Newington vs West Hartford

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

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

West Hartford has the higher population (63,809 vs 30,551 in Newington). West Hartford has the higher median household income ($125,616 vs $98,585 in Newington). West Hartford has the higher median home value ($391,200 vs $279,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Newington	West Hartford
Population	30,551	63,809
Median age	45.2 yrs	40.3 yrs
Median household income	$98,585	$125,616
Median home value	$279,900	$391,200
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,665
Housing units	13,334	27,427
Homeownership rate	78.1%	67.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	66.3%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newington	West Hartford
Population	30,234 → 30,551 (+1.0%)	63,063 → 63,809 (+1.2%)
Median household income	$81,646 → $98,585 (+20.7%)	$104,281 → $125,616 (+20.5%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $279,900 (+21.4%)	$334,300 → $391,200 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,487 (+17.7%)	$1,325 → $1,665 (+25.7%)

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

West Hartford

Population

63,06363,809

Median household income

$104,281$125,616

Median home value

$334,300$391,200

Median gross rent

$1,325$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newington	West Hartford
Under 5	4.2%	5.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.6%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	13.4%	14.3%
35 to 44	11.9%	12.4%
45 to 54	13.5%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.5%	12.9%
65 to 74	11.8%	10.4%
75 and over	9.4%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newington	West Hartford
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	68.6%
Black or African American	4.3%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	7.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.8%
Two or more races	4.2%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	11.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newington	West Hartford
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.4%
High school graduate	24.9%	12.3%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	16.0%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	32.5%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	33.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newington	West Hartford
Drove alone	77.1%	69.2%
Carpooled	6.0%	6.3%
Public transit	1.5%	1.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.6%
Worked from home	13.0%	19.8%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newington	West Hartford
1-unit, detached	61.2%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	3.7%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	13.6%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	7.4%
20 or more units	3.9%	12.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newington	West Hartford
Poverty rate	7.2%	6.0%
Average household size	2.36	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	22	22
Median year structure built	1967	1955