Online and phone alternatives versus visiting a Connecticut Social Security office in person
Task	Best Method	Fastest Option	Connecticut Visit Notes & Required Originals
Replace a Social Security card	🟢 Online / Phone	Online at SSA.gov or by phone	Bring unexpired photo ID only if online replacement is unavailable in Connecticut.
Benefit verification (award) letter	🟢 Instant Online	Download PDF online or call 1-800-772-1213	No trip to a Connecticut office needed unless urgent printed proof is required.
Update direct deposit or address	🟢 Online / Phone	Online account or automated phone line	Can be completed without visiting a Connecticut field office.
Apply for Retirement, SSDI, or Medicare	🟡 Call First	Online application or phone interview	Call your local Connecticut branch or 1-800-772-1213 to book an appointment.
Apply for SSI benefits	🟡 Call First	Scheduled phone or in-person interview	Call ahead; bring income, bank, and residency documents.
First-time SSN card or legal name change	🔴 Visit with Originals	Start online, then bring originals	Must present original or certified marriage/court order + unexpired photo ID.

Coverage Ranking

Largest Connecticut Social Security Offices by Area Served

Largest Connecticut offices by calculated nearest-place count
Office	Nearby Towns Served	Example Towns	Office Page
Bridgeport, CT 06604	42	Bridgeport, Byram, Cannondale	Open →
Danbury, CT 06810	36	Ball Pond, Bethel, Bigelow Corners	Open →
Willimantic, CT 06226	23	Brooklyn, Colchester, Coventry Lake	Open →
New London, CT 06320	22	Chester Center, Clinton, Conning Towers-Nautilus Park	Open →
Torrington, CT 06790	20	Bantam, Canaan, Canton Valley	Open →
Ansonia, CT 06401	19	Ansonia, Botsford, Branford Center	Open →
East Hartford, CT 06108	16	Broad Brook, Crystal Lake, East Hampton	Open →
Waterbury, CT 06702	11	Bethlehem Village, Cheshire Village, Heritage Village	Open →
Hartford, CT 06103	10	Blue Hills, Hartford, North Granby	Open →
New Britain, CT 06051	9	Bristol, Durham, Higganum	Open →
Norwich, CT 06360	7	Baltic, Jewett City, Mashantucket	Open →

Local Town Lookup (215 Places)

Closest Connecticut Social Security Office by Nearby Town

Closest listed Social Security office for nearby Connecticut places
Town or Place	Closest Listed Office	Distance
Ansonia, CT	Ansonia office	0.6 mi
Ball Pond, CT	Danbury office	5.8 mi
Baltic, CT	Norwich office	5.9 mi
Bantam, CT	Torrington office	7.9 mi
Bethel, CT	Danbury office	3.4 mi
Bethlehem Village, CT	Waterbury office	10.5 mi
Bigelow Corners, CT	Danbury office	5.5 mi
Blue Hills, CT	Hartford office	3.1 mi
Bogus Hill, CT	Danbury office	7.9 mi
Botsford, CT	Ansonia office	10.0 mi
Branchville, CT	Danbury office	8.7 mi
Branford Center, CT	Ansonia office	14.1 mi
Bridgeport, CT	Bridgeport office	0.8 mi
Bridgewater, CT	Danbury office	11.0 mi
Bristol, CT	New Britain office	8.4 mi
Broad Brook, CT	East Hartford office	10.0 mi
Brookfield Center, CT	Danbury office	6.2 mi
Brooklyn, CT	Willimantic office	15.0 mi
Byram, CT	Bridgeport office	26.8 mi
Canaan, CT	Torrington office	19.9 mi
Candlewood Isle, CT	Danbury office	6.6 mi
Candlewood Knolls, CT	Danbury office	5.9 mi
Candlewood Lake Club, CT	Danbury office	7.0 mi
Candlewood Orchards, CT	Danbury office	5.6 mi

