Blue Hills vs Plantsville

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

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

Plantsville has the higher population (2,045 vs 1,989 in Blue Hills). Plantsville has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $62,672 in Blue Hills). Plantsville has the higher median home value ($289,500 vs $199,800 in Blue Hills).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
Population	1,989	2,045
Median age	52.4 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$62,672	$107,431
Median home value	$199,800	$289,500
Median gross rent	$783	$1,191
Housing units	958	1,025
Homeownership rate	74.3%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
Population	2,913 → 1,989 (-31.7%)	1,692 → 2,045 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$57,569 → $62,672 (+8.9%)	$68,242 → $107,431 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)	$270,100 → $289,500 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $783 (-23.8%)	$1,072 → $1,191 (+11.1%)

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

Plantsville

Population

1,6922,045

Median household income

$68,242$107,431

Median home value

$270,100$289,500

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,191

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
Under 5	2.2%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.1%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.9%
25 to 34	7.4%	7.9%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.3%
45 to 54	11.9%	17.2%
55 to 64	27.0%	26.9%
65 to 74	6.9%	8.6%
75 and over	11.8%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	93.7%
Black or African American	89.0%	1.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.2%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
No high school diploma	15.8%	5.0%
High school graduate	38.5%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
Drove alone	68.2%	93.4%
Carpooled	5.9%	0.0%
Public transit	13.7%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	4.0%
Other means	8.1%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
1-unit, detached	82.2%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	16.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hills	Plantsville
Poverty rate	17.4%	7.5%
Average household size	2.25	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	23	19
Median year structure built	1956	1984