Storrs vs Windsor Locks

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

Storrs and Windsor Locks 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 12,555 in Windsor Locks). Windsor Locks has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $33,125 in Storrs). Storrs has the higher median home value ($304,600 vs $236,800 in Windsor Locks).

Population, income & housing

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
Population	13,502	12,555
Median age	20.4 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$33,125	$90,417
Median home value	$304,600	$236,800
Median gross rent	$1,612	$1,290
Housing units	2,302	5,483
Homeownership rate	29.9%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	68.6%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	13.6%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
Population	16,352 → 13,502 (-17.4%)	12,671 → 12,555 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$27,035 → $33,125 (+22.5%)	$70,067 → $90,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$230,900 → $304,600 (+31.9%)	$188,200 → $236,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,463 → $1,612 (+10.2%)	$1,189 → $1,290 (+8.5%)

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

Windsor Locks

Population

12,67112,555

Median household income

$70,067$90,417

Median home value

$188,200$236,800

Median gross rent

$1,189$1,290

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
Under 5	0.3%	6.1%
5 to 17	2.6%	13.4%
18 to 24	83.3%	5.7%
25 to 34	2.8%	14.2%
35 to 44	2.3%	13.8%
45 to 54	0.8%	10.5%
55 to 64	2.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	1.8%	8.1%
75 and over	3.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
White (non-Hispanic)	66.0%	71.7%
Black or African American	7.3%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	16.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.8%	0.1%
Two or more races	2.5%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.2%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
No high school diploma	5.4%	3.6%
High school graduate	12.9%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	13.0%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	24.8%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	43.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
Drove alone	26.9%	71.7%
Carpooled	4.8%	11.7%
Public transit	6.4%	0.2%
Walked	25.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	35.9%	13.7%
Other means	0.5%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
1-unit, detached	27.4%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	7.1%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	12.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	6.1%
20 or more units	35.4%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	6.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Storrs	Windsor Locks
Poverty rate	42.0%	9.6%
Average household size	1.87	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	16	22
Median year structure built	1990	1960