Oronoque vs Stepney

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

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

Oronoque has the higher population (3,908 vs 3,489 in Stepney). Stepney has the higher median household income ($142,250 vs $70,264 in Oronoque). Stepney has the higher median home value ($437,500 vs $318,900 in Oronoque).

Population, income & housing

	Oronoque	Stepney
Population	3,908	3,489
Median age	67.3 yrs	51.0 yrs
Median household income	$70,264	$142,250
Median home value	$318,900	$437,500
Median gross rent	$2,303	$2,065
Housing units	2,229	1,592
Homeownership rate	82.7%	88.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	54.1%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	5.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oronoque	Stepney
Population	3,780 → 3,908 (+3.4%)	3,948 → 3,489 (-11.6%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $70,264 (+6.6%)	$112,976 → $142,250 (+25.9%)
Median home value	$284,700 → $318,900 (+12.0%)	$325,100 → $437,500 (+34.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,756 → $2,303 (+31.2%)	$1,715 → $2,065 (+20.4%)

Oronoque

Population

3,7803,908

Median household income

$65,893$70,264

Median home value

$284,700$318,900

Median gross rent

$1,756$2,303

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)

	Oronoque	Stepney
Under 5	1.3%	6.6%
5 to 17	5.7%	11.8%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.3%	9.7%
35 to 44	4.1%	10.3%
45 to 54	12.8%	10.9%
55 to 64	11.8%	21.8%
65 to 74	23.1%	14.5%
75 and over	32.3%	9.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oronoque	Stepney
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	88.9%
Black or African American	1.0%	1.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.6%	5.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	3.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oronoque	Stepney
No high school diploma	6.2%	2.9%
High school graduate	17.2%	20.5%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	22.5%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	28.8%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	25.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oronoque	Stepney
Drove alone	70.2%	83.0%
Carpooled	10.3%	1.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	13.8%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oronoque	Stepney
1-unit, detached	27.8%	69.0%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	14.2%
2 to 4 units	33.6%	9.4%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	7.1%
20 or more units	2.7%	0.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oronoque	Stepney
Poverty rate	8.4%	5.3%
Average household size	1.79	2.29
Mean commute (minutes)	27	30
Median year structure built	1975	1982