Weatogue vs West Simsbury

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

Weatogue 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 2,851 in Weatogue). West Simsbury has the higher median household income ($191,042 vs $174,286 in Weatogue). West Simsbury has the higher median home value ($468,400 vs $414,100 in Weatogue).

Population, income & housing

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
Population	2,851	2,878
Median age	38.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$174,286	$191,042
Median home value	$414,100	$468,400
Median gross rent	$1,938	$2,250
Housing units	1,149	951
Homeownership rate	83.2%	89.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	77.8%	65.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	1.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
Population	2,738 → 2,851 (+4.1%)	2,764 → 2,878 (+4.1%)
Median household income	$133,393 → $174,286 (+30.7%)	$124,570 → $191,042 (+53.4%)
Median home value	$322,200 → $414,100 (+28.5%)	$363,200 → $468,400 (+29.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,484 → $1,938 (+30.6%)	$2,107 → $2,250 (+6.8%)

Weatogue

Population

2,7382,851

Median household income

$133,393$174,286

Median home value

$322,200$414,100

Median gross rent

$1,484$1,938

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)

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
Under 5	9.3%	1.0%
5 to 17	15.5%	17.5%
18 to 24	3.1%	5.6%
25 to 34	11.2%	5.5%
35 to 44	23.0%	7.5%
45 to 54	7.2%	12.1%
55 to 64	14.6%	23.7%
65 to 74	9.4%	13.3%
75 and over	6.7%	13.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
White (non-Hispanic)	89.1%	93.5%
Black or African American	0.5%	0.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.3%
Hispanic or Latino	5.1%	3.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
No high school diploma	0.0%	2.6%
High school graduate	9.4%	9.9%
Some college or associate's	12.8%	22.1%
Bachelor's degree	43.7%	38.4%
Graduate or professional degree	34.1%	27.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
Drove alone	65.7%	67.9%
Carpooled	6.6%	1.2%
Public transit	2.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.1%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.8%
Worked from home	24.1%	27.5%
Other means	0.5%	0.3%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
1-unit, detached	73.6%	92.6%
1-unit, attached	14.9%	0.8%
2 to 4 units	5.6%	1.7%
5 to 19 units	2.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	3.1%	4.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Weatogue	West Simsbury
Poverty rate	0.1%	5.1%
Average household size	2.53	2.83
Mean commute (minutes)	24	24
Median year structure built	1969	1973