Broad Brook vs Weatogue

A side-by-side comparison of Broad Brook and Weatogue: population, income, housing, and more.

Broad Brook and Weatogue are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Broad Brook has the higher population (3,550 vs 2,851 in Weatogue). Weatogue has the higher median household income ($174,286 vs $96,484 in Broad Brook). Weatogue has the higher median home value ($414,100 vs $328,300 in Broad Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
Population	3,550	2,851
Median age	42.5 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$96,484	$174,286
Median home value	$328,300	$414,100
Median gross rent	$1,297	$1,938
Housing units	1,658	1,149
Homeownership rate	70.3%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	48.3%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	3.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
Population	4,695 → 3,550 (-24.4%)	2,738 → 2,851 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$81,500 → $96,484 (+18.4%)	$133,393 → $174,286 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$235,100 → $328,300 (+39.6%)	$322,200 → $414,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,226 → $1,297 (+5.8%)	$1,484 → $1,938 (+30.6%)

Broad Brook

Population

4,6953,550

Median household income

$81,500$96,484

Median home value

$235,100$328,300

Median gross rent

$1,226$1,297

Weatogue

Population

2,7382,851

Median household income

$133,393$174,286

Median home value

$322,200$414,100

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
Under 5	2.4%	9.3%
5 to 17	16.1%	15.5%
18 to 24	11.8%	3.1%
25 to 34	14.0%	11.2%
35 to 44	6.7%	23.0%
45 to 54	10.3%	7.2%
55 to 64	18.7%	14.6%
65 to 74	12.3%	9.4%
75 and over	7.8%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
White (non-Hispanic)	69.1%	89.1%
Black or African American	10.6%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	7.8%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.7%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
No high school diploma	1.7%	0.0%
High school graduate	21.4%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	28.6%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	23.7%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	24.6%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
Drove alone	74.3%	65.7%
Carpooled	3.2%	6.6%
Public transit	0.0%	2.0%
Walked	1.1%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.4%	24.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
1-unit, detached	54.7%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	9.3%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	21.8%	2.8%
20 or more units	7.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Broad Brook	Weatogue
Poverty rate	9.8%	0.1%
Average household size	2.36	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	23	24
Median year structure built	1984	1969