portland",
     "distance": 0.8862
    },
    {
     "town": "Ellington",
     "distance": 0.8904
    },
    {
     "town": "Tolland",
     "distance": 0.9009
    },
    {
     "town": "Durham",
     "distance": 0.9239
    },
    {
     "town": "Ledyard",
     "distance": 0.9274
    },
    {
     "town": "Oxford",
     "distance": 0.9283
    },
    {
     "town": "Colchester",
     "distance": 0.9342
    },
    {
     "town": "Brookfield",
     "distance": 0.9763
    },
    {
     "town": "Windsor Locks",
     "distance": 0.9777
    },
    {
     "town": "Somers",
     "distance": 0.9952
    },
    {
     "town": "Lebanon",
     "distance": 0.9972
    },
    {
     "town": "New Fairfield",
     "distance": 1.0005
    },
    {
     "town": "Suffield",
     "distance": 1.0193
    },
    {
     "town": "Plainfield",
     "distance": 1.038
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethel",
     "distance": 1.0647
    },
    {
     "town": "East Lyme",
     "distance": 1.0843
    },
    {
     "town": "Seymour",
     "distance": 1.0971
    },
    {
     "town": "Columbia",
     "distance": 1.0976
    },
    {
     "town": "Berlin",
     "distance": 1.1166
    },
    {
     "town": "Wolcott",
     "distance": 1.1237
    },
    {
     "town": "Canterbury",
     "distance": 1.135
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodbridge",
     "distance": 1.1461
    },
    {
     "town": "Putnam",
     "distance": 1.1477
    },
    {
     "town": "Rocky Hill",
     "distance": 1.1564
    },
    {
     "town": "Stafford",
     "distance": 1.1865
    },
    {
     "town": "Plainville",
     "distance": 1.1874
    },
    {
     "town": "Barkhamsted",
     "distance": 1.1975
    },
    {
     "town": "Easton",
     "distance": 1.2007
    },
    {
     "town": "North Branford",
     "distance": 1.2198
    },
    {
     "town": "Thomaston",
     "distance": 1.2225
    },
    {
     "town": "Wethersfield",
     "distance": 1.2301
    },
    {
     "town": "Griswold",
     "distance": 1.2409
    },
    {
     "town": "Killingly",
     "distance": 1.2621
    },
    {
     "town": "Cheshire",
     "distance": 1.2675
    },
    {
     "town": "Orange",
     "distance": 1.2752
    },
    {
     "town": "Sterling",
     "distance": 1.2841
    },
    {
     "town": "North Haven",
     "distance": 1.3245
    },
    {
     "town": "Avon",
     "distance": 1.327
    },
    {
     "town": "Newtown",
     "distance": 1.3393
    },
    {
     "town": "Windsor",
     "distance": 1.3446
    },
    {
     "town": "Beacon Falls",
     "distance": 1.3455
    },
    {
     "town": "Watertown",
     "distance": 1.355
    },
    {
     "town": "Chaplin",
     "distance": 1.3605
    },
    {
     "town": "Guilford",
     "distance": 1.3627
    },
    {
     "town": "Sprague",
     "distance": 1.363
    },
    {
     "town": "New Milford",
     "distance": 1.3641
    },
    {
     "town": "Killingworth",
     "distance": 1.374
    },
    {
     "town": "Simsbury",
     "distance": 1.3859
    },
    {
     "town": "Montville",
     "distance": 1.4042
    },
    {
     "town": "Farmington",
     "distance": 1.4223
    },
    {
     "town": "Middlefield",
     "distance": 1.4276
    },
    {
     "town": "Newington",
     "distance": 1.4287
    },
    {
     "town": "Redding",
     "distance": 1.4493
    },
    {
     "town": "East Haddam",
     "distance": 1.4504
    },
    {
     "town": "Voluntown",
     "distance": 1.4563
    },
    {
     "town": "Derby",
     "distance": 1.4608
    },
    {
     "town": "Ashford",
     "distance": 1.5004
