Coventry Lake vs Salmon Brook

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

Coventry Lake and Salmon Brook 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 2,229 in Salmon Brook). Salmon Brook has the higher median household income ($77,500 vs $73,846 in Coventry Lake). Salmon Brook has the higher median home value ($312,400 vs $263,200 in Coventry Lake).

Population, income & housing

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
Population	2,358	2,229
Median age	55.2 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$73,846	$77,500
Median home value	$263,200	$312,400
Median gross rent	$1,031	$1,000
Housing units	1,359	1,128
Homeownership rate	88.0%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.2%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	1.2%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
Population	2,530 → 2,358 (-6.8%)	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$89,554 → $73,846 (-17.5%)	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$192,200 → $263,200 (+36.9%)	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,638 → $1,031 (-37.1%)	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)

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

Salmon Brook

Population

2,2942,229

Median household income

$96,932$77,500

Median home value

$256,400$312,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
Under 5	3.5%	3.8%
5 to 17	11.4%	9.2%
18 to 24	4.2%	6.2%
25 to 34	13.7%	13.9%
35 to 44	10.7%	9.2%
45 to 54	6.0%	11.7%
55 to 64	28.0%	19.8%
65 to 74	16.4%	15.1%
75 and over	6.1%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	94.1%	90.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.8%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
No high school diploma	2.7%	1.9%
High school graduate	32.0%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	23.1%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	21.7%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.5%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
Drove alone	87.1%	70.8%
Carpooled	4.4%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	23.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
1-unit, detached	98.7%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	1.3%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	12.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Coventry Lake	Salmon Brook
Poverty rate	13.3%	4.1%
Average household size	2.01	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	28	27
Median year structure built	1954	1974