Southwood Acres vs Storrs

A side-by-side comparison of Southwood Acres and Storrs: population, income, housing, and more.

Southwood Acres and Storrs are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Storrs has the higher population (13,502 vs 8,154 in Southwood Acres). Southwood Acres has the higher median household income ($105,529 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $247,400 in Southwood Acres).

Population, income & housing

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
Population	8,154	13,502
Median age	41.5 yrs	20.4 yrs
Median household income	$105,529	$33,125
Median home value	$247,400	$304,600
Median gross rent	$1,493	$1,612
Housing units	3,470	2,302
Homeownership rate	86.3%	29.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	37.2%	68.6%
Unemployment rate	2.2%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
Population	7,473 → 8,154 (+9.1%)	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)
Median household income	$91,851 → $105,529 (+14.9%)	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)
Median home value	$189,900 → $247,400 (+30.3%)	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,538 → $1,493 (-2.9%)	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)

Southwood Acres

Population

7,4738,154

Median household income

$91,851$105,529

Median home value

$189,900$247,400

Median gross rent

$1,538$1,493

Storrs

Population

16,35213,502

Median household income

$27,035$33,125

Median home value

$230,900$304,600

Median gross rent

$1,463$1,612

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
Under 5	5.2%	0.3%
5 to 17	13.1%	2.6%
18 to 24	8.5%	83.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	2.8%
35 to 44	11.0%	2.3%
45 to 54	13.1%	0.8%
55 to 64	15.8%	2.6%
65 to 74	8.3%	1.8%
75 and over	9.5%	3.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
White (non-Hispanic)	82.5%	66.0%
Black or African American	2.1%	7.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.1%
Asian	1.6%	16.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.8%
Two or more races	2.4%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	11.2%	7.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
No high school diploma	4.1%	5.4%
High school graduate	28.5%	12.9%
Some college or associate's	30.2%	13.0%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	24.8%
Graduate or professional degree	17.3%	43.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
Drove alone	72.4%	26.9%
Carpooled	10.8%	4.8%
Public transit	0.5%	6.4%
Walked	0.3%	25.6%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.0%	35.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
1-unit, detached	87.8%	27.4%
1-unit, attached	7.6%	7.1%
2 to 4 units	0.9%	12.2%
5 to 19 units	3.4%	10.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	35.4%
Mobile home & other	0.3%	6.9%

Poverty & households

	Southwood Acres	Storrs
Poverty rate	5.6%	42.0%
Average household size	2.38	1.87
Mean commute (minutes)	23	16
Median year structure built	1966	1990