Blue Hills vs Coventry Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Blue Hills and Coventry Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

Blue Hills and Coventry Lake are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Coventry Lake has the higher population (2,358 vs 1,989 in Blue Hills). Coventry Lake has the higher median household income ($73,846 vs $62,672 in Blue Hills). Coventry Lake has the higher median home value ($263,200 vs $199,800 in Blue Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
Population	1,989	2,358
Median age	52.4 yrs	55.2 yrs
Median household income	$62,672	$73,846
Median home value	$199,800	$263,200
Median gross rent	$783	$1,031
Housing units	958	1,359
Homeownership rate	74.3%	88.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	42.2%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
Population	2,913 → 1,989 (-31.7%)	2,530 → 2,358 (-6.8%)
Median household income	$57,569 → $62,672 (+8.9%)	$89,554 → $73,846 (-17.5%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)	$192,200 → $263,200 (+36.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $783 (-23.8%)	$1,638 → $1,031 (-37.1%)

Blue Hills

Population

2,9131,989

Median household income

$57,569$62,672

Median home value

$155,800$199,800

Median gross rent

$1,028$783

Coventry Lake

Population

2,5302,358

Median household income

$89,554$73,846

Median home value

$192,200$263,200

Median gross rent

$1,638$1,031

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
Under 5	2.2%	3.5%
5 to 17	12.9%	11.4%
18 to 24	6.8%	4.2%
25 to 34	7.4%	13.7%
35 to 44	13.1%	10.7%
45 to 54	11.9%	6.0%
55 to 64	27.0%	28.0%
65 to 74	6.9%	16.4%
75 and over	11.8%	6.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	94.1%
Black or African American	89.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	2.0%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	3.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
No high school diploma	15.8%	2.7%
High school graduate	38.5%	32.0%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	23.1%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	21.7%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	20.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
Drove alone	68.2%	87.1%
Carpooled	5.9%	4.4%
Public transit	13.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	8.5%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
1-unit, detached	82.2%	98.7%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	1.3%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	8.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hills	Coventry Lake
Poverty rate	17.4%	13.3%
Average household size	2.25	2.01
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1956	1954