Plantsville vs Salmon Brook

A side-by-side comparison of Plantsville and Salmon Brook: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Salmon Brook has the higher population (2,229 vs 2,045 in Plantsville). Plantsville has the higher median household income ($107,431 vs $77,500 in Salmon Brook). Salmon Brook has the higher median home value ($312,400 vs $289,500 in Plantsville).

Population, income & housing

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
Population	2,045	2,229
Median age	54.0 yrs	52.1 yrs
Median household income	$107,431	$77,500
Median home value	$289,500	$312,400
Median gross rent	$1,191	$1,000
Housing units	1,025	1,128
Homeownership rate	68.2%	82.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.0%	54.4%
Unemployment rate	1.9%	1.8%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
Population	1,692 → 2,045 (+20.9%)	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)
Median household income	$68,242 → $107,431 (+57.4%)	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)
Median home value	$270,100 → $289,500 (+7.2%)	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,072 → $1,191 (+11.1%)	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)

Plantsville

Population

1,6922,045

Median household income

$68,242$107,431

Median home value

$270,100$289,500

Median gross rent

$1,072$1,191

Salmon Brook

Population

2,2942,229

Median household income

$96,932$77,500

Median home value

$256,400$312,400

Median gross rent

$1,068$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
Under 5	3.7%	3.8%
5 to 17	12.1%	9.2%
18 to 24	3.9%	6.2%
25 to 34	7.9%	13.9%
35 to 44	5.3%	9.2%
45 to 54	17.2%	11.7%
55 to 64	26.9%	19.8%
65 to 74	8.6%	15.1%
75 and over	14.5%	11.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
White (non-Hispanic)	93.7%	90.5%
Black or African American	1.5%	0.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	2.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	3.6%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.6%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
No high school diploma	5.0%	1.9%
High school graduate	26.6%	20.0%
Some college or associate's	36.4%	23.7%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	31.4%
Graduate or professional degree	20.0%	23.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
Drove alone	93.4%	70.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	3.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.3%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	4.0%	23.9%
Other means	1.3%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
1-unit, detached	56.8%	66.8%
1-unit, attached	7.7%	15.6%
2 to 4 units	5.9%	4.5%
5 to 19 units	16.4%	12.6%
20 or more units	13.3%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plantsville	Salmon Brook
Poverty rate	7.5%	4.1%
Average household size	2.02	1.94
Mean commute (minutes)	19	27
Median year structure built	1984	1974