Stepney vs Tashua

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

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

Stepney has the higher population (3,489 vs 3,436 in Tashua). Tashua has the higher median household income ($197,000 vs $142,250 in Stepney). Tashua has the higher median home value ($630,800 vs $437,500 in Stepney).

Population, income & housing

	Stepney	Tashua
Population	3,489	3,436
Median age	51.0 yrs	47.3 yrs
Median household income	$142,250	$197,000
Median home value	$437,500	$630,800
Median gross rent	$2,065	$2,368
Housing units	1,592	1,169
Homeownership rate	88.9%	95.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	54.1%	65.6%
Unemployment rate	5.7%	3.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Stepney	Tashua
Population	3,948 → 3,489 (-11.6%)	3,869 → 3,436 (-11.2%)
Median household income	$112,976 → $142,250 (+25.9%)	$144,079 → $197,000 (+36.7%)
Median home value	$325,100 → $437,500 (+34.6%)	$536,500 → $630,800 (+17.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,715 → $2,065 (+20.4%)	$1,875 → $2,368 (+26.3%)

Stepney

Population

3,9483,489

Median household income

$112,976$142,250

Median home value

$325,100$437,500

Median gross rent

$1,715$2,065

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)

	Stepney	Tashua
Under 5	6.6%	6.4%
5 to 17	11.8%	19.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.5%
25 to 34	9.7%	6.1%
35 to 44	10.3%	9.0%
45 to 54	10.9%	15.5%
55 to 64	21.8%	15.2%
65 to 74	14.5%	11.5%
75 and over	9.4%	12.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Stepney	Tashua
White (non-Hispanic)	88.9%	75.4%
Black or African American	1.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	2.6%
Asian	5.7%	11.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	1.4%	3.4%
Hispanic or Latino	3.0%	5.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Stepney	Tashua
No high school diploma	2.9%	7.8%
High school graduate	20.5%	10.9%
Some college or associate's	22.5%	15.7%
Bachelor's degree	28.8%	36.0%
Graduate or professional degree	25.3%	29.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Stepney	Tashua
Drove alone	83.0%	70.5%
Carpooled	1.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.0%	3.2%
Walked	1.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.8%	19.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Stepney	Tashua
1-unit, detached	69.0%	89.0%
1-unit, attached	14.2%	2.2%
2 to 4 units	9.4%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	7.1%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.4%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Stepney	Tashua
Poverty rate	5.3%	7.8%
Average household size	2.29	3.04
Mean commute (minutes)	30	38
Median year structure built	1982	1971