Newington vs Storrs

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

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

Newington has the higher population (30,551 vs 13,502 in Storrs). Newington has the higher median household income ($98,585 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $279,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Newington	Storrs
Population	30,551	13,502
Median age	45.2 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$98,585	$33,125
Median home value	$279,900	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,612
Housing units	13,334	2,302
Homeownership rate	78.1%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newington	Storrs
Population	30,234 → 30,551 (+1.0%)	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$81,646 → $98,585 (+20.7%)	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $279,900 (+21.4%)	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,487 (+17.7%)	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)

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

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)

	Newington	Storrs
Under 5	4.2%	0.3%
5 to 17	12.9%	2.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	83.3%
25 to 34	13.4%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.9%	2.3%
45 to 54	13.5%	0.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	2.6%
65 to 74	11.8%	1.8%
75 and over	9.4%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newington	Storrs
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	66.0%
Black or African American	4.3%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.1%
Asian	6.9%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newington	Storrs
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	43.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newington	Storrs
Drove alone	77.1%	26.9%
Carpooled	6.0%	4.8%
Public transit	1.5%	6.4%
Walked	0.2%	25.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.0%	35.9%
Other means	2.2%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newington	Storrs
1-unit, detached	61.2%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	10.9%
20 or more units	3.9%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Newington	Storrs
Poverty rate	7.2%	42.0%
Average household size	2.36	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	22	16
Median year structure built	1967	1990