Hazardville vs Southwood Acres

A side-by-side comparison of Hazardville and Southwood Acres: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southwood Acres has the higher population (8,154 vs 6,482 in Hazardville). Southwood Acres has the higher median household income ($105,529 vs $96,531 in Hazardville). Southwood Acres has the higher median home value ($247,400 vs $230,400 in Hazardville).

Population, income & housing

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
Population	6,482	8,154
Median age	44.6 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$96,531	$105,529
Median home value	$230,400	$247,400
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,493
Housing units	2,781	3,470
Homeownership rate	86.4%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
Population	4,615 → 6,482 (+40.5%)	7,473 → 8,154 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$90,811 → $96,531 (+6.3%)	$91,851 → $105,529 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $230,400 (+25.4%)	$189,900 → $247,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,407 (+20.1%)	$1,538 → $1,493 (-2.9%)

Hazardville

Population

4,6156,482

Median household income

$90,811$96,531

Median home value

$183,800$230,400

Median gross rent

$1,172$1,407

Southwood Acres

Population

7,4738,154

Median household income

$91,851$105,529

Median home value

$189,900$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,493

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
Under 5	4.1%	5.2%
5 to 17	10.6%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.4%	8.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	16.5%	11.0%
45 to 54	17.1%	13.1%
55 to 64	12.8%	15.8%
65 to 74	11.6%	8.3%
75 and over	8.3%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	82.5%
Black or African American	4.2%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	1.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
No high school diploma	6.1%	4.1%
High school graduate	29.9%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
Drove alone	81.2%	72.4%
Carpooled	8.7%	10.8%
Public transit	0.2%	0.5%
Walked	0.5%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
1-unit, detached	85.0%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	3.4%
20 or more units	3.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Hazardville	Southwood Acres
Poverty rate	6.1%	5.6%
Average household size	2.27	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	23	23
Median year structure built	1959	1966