Mill Plain vs Sacred Heart University

A side-by-side comparison of Mill Plain and Sacred Heart University: population, income, housing, and more.

Mill Plain and Sacred Heart University are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Mill Plain has the higher population (1,980 vs 1,085 in Sacred Heart University). Since 2019, Mill Plain's population has grown faster (+18.0% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
Population	1,980	1,085
Median age	44.3 yrs	19.0 yrs
Median household income	$190,250	—
Median home value	$806,600	—
Housing units	713	0
Homeownership rate	94.7%	—
Bachelor's degree or higher	74.5%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	18.1%	1.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
Population	1,678 → 1,980 (+18.0%)	1,178 → 1,085 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$165,536 → $190,250 (+14.9%)	—
Median home value	$693,700 → $806,600 (+16.3%)	—

Mill Plain

Population

1,6781,980

Median household income

$165,536$190,250

Median home value

$693,700$806,600

Sacred Heart University

Population

1,1781,085

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
Under 5	7.1%	0.0%
5 to 17	17.3%	2.8%
18 to 24	9.1%	88.4%
25 to 34	8.7%	1.1%
35 to 44	10.4%	0.6%
45 to 54	9.1%	0.0%
55 to 64	19.7%	0.6%
65 to 74	10.2%	0.0%
75 and over	8.4%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
White (non-Hispanic)	93.3%	86.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	3.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.3%	7.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
No high school diploma	1.1%	7.3%
High school graduate	4.2%	30.2%
Some college or associate's	20.1%	6.3%
Bachelor's degree	30.0%	33.3%
Graduate or professional degree	44.5%	22.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
Drove alone	68.6%	16.5%
Carpooled	0.9%	4.1%
Public transit	12.5%	0.0%
Walked	3.1%	46.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	14.9%	32.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
1-unit, detached	100.0%	—
1-unit, attached	0.0%	—
2 to 4 units	0.0%	—
5 to 19 units	0.0%	—
20 or more units	0.0%	—
Mobile home & other	0.0%	—

Poverty & households

	Mill Plain	Sacred Heart University
Poverty rate	3.8%	—
Average household size	2.86	—
Mean commute (minutes)	33	9
Median year structure built	1958	—