Glastonbury Center vs Simsbury Center

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

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

Glastonbury Center has the higher population (7,860 vs 6,326 in Simsbury Center). Simsbury Center has the higher median household income ($141,688 vs $133,450 in Glastonbury Center). Simsbury Center has the higher median home value ($372,400 vs $367,000 in Glastonbury Center).

Population, income & housing

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
Population	7,860	6,326
Median age	48.9 yrs	46.2 yrs
Median household income	$133,450	$141,688
Median home value	$367,000	$372,400
Median gross rent	$1,703	$2,177
Housing units	3,827	2,715
Homeownership rate	70.1%	63.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.9%	68.8%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	5.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
Population	7,929 → 7,860 (-0.9%)	6,154 → 6,326 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$87,146 → $133,450 (+53.1%)	$114,231 → $141,688 (+24.0%)
Median home value	$299,100 → $367,000 (+22.7%)	$301,900 → $372,400 (+23.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,250 → $1,703 (+36.2%)	$1,496 → $2,177 (+45.5%)

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

Simsbury Center

Population

6,1546,326

Median household income

$114,231$141,688

Median home value

$301,900$372,400

Median gross rent

$1,496$2,177

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
Under 5	4.9%	4.1%
5 to 17	11.9%	18.2%
18 to 24	6.8%	3.3%
25 to 34	10.2%	9.3%
35 to 44	12.1%	12.9%
45 to 54	13.8%	16.8%
55 to 64	14.0%	14.4%
65 to 74	11.7%	10.8%
75 and over	14.8%	10.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	79.6%	83.5%
Black or African American	1.0%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.3%	2.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	1.3%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.2%
Two or more races	2.3%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	7.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
No high school diploma	2.5%	1.3%
High school graduate	9.4%	8.9%
Some college or associate's	19.2%	21.0%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	39.0%
Graduate or professional degree	38.1%	29.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
Drove alone	73.3%	57.7%
Carpooled	1.2%	2.8%
Public transit	0.3%	3.2%
Walked	2.7%	5.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	21.9%	28.6%
Other means	0.7%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
1-unit, detached	53.1%	66.2%
1-unit, attached	14.3%	3.6%
2 to 4 units	10.8%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	6.4%	15.5%
20 or more units	15.4%	5.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Glastonbury Center	Simsbury Center
Poverty rate	5.8%	5.5%
Average household size	2.08	2.32
Mean commute (minutes)	22	28
Median year structure built	1972	1971