Coventry Lake vs Plantsville

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

Coventry Lake and Plantsville 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 2,045 in Plantsville). Plantsville has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $73,846 in Coventry Lake). Plantsville has the higher median home value ($289,500 vs $263,200 in Coventry Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
Population	2,358	2,045
Median age	55.2 yrs	54.0 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$107,431
Median home value	$263,200	$289,500
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,191
Housing units	1,359	1,025
Homeownership rate	88.0%	68.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	32.0%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
Population	2,530 → 2,358 (-6.8%)	1,692 → 2,045 (+20.9%)
Median household income	$89,554 → $73,846 (-17.5%)	$68,242 → $107,431 (+57.4%)
Median home value	$192,200 → $263,200 (+36.9%)	$270,100 → $289,500 (+7.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,031 (-37.1%)	$1,072 → $1,191 (+11.1%)

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

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)

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
Under 5	3.5%	3.7%
5 to 17	11.4%	12.1%
18 to 24	4.2%	3.9%
25 to 34	13.7%	7.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	5.3%
45 to 54	6.0%	17.2%
55 to 64	28.0%	26.9%
65 to 74	16.4%	8.6%
75 and over	6.1%	14.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	93.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	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	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	3.6%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	0.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
No high school diploma	2.7%	5.0%
High school graduate	32.0%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	36.4%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	12.0%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	20.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
Drove alone	87.1%	93.4%
Carpooled	4.4%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.0%
Other means	0.0%	1.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
1-unit, detached	98.7%	56.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	7.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	5.9%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.4%
20 or more units	0.0%	13.3%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coventry Lake	Plantsville
Poverty rate	13.3%	7.5%
Average household size	2.01	2.02
Mean commute (minutes)	28	19
Median year structure built	1954	1984