Plattsville vs Southport

A side-by-side comparison of Plattsville and Southport: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Southport has the higher population (1,529 vs 742 in Plattsville). Plattsville has the higher median household income ($164,219 vs $156,750 in Southport). Southport has the higher median home value ($905,600 vs $603,700 in Plattsville).

Population, income & housing

	Plattsville	Southport
Population	742	1,529
Median age	47.0 yrs	56.1 yrs
Median household income	$164,219	$156,750
Median home value	$603,700	$905,600
Median gross rent	—	$3,259
Housing units	261	822
Homeownership rate	98.5%	81.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.6%	82.7%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattsville	Southport
Population	986 → 742 (-24.7%)	1,661 → 1,529 (-7.9%)
Median household income	$133,750 → $164,219 (+22.8%)	$187,917 → $156,750 (-16.6%)
Median home value	$527,500 → $603,700 (+14.4%)	$703,200 → $905,600 (+28.8%)
Median gross rent	—	$2,208 → $3,259 (+47.6%)

Plattsville

Population

986742

Median household income

$133,750$164,219

Median home value

$527,500$603,700

Southport

Population

1,6611,529

Median household income

$187,917$156,750

Median home value

$703,200$905,600

Median gross rent

$2,208$3,259

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattsville	Southport
Under 5	9.6%	2.7%
5 to 17	20.9%	18.7%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	6.9%	3.1%
35 to 44	11.5%	12.6%
45 to 54	13.6%	7.5%
55 to 64	15.9%	28.6%
65 to 74	11.5%	10.0%
75 and over	10.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattsville	Southport
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	95.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	17.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.7%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	1.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattsville	Southport
No high school diploma	2.3%	0.0%
High school graduate	18.2%	8.8%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	8.5%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	43.1%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	39.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattsville	Southport
Drove alone	64.4%	48.5%
Carpooled	11.4%	0.5%
Public transit	4.3%	5.8%
Walked	0.0%	3.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	41.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattsville	Southport
1-unit, detached	100.0%	54.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	11.9%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	10.1%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	21.9%
20 or more units	0.0%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plattsville	Southport
Poverty rate	1.5%	5.6%
Average household size	2.84	2.08
Mean commute (minutes)	26	36
Median year structure built	1965	1966