Hazardville vs Stafford Springs

A side-by-side comparison of Hazardville and Stafford Springs: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Hazardville has the higher population (6,482 vs 4,801 in Stafford Springs). Hazardville has the higher median household income ($96,531 vs $70,967 in Stafford Springs). Hazardville has the higher median home value ($230,400 vs $200,900 in Stafford Springs).

Population, income & housing

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
Population	6,482	4,801
Median age	44.6 yrs	41.8 yrs
Median household income	$96,531	$70,967
Median home value	$230,400	$200,900
Median gross rent	$1,407	$1,101
Housing units	2,781	2,190
Homeownership rate	86.4%	65.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.4%	23.9%
Unemployment rate	4.7%	6.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
Population	4,615 → 6,482 (+40.5%)	5,023 → 4,801 (-4.4%)
Median household income	$90,811 → $96,531 (+6.3%)	$67,292 → $70,967 (+5.5%)
Median home value	$183,800 → $230,400 (+25.4%)	$161,300 → $200,900 (+24.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,172 → $1,407 (+20.1%)	$959 → $1,101 (+14.8%)

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

Stafford Springs

Population

5,0234,801

Median household income

$67,292$70,967

Median home value

$161,300$200,900

Median gross rent

$959$1,101

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
Under 5	4.1%	8.4%
5 to 17	10.6%	16.6%
18 to 24	5.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	13.5%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.5%	13.1%
45 to 54	17.1%	11.5%
55 to 64	12.8%	12.0%
65 to 74	11.6%	14.3%
75 and over	8.3%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.1%	83.3%
Black or African American	4.2%	0.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.8%	3.8%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	12.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
No high school diploma	6.1%	8.3%
High school graduate	29.9%	39.9%
Some college or associate's	35.6%	27.9%
Bachelor's degree	21.4%	16.5%
Graduate or professional degree	6.9%	7.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
Drove alone	81.2%	86.5%
Carpooled	8.7%	3.2%
Public transit	0.2%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.1%	10.3%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
1-unit, detached	85.0%	51.5%
1-unit, attached	3.5%	6.8%
2 to 4 units	6.0%	18.3%
5 to 19 units	2.1%	16.9%
20 or more units	3.5%	6.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Hazardville	Stafford Springs
Poverty rate	6.1%	10.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	23	26
Median year structure built	1959	1952