East Hartford vs Wethersfield

A side-by-side comparison of East Hartford and Wethersfield: population, income, housing, and more.

East Hartford and Wethersfield are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

East Hartford has the higher population (50,798 vs 27,180 in Wethersfield). Wethersfield has the higher median household income ($118,523 vs $66,943 in East Hartford). Wethersfield has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $215,400 in East Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
Population	50,798	27,180
Median age	38.3 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$66,943	$118,523
Median home value	$215,400	$300,500
Median gross rent	$1,184	$1,303
Housing units	21,619	11,833
Homeownership rate	59.0%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.6%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	5.9%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
Population	50,272 → 50,798 (+1.0%)	26,171 → 27,180 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$55,967 → $66,943 (+19.6%)	$86,216 → $118,523 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$164,200 → $215,400 (+31.2%)	$255,300 → $300,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,032 → $1,184 (+14.7%)	$1,052 → $1,303 (+23.9%)

East Hartford

Population

50,27250,798

Median household income

$55,967$66,943

Median home value

$164,200$215,400

Median gross rent

$1,032$1,184

Wethersfield

Population

26,17127,180

Median household income

$86,216$118,523

Median home value

$255,300$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
Under 5	7.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	14.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	8.8%	7.4%
25 to 34	14.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	13.7%	13.5%
45 to 54	12.6%	13.4%
55 to 64	13.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.2%	11.1%
75 and over	5.8%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
White (non-Hispanic)	31.9%	77.8%
Black or African American	22.7%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.2%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.4%
Two or more races	3.1%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	38.4%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
No high school diploma	13.1%	5.2%
High school graduate	39.6%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	29.7%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	7.0%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
Drove alone	75.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	8.3%	7.9%
Public transit	3.9%	0.6%
Walked	0.4%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.3%
Worked from home	9.6%	16.5%
Other means	1.9%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
1-unit, detached	53.6%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	6.0%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	8.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	13.3%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Hartford	Wethersfield
Poverty rate	14.7%	5.8%
Average household size	2.45	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1961	1959