Southport vs Stratford Downtown

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

Southport 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 1,529 in Southport). Southport has the higher median household income ($156,750 vs $73,875 in Stratford Downtown). Southport has the higher median home value ($905,600 vs $291,300 in Stratford Downtown).

Population, income & housing

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
Population	1,529	1,758
Median age	56.1 yrs	44.8 yrs
Median household income	$156,750	$73,875
Median home value	$905,600	$291,300
Median gross rent	$3,259	$1,245
Housing units	822	775
Homeownership rate	81.5%	74.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	82.7%	29.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	13.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
Population	1,661 → 1,529 (-7.9%)	1,484 → 1,758 (+18.5%)
Median household income	$187,917 → $156,750 (-16.6%)	$67,833 → $73,875 (+8.9%)
Median home value	$703,200 → $905,600 (+28.8%)	$229,400 → $291,300 (+27.0%)
Median gross rent	$2,208 → $3,259 (+47.6%)	$1,141 → $1,245 (+9.1%)

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

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)

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
Under 5	2.7%	1.3%
5 to 17	18.7%	12.5%
18 to 24	5.3%	3.6%
25 to 34	3.1%	14.7%
35 to 44	12.6%	18.0%
45 to 54	7.5%	8.0%
55 to 64	28.6%	18.5%
65 to 74	10.0%	12.1%
75 and over	11.4%	11.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
White (non-Hispanic)	95.5%	70.3%
Black or African American	0.5%	16.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.7%	6.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.7%	1.4%
Hispanic or Latino	1.6%	5.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
No high school diploma	0.0%	12.2%
High school graduate	8.8%	26.8%
Some college or associate's	8.5%	31.6%
Bachelor's degree	43.1%	19.0%
Graduate or professional degree	39.6%	10.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
Drove alone	48.5%	76.7%
Carpooled	0.5%	3.2%
Public transit	5.8%	6.5%
Walked	3.7%	6.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	41.1%	7.5%
Other means	0.4%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
1-unit, detached	54.0%	53.2%
1-unit, attached	11.9%	4.5%
2 to 4 units	10.1%	11.0%
5 to 19 units	21.9%	3.2%
20 or more units	2.1%	28.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Southport	Stratford Downtown
Poverty rate	5.6%	8.9%
Average household size	2.08	2.48
Mean commute (minutes)	36	31
Median year structure built	1966	1958