Glastonbury Center vs Kensington

A side-by-side comparison of Glastonbury Center and Kensington: population, income, housing, and more.

Glastonbury Center and Kensington are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Kensington has the higher population (9,936 vs 7,860 in Glastonbury Center). Glastonbury Center has the higher median household income ($133,450 vs $105,000 in Kensington). Glastonbury Center has the higher median home value ($367,000 vs $304,400 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
Population	7,860	9,936
Median age	48.9 yrs	49.0 yrs
Median household income	$133,450	$105,000
Median home value	$367,000	$304,400
Median gross rent	$1,703	$1,418
Housing units	3,827	4,434
Homeownership rate	70.1%	83.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
Population	7,929 → 7,860 (-0.9%)	7,971 → 9,936 (+24.7%)
Median household income	$87,146 → $133,450 (+53.1%)	$98,143 → $105,000 (+7.0%)
Median home value	$299,100 → $367,000 (+22.7%)	$260,300 → $304,400 (+16.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,703 (+36.2%)	$1,244 → $1,418 (+14.0%)

Glastonbury Center

Population

7,9297,860

Median household income

$87,146$133,450

Median home value

$299,100$367,000

Median gross rent

$1,250$1,703

Kensington

Population

7,9719,936

Median household income

$98,143$105,000

Median home value

$260,300$304,400

Median gross rent

$1,244$1,418

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
Under 5	4.9%	5.2%
5 to 17	11.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	6.8%	5.6%
25 to 34	10.2%	10.5%
35 to 44	12.1%	10.1%
45 to 54	13.8%	12.5%
55 to 64	14.0%	15.2%
65 to 74	11.7%	16.6%
75 and over	14.8%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	84.2%
Black or African American	1.0%	0.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	5.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.3%
Two or more races	2.3%	1.2%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	8.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
No high school diploma	2.5%	6.7%
High school graduate	9.4%	23.5%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	29.4%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	22.8%
Graduate or professional degree	38.1%	17.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
Drove alone	73.3%	80.6%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.5%
Walked	2.7%	1.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.4%
Worked from home	21.9%	14.2%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
1-unit, detached	53.1%	77.4%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	0.4%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	2.0%
20 or more units	15.4%	4.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glastonbury Center	Kensington
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.3%
Average household size	2.08	2.28
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1972	1962