Noroton Heights is a village and

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(CDP) in the town of Darien,

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, United States. The community is located on

's Gold Coast. Located close to

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, in the Connecticut panhandle, it is approximately northeast of

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and immediately to the east of Stamford. As of the 2020 census, the CDP has a population of 3,116. Noroton Heights is bordered by Stamford to the west, Noroton to the south, and downtown Darien to the northeast. It primarily serves as a

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to office centers in Stamford, Norwalk, and Manhattan. Noroton is served by Exits 10 and 11 on

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. A 49-minute commute to Manhattan is offered at the Metro-North train station, located downtown. Noroton Heights has some of the most expensive residential real estate in Connecticut, especially along Wee Burn Country Club. The public schools are consistently ranked as some of the highest performing schools in the country. Darien's secondary schools, Middlesex Middle School and

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, are generally ranked near the top for the state of Connecticut and are both in Noroton Heights.

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