Wethersfield vs Windsor Locks

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

Wethersfield and Windsor Locks 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 12,555 in Windsor Locks). Wethersfield has the higher median household income ($118,523 vs $90,417 in Windsor Locks). Wethersfield has the higher median home value ($300,500 vs $236,800 in Windsor Locks).

Population, income & housing

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
Population	27,180	12,555
Median age	44.1 yrs	42.1 yrs
Median household income	$118,523	$90,417
Median home value	$300,500	$236,800
Median gross rent	$1,303	$1,290
Housing units	11,833	5,483
Homeownership rate	82.0%	79.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.5%	26.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
Population	26,171 → 27,180 (+3.9%)	12,671 → 12,555 (-0.9%)
Median household income	$86,216 → $118,523 (+37.5%)	$70,067 → $90,417 (+29.0%)
Median home value	$255,300 → $300,500 (+17.7%)	$188,200 → $236,800 (+25.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,052 → $1,303 (+23.9%)	$1,189 → $1,290 (+8.5%)

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

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)

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
Under 5	5.6%	6.1%
5 to 17	14.8%	13.4%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.7%
25 to 34	10.6%	14.2%
35 to 44	13.5%	13.8%
45 to 54	13.4%	10.5%
55 to 64	13.2%	19.8%
65 to 74	11.1%	8.1%
75 and over	10.5%	8.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
White (non-Hispanic)	77.8%	71.7%
Black or African American	2.9%	7.2%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.9%	6.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.1%
Two or more races	1.4%	5.2%
Hispanic or Latino	12.6%	9.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
No high school diploma	5.2%	3.6%
High school graduate	19.7%	39.4%
Some college or associate's	20.7%	30.6%
Bachelor's degree	28.7%	18.3%
Graduate or professional degree	25.7%	8.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
Drove alone	72.5%	71.7%
Carpooled	7.9%	11.7%
Public transit	0.6%	0.2%
Walked	1.1%	1.0%
Bicycle	0.3%	0.0%
Worked from home	16.5%	13.7%
Other means	1.2%	1.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
1-unit, detached	73.6%	68.7%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	8.0%
2 to 4 units	7.0%	8.2%
5 to 19 units	3.5%	6.1%
20 or more units	9.6%	9.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Wethersfield	Windsor Locks
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.6%
Average household size	2.39	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	21	22
Median year structure built	1959	1960