East Village vs Stepney

A side-by-side comparison of East Village and Stepney: population, income, housing, and more.

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

East Village has the higher population (3,744 vs 3,489 in Stepney). East Village has the higher median household income ($174,415 vs $142,250 in Stepney). East Village has the higher median home value ($518,500 vs $437,500 in Stepney).

Population, income & housing

	East Village	Stepney
Population	3,744	3,489
Median age	39.7 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$174,415	$142,250
Median home value	$518,500	$437,500
Median gross rent	—	$2,065
Housing units	1,275	1,592
Homeownership rate	99.2%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.0%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	East Village	Stepney
Population	4,362 → 3,744 (-14.2%)	3,948 → 3,489 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$134,415 → $174,415 (+29.8%)	$112,976 → $142,250 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$416,500 → $518,500 (+24.5%)	$325,100 → $437,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,371 → $2,031 (+48.1%)	$1,715 → $2,065 (+20.4%)

East Village

Population

4,3623,744

Median household income

$134,415$174,415

Median home value

$416,500$518,500

Median gross rent

$1,371$2,031

Stepney

Population

3,9483,489

Median household income

$112,976$142,250

Median home value

$325,100$437,500

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,065

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	East Village	Stepney
Under 5	4.8%	6.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	11.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	4.9%
25 to 34	6.7%	9.7%
35 to 44	14.6%	10.3%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.9%
55 to 64	17.3%	21.8%
65 to 74	7.7%	14.5%
75 and over	3.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	East Village	Stepney
White (non-Hispanic)	78.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	0.7%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	10.9%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.9%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.1%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	East Village	Stepney
No high school diploma	4.4%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.3%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	22.3%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	26.6%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	East Village	Stepney
Drove alone	82.6%	83.0%
Carpooled	2.6%	1.7%
Public transit	1.7%	0.0%
Walked	2.1%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	11.1%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	East Village	Stepney
1-unit, detached	87.1%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	6.7%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.1%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	East Village	Stepney
Poverty rate	0.8%	5.3%
Average household size	3.32	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	34	30
Median year structure built	1978	1982