Thompsonville vs Windsor Locks

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

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

Windsor Locks has the higher population (12,555 vs 7,473 in Thompsonville). Windsor Locks has the higher median household income ($90,417 vs $71,714 in Thompsonville). Windsor Locks has the higher median home value ($236,800 vs $235,200 in Thompsonville).

Population, income & housing

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
Population	7,473	12,555
Median age	36.9 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$71,714	$90,417
Median home value	$235,200	$236,800
Median gross rent	$1,364	$1,290
Housing units	3,395	5,483
Homeownership rate	44.7%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.0%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	10.2%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
Population	8,701 → 7,473 (-14.1%)	12,671 → 12,555 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$46,257 → $71,714 (+55.0%)	$70,067 → $90,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$178,900 → $235,200 (+31.5%)	$188,200 → $236,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,114 → $1,364 (+22.4%)	$1,189 → $1,290 (+8.5%)

Thompsonville

Population

8,7017,473

Median household income

$46,257$71,714

Median home value

$178,900$235,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,364

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)

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
Under 5	7.0%	6.1%
5 to 17	13.9%	13.4%
18 to 24	9.8%	5.7%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.2%
35 to 44	10.9%	13.8%
45 to 54	10.5%	10.5%
55 to 64	16.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	10.8%	8.1%
75 and over	5.0%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
White (non-Hispanic)	65.1%	71.7%
Black or African American	5.8%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.2%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	12.9%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	14.5%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
No high school diploma	7.1%	3.6%
High school graduate	39.1%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	31.8%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.2%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	5.9%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
Drove alone	81.2%	71.7%
Carpooled	9.1%	11.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.2%
Walked	0.6%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.4%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
1-unit, detached	35.6%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	5.8%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	36.2%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	7.2%	6.1%
20 or more units	15.2%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thompsonville	Windsor Locks
Poverty rate	16.3%	9.6%
Average household size	2.28	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1954	1960