Sacred Heart University vs Stratford Downtown

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

Sacred Heart University 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 1,085 in Sacred Heart University). Since 2019, Stratford Downtown's population has grown faster (+18.5% vs -7.9%).

Population, income & housing

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
Population	1,085	1,758
Median age	19.0 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	—	$73,875
Median home value	—	$291,300
Median gross rent	—	$1,245
Housing units	0	775
Homeownership rate	—	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
Population	1,178 → 1,085 (-7.9%)	1,484 → 1,758 (+18.5%)
Median household income	—	$67,833 → $73,875 (+8.9%)
Median home value	—	$229,400 → $291,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,141 → $1,245 (+9.1%)

Sacred Heart University

Population

1,1781,085

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)

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
Under 5	0.0%	1.3%
5 to 17	2.8%	12.5%
18 to 24	88.4%	3.6%
25 to 34	1.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	0.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	0.0%	8.0%
55 to 64	0.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.1%
75 and over	6.6%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
White (non-Hispanic)	86.4%	70.3%
Black or African American	3.5%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
No high school diploma	7.3%	12.2%
High school graduate	30.2%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	6.3%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	33.3%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	22.9%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
Drove alone	16.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	4.1%	3.2%
Public transit	0.0%	6.5%
Walked	46.8%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	32.6%	7.5%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

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

Poverty & households

	Sacred Heart University	Stratford Downtown
Poverty rate	—	8.9%
Average household size	—	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	9	31
Median year structure built	—	1958