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All calculated nearest-office results for Connecticut
Town or Place	Closest Listed Office	Distance
Candlewood Shores, CT	Danbury office	6.1 mi
Cannondale, CT	Bridgeport office	12.4 mi
Canton Valley, CT	Torrington office	11.9 mi
Cheshire Village, CT	Waterbury office	8.1 mi
Chester Center, CT	New London office	18.8 mi
Chimney Point, CT	Danbury office	7.6 mi
Clinton, CT	New London office	22.7 mi
Colchester, CT	Willimantic office	10.9 mi
Coleytown, CT	Bridgeport office	7.8 mi
Collinsville, CT	Torrington office	10.5 mi
Compo, CT	Bridgeport office	9.0 mi
Conning Towers-Nautilus Park, CT	New London office	3.5 mi
Cornwall, CT	Torrington office	11.2 mi
Cornwall Bridge, CT	Torrington office	13.3 mi
Cos Cob, CT	Bridgeport office	22.5 mi
Coventry Lake, CT	Willimantic office	7.0 mi
Crystal Lake, CT	East Hartford office	16.3 mi
Danbury, CT	Danbury office	0.9 mi
Daniels Farm, CT	Bridgeport office	7.1 mi
Danielson, CT	Willimantic office	18.9 mi
Darien Downtown, CT	Bridgeport office	15.9 mi
Dayville, CT	Willimantic office	19.9 mi
Deep River Center, CT	New London office	17.4 mi
Derby, CT	Ansonia office	0.8 mi
Dodgingtown, CT	Danbury office	5.8 mi
Durham, CT	New Britain office	14.5 mi
East Brooklyn, CT	Willimantic office	17.4 mi
East Hampton, CT	East Hartford office	15.7 mi
East Hartford, CT	East Hartford office	1.3 mi
East Haven, CT	Ansonia office	11.7 mi
East Village, CT	Ansonia office	5.9 mi
Essex Village, CT	New London office	15.1 mi
Fairfield University, CT	Bridgeport office	3.5 mi
Falls Village, CT	Torrington office	16.3 mi
Fenwick, CT	New London office	14.1 mi
Gales Ferry, CT	New London office	5.2 mi
Gaylordsville, CT	Danbury office	17.2 mi
Georgetown, CT	Danbury office	10.5 mi
Glastonbury Center, CT	East Hartford office	5.5 mi
Glenville, CT	Bridgeport office	26.3 mi
Greens Farms, CT	Bridgeport office	7.6 mi
Greenwich, CT	Bridgeport office	24.8 mi
Groton, CT	New London office	2.4 mi
Groton Long Point, CT	New London office	5.3 mi
Guilford Center, CT	Ansonia office	21.1 mi
Hartford, CT	Hartford office	0.3 mi
Hawleyville, CT	Danbury office	6.3 mi
Hazardville, CT	East Hartford office	15.4 mi
Heritage Village, CT	Waterbury office	11.3 mi
Higganum, CT	New Britain office	16.7 mi
Indian Field, CT	Bridgeport office	24.4 mi
Inglenook, CT	Danbury office	9.0 mi
Jewett City, CT	Norwich office	7.7 mi
Kellogg Point, CT	Danbury office	5.2 mi
Kensington, CT	New Britain office	2.9 mi
Knollcrest, CT	Danbury office	7.5 mi
Lake Bungee, CT	Willimantic office	18.6 mi
Lake Chaffee, CT	Willimantic office	15.7 mi
Lake Pocotopaug, CT	East Hartford office	14.2 mi
Lakes East, CT	Danbury office	4.6 mi
Lakes West, CT	Danbury office	4.7 mi
Lakeside Woods, CT	Danbury office	11.2 mi
Lakeville, CT	Torrington office	20.1 mi
Litchfield, CT	Torrington office	4.9 mi
Long Hill, CT	New London office	2.8 mi
Long Hill, CT	Bridgeport office	6.5 mi
Lordship, CT	Bridgeport office	4.4 mi
Madison Center, CT	Ansonia office	24.9 mi
Mamanasco Lake, CT	Danbury office	6.2 mi
Manchester, CT	East Hartford office	5.1 mi
Mansfield Center, CT	Willimantic office	4.2 mi
Mashantucket, CT	Norwich office	6.8 mi
Mechanicsville, CT	Willimantic office	24.0 mi
Meriden, CT	New Britain office	9.0 mi
Middletown, CT	New Britain office	10.4 mi
Milford city (balance), CT	Bridgeport office	7.5 mi
Mill Plain, CT	Bridgeport office	4.2 mi
Moodus, CT	Willimantic office	18.2 mi
Moosup, CT	Norwich office	17.0 mi
Murray, CT	Bridgeport office	5.2 mi
Mystic, CT	New London office	7.5 mi
Naugatuck, CT	Waterbury office	4.8 mi
New Britain, CT	New Britain office	0.7 mi
New Canaan, CT	Bridgeport office	15.6 mi
New Hartford Center, CT	Torrington office	9.7 mi
New Haven, CT	Ansonia office	8.1 mi
New London, CT	New London office	1.0 mi
New Milford, CT	Danbury office	13.3 mi
New Preston, CT	Torrington office	13.1 mi
Newington, CT	New Britain office	2.9 mi
Newtown, CT	Danbury office	7.9 mi
Niantic, CT	New London office	5.7 mi
Noank, CT	New London office	5.5 mi
Norfolk, CT	Torrington office	13.9 mi
