Newington vs Wethersfield

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

Newington and Wethersfield 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 27,180 in Wethersfield). Wethersfield has the higher median household income ($118,523 vs $98,585 in Newington). Wethersfield has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $279,900 in Newington).

Population, income & housing

	Newington	Wethersfield
Population	30,551	27,180
Median age	45.2 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$98,585	$118,523
Median home value	$279,900	$300,500
Median gross rent	$1,487	$1,303
Housing units	13,334	11,833
Homeownership rate	78.1%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	3.7%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Newington	Wethersfield
Population	30,234 → 30,551 (+1.0%)	26,171 → 27,180 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$81,646 → $98,585 (+20.7%)	$86,216 → $118,523 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$230,500 → $279,900 (+21.4%)	$255,300 → $300,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,263 → $1,487 (+17.7%)	$1,052 → $1,303 (+23.9%)

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

Wethersfield

Population

26,17127,180

Median household income

$86,216$118,523

Median home value

$255,300$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Newington	Wethersfield
Under 5	4.2%	5.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	14.8%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	13.4%	10.6%
35 to 44	11.9%	13.5%
45 to 54	13.5%	13.4%
55 to 64	15.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	11.8%	11.1%
75 and over	9.4%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Newington	Wethersfield
White (non-Hispanic)	72.2%	77.8%
Black or African American	4.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	6.9%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	11.6%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Newington	Wethersfield
No high school diploma	7.6%	5.2%
High school graduate	24.9%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	27.1%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	23.0%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	17.4%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Newington	Wethersfield
Drove alone	77.1%	72.5%
Carpooled	6.0%	7.9%
Public transit	1.5%	0.6%
Walked	0.2%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	13.0%	16.5%
Other means	2.2%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Newington	Wethersfield
1-unit, detached	61.2%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	16.2%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	7.4%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	11.3%	3.5%
20 or more units	3.9%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Newington	Wethersfield
Poverty rate	7.2%	5.8%
Average household size	2.36	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	22	21
Median year structure built	1967	1959