Hartford vs Newington

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

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

Hartford has the higher population (119,970 vs 30,551 in Newington). Newington has the higher median household income ($98,585 vs $45,300 in Hartford). Newington has the higher median home value ($279,900 vs $217,200 in Hartford).

Population, income & housing

	Hartford	Newington
Population	119,970	30,551
Median age	33.4 yrs	45.2 yrs
Median household income	$45,300	$98,585
Median home value	$217,200	$279,900
Median gross rent	$1,221	$1,487
Housing units	56,626	13,334
Homeownership rate	25.7%	78.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	18.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	10.6%	3.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hartford	Newington
Population	123,088 → 119,970 (-2.5%)	30,234 → 30,551 (+1.0%)
Median household income	$36,278 → $45,300 (+24.9%)	$81,646 → $98,585 (+20.7%)
Median home value	$165,300 → $217,200 (+31.4%)	$230,500 → $279,900 (+21.4%)
Median gross rent	$985 → $1,221 (+24.0%)	$1,263 → $1,487 (+17.7%)

Hartford

Population

123,088119,970

Median household income

$36,278$45,300

Median home value

$165,300$217,200

Median gross rent

$985$1,221

Newington

Population

30,23430,551

Median household income

$81,646$98,585

Median home value

$230,500$279,900

Median gross rent

$1,263$1,487

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hartford	Newington
Under 5	5.1%	4.2%
5 to 17	18.2%	12.9%
18 to 24	13.5%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.6%	13.4%
35 to 44	13.7%	11.9%
45 to 54	12.0%	13.5%
55 to 64	10.4%	15.5%
65 to 74	7.1%	11.8%
75 and over	4.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hartford	Newington
White (non-Hispanic)	15.9%	72.2%
Black or African American	33.8%	4.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	2.2%	6.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.1%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.7%
Two or more races	2.4%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	44.8%	11.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hartford	Newington
No high school diploma	25.7%	7.6%
High school graduate	31.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	24.1%	27.1%
Bachelor's degree	10.3%	23.0%
Graduate or professional degree	7.9%	17.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hartford	Newington
Drove alone	61.0%	77.1%
Carpooled	11.4%	6.0%
Public transit	11.8%	1.5%
Walked	4.8%	0.2%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	13.0%
Other means	2.3%	2.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hartford	Newington
1-unit, detached	15.3%	61.2%
1-unit, attached	4.5%	16.2%
2 to 4 units	36.3%	7.4%
5 to 19 units	19.5%	11.3%
20 or more units	24.2%	3.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hartford	Newington
Poverty rate	25.5%	7.2%
Average household size	2.31	2.36
Mean commute (minutes)	23	22
Median year structure built	1953	1967