Noroton, CT	Bridgeport office	17.4 mi
Noroton Heights, CT	Bridgeport office	17.3 mi
North Granby, CT	Hartford office	19.0 mi
North Grosvenor Dale, CT	Willimantic office	25.1 mi
North Haven, CT	Ansonia office	11.8 mi
Northford, CT	Ansonia office	15.7 mi
Northwest Harwinton, CT	Torrington office	2.7 mi
Norwalk, CT	Bridgeport office	13.1 mi
Norwich, CT	Norwich office	1.7 mi
Oakville, CT	Waterbury office	3.6 mi
Old Greenwich, CT	Bridgeport office	22.2 mi
Old Hill, CT	Bridgeport office	9.8 mi
Old Mystic, CT	New London office	6.5 mi
Old Saybrook Center, CT	New London office	13.8 mi
Orange, CT	Ansonia office	4.5 mi
Oronoque, CT	Ansonia office	5.7 mi
Oxoboxo River, CT	Norwich office	6.0 mi
Pawcatuck, CT	New London office	12.9 mi
Pemberwick, CT	Bridgeport office	26.4 mi
Plainfield Village, CT	Norwich office	13.1 mi
Plantsville, CT	Waterbury office	7.7 mi
Plattsville, CT	Bridgeport office	4.9 mi
Pleasant Valley, CT	Torrington office	10.2 mi
Poplar Plains, CT	Bridgeport office	9.6 mi
Poquonock Bridge, CT	New London office	4.7 mi
Portland, CT	New Britain office	10.3 mi
Putnam, CT	Willimantic office	21.5 mi
Quasset Lake, CT	Willimantic office	19.2 mi
Quinebaug, CT	Willimantic office	25.5 mi
Quinnipiac University, CT	Ansonia office	11.1 mi
Redding Center, CT	Danbury office	7.3 mi
Ridgebury, CT	Danbury office	4.5 mi
Ridgefield, CT	Danbury office	8.7 mi
Riverside, CT	Bridgeport office	22.7 mi
Riverton, CT	Torrington office	12.7 mi
Rock Ridge, CT	Bridgeport office	25.6 mi
Rockville, CT	East Hartford office	10.6 mi
Route 7 Gateway, CT	Danbury office	5.2 mi
Sacred Heart University, CT	Bridgeport office	4.1 mi
Sail Harbor, CT	Danbury office	9.1 mi
Salmon Brook, CT	Hartford office	14.2 mi
Sandy Hook, CT	Ansonia office	10.0 mi
Saugatuck, CT	Bridgeport office	10.1 mi
Saybrook Manor, CT	New London office	16.4 mi
Sharon, CT	Torrington office	18.3 mi
Shelton, CT	Ansonia office	4.0 mi
Sherman, CT	Danbury office	12.5 mi
Sherwood Manor, CT	East Hartford office	16.3 mi
Simsbury Center, CT	Hartford office	10.0 mi
Somers, CT	East Hartford office	17.3 mi
South Coventry, CT	Willimantic office	4.7 mi
South Wilton, CT	Bridgeport office	11.7 mi
South Windham, CT	Willimantic office	3.2 mi
South Woodstock, CT	Willimantic office	20.4 mi
Southport, CT	Bridgeport office	5.6 mi
Southwood Acres, CT	East Hartford office	12.7 mi
Stafford Springs, CT	Willimantic office	17.9 mi
Stamford, CT	Bridgeport office	19.5 mi
Staples, CT	Bridgeport office	7.0 mi
Stepney, CT	Ansonia office	10.0 mi
Stonington, CT	New London office	10.8 mi
Storrs, CT	Willimantic office	6.6 mi
Stratford Downtown, CT	Bridgeport office	3.8 mi
Suffield Depot, CT	East Hartford office	14.3 mi
Tariffville, CT	Hartford office	10.5 mi
Tashua, CT	Bridgeport office	7.6 mi
Taylor Corners, CT	Danbury office	5.0 mi
Terramuggus, CT	East Hartford office	12.6 mi
Terryville, CT	Waterbury office	8.5 mi
Thomaston, CT	Torrington office	8.6 mi
Thompsonville, CT	East Hartford office	14.8 mi
Tokeneke, CT	Bridgeport office	16.3 mi
Topstone, CT	Danbury office	6.7 mi
Torrington, CT	Torrington office	2.5 mi
Trumbull Center, CT	Bridgeport office	4.6 mi
Wallingford Center, CT	Waterbury office	13.4 mi
Waterbury, CT	Waterbury office	0.2 mi
Waterford, CT	New London office	1.4 mi
Watertown, CT	Waterbury office	5.4 mi
Wauregan, CT	Willimantic office	16.4 mi
Weatogue, CT	Hartford office	9.3 mi
West Cornwall, CT	Torrington office	13.0 mi
West Hartford, CT	Hartford office	3.9 mi
West Haven, CT	Ansonia office	7.2 mi
West Mountain, CT	Danbury office	7.7 mi
West Simsbury, CT	Hartford office	11.2 mi
Westbrook Center, CT	New London office	18.2 mi
Weston, CT	Bridgeport office	9.8 mi
Westport Village, CT	Bridgeport office	8.9 mi
Wethersfield, CT	Hartford office	4.7 mi
Willimantic, CT	Willimantic office	0.9 mi
Wilton Center, CT	Bridgeport office	12.1 mi
Windsor Locks, CT	East Hartford office	10.7 mi
Winsted, CT	Torrington office	9.3 mi
Witches Woods, CT	Willimantic office	17.9 mi
Woodbury Center, CT	Waterbury office	8.7 mi
Woodmont, CT	Ansonia office	8.9 mi

