Plattsville vs Stratford Downtown

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

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

Stratford Downtown has the higher population (1,758 vs 742 in Plattsville). Plattsville has the higher median household income ($164,219 vs $73,875 in Stratford Downtown). Plattsville has the higher median home value ($603,700 vs $291,300 in Stratford Downtown).

Population, income & housing

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
Population	742	1,758
Median age	47.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$164,219	$73,875
Median home value	$603,700	$291,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,245
Housing units	261	775
Homeownership rate	98.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	63.6%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.0%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
Population	986 → 742 (-24.7%)	1,484 → 1,758 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$133,750 → $164,219 (+22.8%)	$67,833 → $73,875 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$527,500 → $603,700 (+14.4%)	$229,400 → $291,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,141 → $1,245 (+9.1%)

Plattsville

Population

986742

Median household income

$133,750$164,219

Median home value

$527,500$603,700

Stratford Downtown

Population

1,4841,758

Median household income

$67,833$73,875

Median home value

$229,400$291,300

Median gross rent

$1,141$1,245

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
Under 5	9.6%	1.3%
5 to 17	20.9%	12.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	3.6%
25 to 34	6.9%	14.7%
35 to 44	11.5%	18.0%
45 to 54	13.6%	8.0%
55 to 64	15.9%	18.5%
65 to 74	11.5%	12.1%
75 and over	10.2%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
White (non-Hispanic)	74.3%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.9%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	17.9%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.0%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	4.9%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
No high school diploma	2.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	18.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	15.9%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	32.8%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	30.8%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
Drove alone	64.4%	76.7%
Carpooled	11.4%	3.2%
Public transit	4.3%	6.5%
Walked	0.0%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	19.8%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
1-unit, detached	100.0%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	3.2%
20 or more units	0.0%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Plattsville	Stratford Downtown
Poverty rate	1.5%	8.9%
Average household size	2.84	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	26	31
Median year structure built	1965	1958