Salmon Brook vs Suffield Depot

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

Salmon Brook and Suffield Depot 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 1,947 in Suffield Depot). Suffield Depot has the higher median home value ($377,500 vs $312,400 in Salmon Brook). Since 2019, Suffield Depot's population has grown faster (+58.7% vs -2.8%).

Population, income & housing

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
Population	2,229	1,947
Median age	52.1 yrs	54.4 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	—
Median home value	$312,400	$377,500
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,396
Housing units	1,128	802
Homeownership rate	82.9%	74.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	42.5%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	15.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
Population	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)	1,227 → 1,947 (+58.7%)
Median household income	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)	$77,917 → $83,926 (+7.7%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)	$344,600 → $377,500 (+9.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)	$1,175 → $1,396 (+18.8%)

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

Suffield Depot

Population

1,2271,947

Median household income

$77,917$83,926

Median home value

$344,600$377,500

Median gross rent

$1,175$1,396

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
Under 5	3.8%	1.8%
5 to 17	9.2%	7.6%
18 to 24	6.2%	24.5%
25 to 34	13.9%	1.8%
35 to 44	9.2%	5.6%
45 to 54	11.7%	14.6%
55 to 64	19.8%	27.5%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.6%
75 and over	11.1%	6.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	86.6%
Black or African American	0.3%	4.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	3.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
No high school diploma	1.9%	3.8%
High school graduate	20.0%	18.1%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	35.5%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	30.1%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	12.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
Drove alone	70.8%	69.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	5.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.7%
Walked	0.0%	0.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	22.8%
Other means	0.7%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
1-unit, detached	66.8%	78.3%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	2.7%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.1%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	9.4%
20 or more units	0.5%	8.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salmon Brook	Suffield Depot
Poverty rate	4.1%	7.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.73
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1974	1985