Blue Hills vs Suffield Depot

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

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

Blue Hills has the higher population (1,989 vs 1,947 in Suffield Depot). Suffield Depot has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $199,800 in Blue Hills). Since 2019, Suffield Depot's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs -31.7%).

Population, income & housing

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
Population	1,989	1,947
Median age	52.4 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$62,672	—
Median home value	$199,800	$377,500
Median gross rent	$783	$1,396
Housing units	958	802
Homeownership rate	74.3%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	11.6%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	5.0%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
Population	2,913 → 1,989 (-31.7%)	1,227 → 1,947 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$57,569 → $62,672 (+8.9%)	$77,917 → $83,926 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$155,800 → $199,800 (+28.2%)	$344,600 → $377,500 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,028 → $783 (-23.8%)	$1,175 → $1,396 (+18.8%)

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

Suffield Depot

Population

1,2271,947

Median household income

$77,917$83,926

Median home value

$344,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
Under 5	2.2%	1.8%
5 to 17	12.9%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.8%	24.5%
25 to 34	7.4%	1.8%
35 to 44	13.1%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.9%	14.6%
55 to 64	27.0%	27.5%
65 to 74	6.9%	9.6%
75 and over	11.8%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
White (non-Hispanic)	2.9%	86.6%
Black or African American	89.0%	4.7%
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%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.5%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
No high school diploma	15.8%	3.8%
High school graduate	38.5%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	34.1%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	6.3%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.3%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
Drove alone	68.2%	69.9%
Carpooled	5.9%	5.7%
Public transit	13.7%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.1%	22.8%
Other means	8.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
1-unit, detached	82.2%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	7.1%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	0.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	8.9%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Blue Hills	Suffield Depot
Poverty rate	17.4%	7.8%
Average household size	2.25	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	23	28
Median year structure built	1956	1985