Kensington vs Storrs

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

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

Storrs has the higher population (13,502 vs 9,936 in Kensington). Kensington has the higher median household income ($105,000 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $304,400 in Kensington).

Population, income & housing

	Kensington	Storrs
Population	9,936	13,502
Median age	49.0 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,000	$33,125
Median home value	$304,400	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,418	$1,612
Housing units	4,434	2,302
Homeownership rate	83.4%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Kensington	Storrs
Population	7,971 → 9,936 (+24.7%)	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$98,143 → $105,000 (+7.0%)	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$260,300 → $304,400 (+16.9%)	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,244 → $1,418 (+14.0%)	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)

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

Storrs

Population

16,35213,502

Median household income

$27,035$33,125

Median home value

$230,900$304,600

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Kensington	Storrs
Under 5	5.2%	0.3%
5 to 17	14.8%	2.6%
18 to 24	5.6%	83.3%
25 to 34	10.5%	2.8%
35 to 44	10.1%	2.3%
45 to 54	12.5%	0.8%
55 to 64	15.2%	2.6%
65 to 74	16.6%	1.8%
75 and over	9.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Kensington	Storrs
White (non-Hispanic)	84.2%	66.0%
Black or African American	0.7%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	5.2%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.8%
Two or more races	1.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Kensington	Storrs
No high school diploma	6.7%	5.4%
High school graduate	23.5%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	29.4%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.8%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.6%	43.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Kensington	Storrs
Drove alone	80.6%	26.9%
Carpooled	2.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	6.4%
Walked	1.2%	25.6%
Bicycle	0.4%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.2%	35.9%
Other means	0.3%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Kensington	Storrs
1-unit, detached	77.4%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	0.4%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	2.0%	10.9%
20 or more units	4.7%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Kensington	Storrs
Poverty rate	6.3%	42.0%
Average household size	2.28	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	21	16
Median year structure built	1962	1990