    },
    {
     "town": "Franklin",
     "distance": 1.5017
    },
    {
     "town": "Ansonia",
     "distance": 1.5031
    },
    {
     "town": "Clinton",
     "distance": 1.523
    },
    {
     "town": "Southbury",
     "distance": 1.5243
    },
    {
     "town": "Plymouth",
     "distance": 1.5314
    },
    {
     "town": "Andover",
     "distance": 1.5657
    },
    {
     "town": "Madison",
     "distance": 1.576
    },
    {
     "town": "Southington",
     "distance": 1.5857
    },
    {
     "town": "Waterford",
     "distance": 1.5925
    },
    {
     "town": "Deep River",
     "distance": 1.6019
    },
    {
     "town": "North Canaan",
     "distance": 1.6258
    },
    {
     "town": "Willington",
     "distance": 1.6354
    },
    {
     "town": "Glastonbury",
     "distance": 1.6401
    },
    {
     "town": "Bloomfield",
     "distance": 1.6561
    },
    {
     "town": "Monroe",
     "distance": 1.6563
    },
    {
     "town": "Naugatuck",
     "distance": 1.6603
    },
    {
     "town": "Winchester",
     "distance": 1.6723
    },
    {
     "town": "Bozrah",
     "distance": 1.6769
    },
    {
     "town": "Wallingford",
     "distance": 1.7226
    },
    {
     "town": "Woodbury",
     "distance": 1.7361
    },
    {
     "town": "Groton",
     "distance": 1.7364
    },
    {
     "town": "Chester",
     "distance": 1.7451
    },
    {
     "town": "Stratford",
     "distance": 1.7591
    },
    {
     "town": "Eastford",
     "distance": 1.7603
    },
    {
     "town": "Old Lyme",
     "distance": 1.7652
    },
    {
     "town": "Enfield",
     "distance": 1.8172
    },
    {
     "town": "Thompson",
     "distance": 1.8182
    },
    {
     "town": "New London",
     "distance": 1.8549
    },
    {
     "town": "Bethlehem",
     "distance": 1.869
    },
    {
     "town": "East Haven",
     "distance": 1.8753
    },
    {
     "town": "East Windsor",
     "distance": 1.8827
    },
    {
     "town": "West Hartford",
     "distance": 1.9069
    },
    {
     "town": "Torrington",
     "distance": 1.9339
    },
    {
     "town": "Shelton",
     "distance": 1.9355
    },
    {
     "town": "South Windsor",
     "distance": 1.9762
    },
    {
     "town": "Litchfield",
     "distance": 1.9884
    },
    {
     "town": "Colebrook",
     "distance": 1.9929
    },
    {
     "town": "Bristol",
     "distance": 2.0145
    },
    {
     "town": "Trumbull",
     "distance": 2.0185
    },
    {
     "town": "Windham",
     "distance": 2.0782
    },
    {
     "town": "Manchester",
     "distance": 2.1284
    },
    {
     "town": "Danbury",
     "distance": 2.1294
    },
    {
     "town": "Hartland",
     "distance": 2.1383
    },
    {
     "town": "Norwich",
     "distance": 2.1446
    },
    {
     "town": "Vernon",
     "distance": 2.1705
    },
    {
     "town": "Scotland",
     "distance": 2.179
    },
    {
     "town": "West Haven",
     "distance": 2.1889
    },
    {
     "town": "East Hartford",
     "distance": 2.2246
    },
    {
     "town": "Stonington",
     "distance": 2.2359
    },
    {
     "town": "Branford",
     "distance": 2.2577
    },
    {
     "town": "Milford",
     "distance": 2.2692
    },
    {
     "town": "Ridgefield",
     "distance": 2.2768
    },
    {
     "town": "Fairfield",
     "distance": 2.2809
    },
    {
     "town": "Meriden",
     "distance": 2.3189
    },
    {
     "town": "Sherman",
     "distance": 2.3232
    },
    {
     "town": "Hamden",
     "distance": 2.3527
    },
    {
     "town": "Westbrook",
     "distance": 2.3656
    },
    {