Additional Facilities

Resident Stations & VSD Locations in Connecticut (2)

VSD location #LJF

Norwalk, CT 06850

1 Belden Ave, Norwalk, CT 06850

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VSD location

VSD location #LMA

Bristol, CT 6010

240 Stafford Ave, Bristol, CT 6010

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VSD location

Common Questions

Frequently Asked Questions: Connecticut Social Security Offices

How many Social Security offices are in Connecticut?

Connecticut has 15 published Field Offices across 15 cities, plus 2 Resident Station or VSD locations.

What are standard Social Security office hours in Connecticut?

Most Connecticut field offices are open Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday from 9:00 AM to 4:00 PM, and Wednesday from 9:00 AM to 12:00 PM. All offices close on weekends and federal holidays.

Which Connecticut office serves the largest number of nearby towns?

The Bridgeport Social Security office is the closest mapped branch for 42 nearby towns in Connecticut.

Do I need an appointment to visit a Connecticut Social Security office?

Yes, most in-person services require scheduling ahead. Call the local branch phone number on our office cards or the national line at 1-800-772-1213 before driving. You can also manage requests online at my Social Security (SSA.gov) ↗.

Are these Connecticut pages official government pages?

No. SSA Office Finder is an independent public directory. Visit SSA.gov ↗ for official government services.

Official government portal: Social Security Administration (SSA.gov) ↗

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Connecticut Cities with Social Security Offices (15)

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