Storrs vs Wethersfield

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

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

Wethersfield has the higher population (27,180 vs 13,502 in Storrs). Wethersfield has the higher median household income ($118,523 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $300,500 in Wethersfield).

Population, income & housing

	Storrs	Wethersfield
Population	13,502	27,180
Median age	20.4 yrs	44.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,125	$118,523
Median home value	$304,600	$300,500
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,303
Housing units	2,302	11,833
Homeownership rate	29.9%	82.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.6%	54.5%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Storrs	Wethersfield
Population	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)	26,171 → 27,180 (+3.9%)
Median household income	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)	$86,216 → $118,523 (+37.5%)
Median home value	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)	$255,300 → $300,500 (+17.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)	$1,052 → $1,303 (+23.9%)

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

Wethersfield

Population

26,17127,180

Median household income

$86,216$118,523

Median home value

$255,300$300,500

Median gross rent

$1,052$1,303

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Storrs	Wethersfield
Under 5	0.3%	5.6%
5 to 17	2.6%	14.8%
18 to 24	83.3%	7.4%
25 to 34	2.8%	10.6%
35 to 44	2.3%	13.5%
45 to 54	0.8%	13.4%
55 to 64	2.6%	13.2%
65 to 74	1.8%	11.1%
75 and over	3.5%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Storrs	Wethersfield
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	77.8%
Black or African American	7.3%	2.9%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	4.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	12.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Storrs	Wethersfield
No high school diploma	5.4%	5.2%
High school graduate	12.9%	19.7%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	28.7%
Graduate or professional degree	43.9%	25.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Storrs	Wethersfield
Drove alone	26.9%	72.5%
Carpooled	4.8%	7.9%
Public transit	6.4%	0.6%
Walked	25.6%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.3%
Worked from home	35.9%	16.5%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Storrs	Wethersfield
1-unit, detached	27.4%	73.6%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	6.2%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	7.0%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	3.5%
20 or more units	35.4%	9.6%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Storrs	Wethersfield
Poverty rate	42.0%	5.8%
Average household size	1.87	2.39
Mean commute (minutes)	16	21
Median year structure built	1990	1959