     "town": "Norwalk",
     "distance": 2.3931
    },
    {
     "town": "Middletown",
     "distance": 2.4234
    },
    {
     "town": "Morris",
     "distance": 2.5014
    },
    {
     "town": "Goshen",
     "distance": 2.5632
    },
    {
     "town": "Old Saybrook",
     "distance": 2.5765
    },
    {
     "town": "Essex",
     "distance": 2.6704
    },
    {
     "town": "New Britain",
     "distance": 2.6935
    },
    {
     "town": "New Haven",
     "distance": 2.7837
    },
    {
     "town": "Stamford",
     "distance": 2.8052
    },
    {
     "town": "Bridgeport",
     "distance": 2.8474
    },
    {
     "town": "Lyme",
     "distance": 2.8729
    },
    {
     "town": "Wilton",
     "distance": 2.8741
    },
    {
     "town": "Union",
     "distance": 2.9085
    },
    {
     "town": "Weston",
     "distance": 2.9136
    },
    {
     "town": "Waterbury",
     "distance": 2.9276
    },
    {
     "town": "Canaan",
     "distance": 2.9963
    },
    {
     "town": "Norfolk",
     "distance": 3.1215
    },
    {
     "town": "Hampton",
     "distance": 3.337
    },
    {
     "town": "Mansfield",
     "distance": 3.4902
    },
    {
     "town": "Hartford",
     "distance": 3.5018
    },
    {
     "town": "Bridgewater",
     "distance": 3.5022
    },
    {
     "town": "New Canaan",
     "distance": 3.5932
    },
    {
     "town": "Cornwall",
     "distance": 3.5988
    },
    {
     "town": "Kent",
     "distance": 3.6338
    },
    {
     "town": "Warren",
     "distance": 3.6362
    },
    {
     "town": "Salisbury",
     "distance": 3.6511
    },
    {
     "town": "Greenwich",
     "distance": 3.6957
    },
    {
     "town": "Westport",
     "distance": 3.732
    },
    {
     "town": "Darien",
     "distance": 3.9774
    },
    {
     "town": "Roxbury",
     "distance": 4.0024
    },
    {
     "town": "Washington",
     "distance": 4.0645
    },
    {
     "town": "Sharon",
     "distance": 4.7196
    }
   ]
  }
 },
 "target_statewide_percentiles": {
  "total_expenditures_per_capita": {
   "label": "Total expenditures per resident",
   "value": 4500.143,
   "rank_low_to_high": 110,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 64.5,
   "statewide_median": 4217.0746
  },
  "education_expenditures_per_pupil": {
   "label": "Education expenditures per pupil",
   "value": 22489.3944,
   "rank_low_to_high": 83,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 48.5,
   "statewide_median": 22589.7065
  },
  "equalized_mill_rate": {
   "label": "Equalized mill rate",
   "value": 19.8437,
   "rank_low_to_high": 128,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 75.1,
   "statewide_median": 17.18
  },
  "grand_list_per_capita": {
   "label": "Equalized net grand list per resident",
   "value": 182970.9985,
   "rank_low_to_high": 74,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 43.2,
   "statewide_median": 189667.583
  },
  "fund_balance_pct": {
   "label": "Total fund balance as a share of total expenditures",
   "value": 0.2254,
   "rank_low_to_high": 104,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 60.9,
   "statewide_median": 0.1985
  },
  "debt_per_capita": {
   "label": "Bonded long-term debt per resident",
   "value": 1112.0095,
   "rank_low_to_high": 50,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 29.0,
   "statewide_median": 1740.556
  },
  "aid_share": {
   "label": "Intergovernmental revenue as a share of total revenues",
   "value": 0.1767,
   "rank_low_to_high": 70,
   "of_towns": 169,
   "percentile": 40.8,
   "statewide_median": 0.2055
  }
 }
}