Salmon Brook vs Weatogue

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

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

Weatogue has the higher population (2,851 vs 2,229 in Salmon Brook). Weatogue has the higher median household income ($174,286 vs $77,500 in Salmon Brook). Weatogue has the higher median home value ($414,100 vs $312,400 in Salmon Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
Population	2,229	2,851
Median age	52.1 yrs	38.0 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$174,286
Median home value	$312,400	$414,100
Median gross rent	$1,000	$1,938
Housing units	1,128	1,149
Homeownership rate	82.9%	83.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	77.8%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
Population	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)	2,738 → 2,851 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)	$133,393 → $174,286 (+30.7%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)	$322,200 → $414,100 (+28.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)	$1,484 → $1,938 (+30.6%)

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

Weatogue

Population

2,7382,851

Median household income

$133,393$174,286

Median home value

$322,200$414,100

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,938

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
Under 5	3.8%	9.3%
5 to 17	9.2%	15.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	3.1%
25 to 34	13.9%	11.2%
35 to 44	9.2%	23.0%
45 to 54	11.7%	7.2%
55 to 64	19.8%	14.6%
65 to 74	15.1%	9.4%
75 and over	11.1%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	89.1%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.1%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
No high school diploma	1.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	20.0%	9.4%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	12.8%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	43.7%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	34.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
Drove alone	70.8%	65.7%
Carpooled	3.8%	6.6%
Public transit	0.8%	2.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	23.9%	24.1%
Other means	0.7%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
1-unit, detached	66.8%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	14.9%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	5.6%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	2.8%
20 or more units	0.5%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salmon Brook	Weatogue
Poverty rate	4.1%	0.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1974	1969