There are 9 Goodwill stores within about 15 miles of Hartford. Thriftly scores each one by how well-off the surrounding neighborhoods are, since stores in higher-income areas tend to get the better drop-offs. The full ranking is below, best odds first.
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10.6 mi from downtown Hartford · Comfortable surrounding area
80 Town Line Road, Rocky Hill, CT
5.9 mi from downtown Hartford · Mixed-income catchment
2709 Main Street, Glastonbury, CT
4.9 mi from downtown Hartford · Mixed-income catchment
615 Hartford Road, New Britain, CT
5.5 mi from downtown Hartford · Mixed-income catchment
331 Cottage Grove Road, Bloomfield, CT
3.9 mi from downtown Hartford · Mixed-income catchment
349 New Britain Avenue, Plainville, CT
10.2 mi from downtown Hartford · Modest surrounding area
190 Columbus Boulevard, New Britain, CT
8.4 mi from downtown Hartford · Modest surrounding area
Right now the Hartford location has the highest Goods Score (65 out of 100). The score reflects how affluent the surrounding neighborhoods are, which is a strong proxy for donation quality, and it refreshes as Census and store data update.
Each store gets a 0 to 100 Goods Score built from four U.S. Census measures of the area within about three miles: median home value, household income, share of college graduates, and median rent. Stores with wealthier surrounding neighborhoods score higher.
Thriftly tracks 9 Goodwill stores within 15 miles of Hartford, using OpenStreetMap data. A store won't show up if it isn't tagged in OpenStreetMap, so coverage can be incomplete.