Salmon Brook vs West Simsbury

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

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

West Simsbury has the higher population (2,878 vs 2,229 in Salmon Brook). West Simsbury has the higher median household income ($191,042 vs $77,500 in Salmon Brook). West Simsbury has the higher median home value ($468,400 vs $312,400 in Salmon Brook).

Population, income & housing

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
Population	2,229	2,878
Median age	52.1 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$77,500	$191,042
Median home value	$312,400	$468,400
Median gross rent	$1,000	$2,250
Housing units	1,128	951
Homeownership rate	82.9%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.4%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	1.8%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
Population	2,294 → 2,229 (-2.8%)	2,764 → 2,878 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$96,932 → $77,500 (-20.0%)	$124,570 → $191,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$256,400 → $312,400 (+21.8%)	$363,200 → $468,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,068 → $1,000 (-6.4%)	$2,107 → $2,250 (+6.8%)

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

West Simsbury

Population

2,7642,878

Median household income

$124,570$191,042

Median home value

$363,200$468,400

Median gross rent

$2,107$2,250

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
Under 5	3.8%	1.0%
5 to 17	9.2%	17.5%
18 to 24	6.2%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.9%	5.5%
35 to 44	9.2%	7.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	12.1%
55 to 64	19.8%	23.7%
65 to 74	15.1%	13.3%
75 and over	11.1%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	90.5%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.3%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.6%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
No high school diploma	1.9%	2.6%
High school graduate	20.0%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	23.7%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	31.4%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	23.0%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
Drove alone	70.8%	67.9%
Carpooled	3.8%	1.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	23.9%	27.5%
Other means	0.7%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
1-unit, detached	66.8%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	15.6%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	4.5%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	12.6%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.5%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Salmon Brook	West Simsbury
Poverty rate	4.1%	5.1%
Average household size	1.94	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	27	24
Median year structure built	1974	1973