Kensington vs Southwood Acres

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

Kensington and Southwood Acres 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 8,154 in Southwood Acres). Southwood Acres has the higher median household income ($105,529 vs $105,000 in Kensington). Kensington has the higher median home value ($304,400 vs $247,400 in Southwood Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
Population	9,936	8,154
Median age	49.0 yrs	41.5 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$105,529
Median home value	$304,400	$247,400
Median gross rent	$1,418	$1,493
Housing units	4,434	3,470
Homeownership rate	83.4%	86.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	2.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
Population	7,971 → 9,936 (+24.7%)	7,473 → 8,154 (+9.1%)
Median household income	$98,143 → $105,000 (+7.0%)	$91,851 → $105,529 (+14.9%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $304,400 (+16.9%)	$189,900 → $247,400 (+30.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,418 (+14.0%)	$1,538 → $1,493 (-2.9%)

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

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)

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
Under 5	5.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.6%	8.5%
25 to 34	10.5%	15.5%
35 to 44	10.1%	11.0%
45 to 54	12.5%	13.1%
55 to 64	15.2%	15.8%
65 to 74	16.6%	8.3%
75 and over	9.5%	9.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	82.5%
Black or African American	0.7%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	5.2%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.4%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	11.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
No high school diploma	6.7%	4.1%
High school graduate	23.5%	28.5%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	30.2%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	20.0%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	17.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
Drove alone	80.6%	72.4%
Carpooled	2.8%	10.8%
Public transit	0.5%	0.5%
Walked	1.2%	0.3%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	16.0%
Other means	0.3%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
1-unit, detached	77.4%	87.8%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	0.9%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	3.4%
20 or more units	4.7%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.3%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Southwood Acres
Poverty rate	6.3%	5.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.38
Mean commute (minutes)	21	23
Median year structure built	1962	1966