Oronoque vs Tashua

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

Oronoque and Tashua 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 3,436 in Tashua). Tashua has the higher median household income ($197,000 vs $70,264 in Oronoque). Tashua has the higher median home value ($630,800 vs $318,900 in Oronoque).

Population, income & housing

	Oronoque	Tashua
Population	3,908	3,436
Median age	67.3 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$70,264	$197,000
Median home value	$318,900	$630,800
Median gross rent	$2,303	$2,368
Housing units	2,229	1,169
Homeownership rate	82.7%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	44.3%	65.6%
Unemployment rate	19.2%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oronoque	Tashua
Population	3,780 → 3,908 (+3.4%)	3,869 → 3,436 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$65,893 → $70,264 (+6.6%)	$144,079 → $197,000 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$284,700 → $318,900 (+12.0%)	$536,500 → $630,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,756 → $2,303 (+31.2%)	$1,875 → $2,368 (+26.3%)

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

Tashua

Population

3,8693,436

Median household income

$144,079$197,000

Median home value

$536,500$630,800

Median gross rent

$1,875$2,368

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Oronoque	Tashua
Under 5	1.3%	6.4%
5 to 17	5.7%	19.7%
18 to 24	6.6%	4.5%
25 to 34	2.3%	6.1%
35 to 44	4.1%	9.0%
45 to 54	12.8%	15.5%
55 to 64	11.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	23.1%	11.5%
75 and over	32.3%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oronoque	Tashua
White (non-Hispanic)	85.4%	75.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	0.6%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	3.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	5.4%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oronoque	Tashua
No high school diploma	6.2%	7.8%
High school graduate	17.2%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	32.3%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	20.0%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	24.3%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oronoque	Tashua
Drove alone	70.2%	70.5%
Carpooled	10.3%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	17.1%	19.1%
Other means	2.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oronoque	Tashua
1-unit, detached	27.8%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	34.1%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	33.6%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	1.8%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.7%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oronoque	Tashua
Poverty rate	8.4%	7.8%
Average household size	1.79	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	27	38
Median year structure built	1975	1971