Clinton vs Durham

A side-by-side comparison of Clinton and Durham: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Clinton has the higher population (3,547 vs 3,508 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $83,333 in Clinton). Durham has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $344,200 in Clinton).

Population, income & housing

	Clinton	Durham
Population	3,547	3,508
Median age	51.6 yrs	46.6 yrs
Median household income	$83,333	$126,406
Median home value	$344,200	$378,900
Median gross rent	$1,408	$1,684
Housing units	1,766	1,439
Homeownership rate	64.7%	87.8%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.0%	45.2%
Unemployment rate	8.0%	4.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Clinton	Durham
Population	3,388 → 3,547 (+4.7%)	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)
Median household income	$69,087 → $83,333 (+20.6%)	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)
Median home value	$269,900 → $344,200 (+27.5%)	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,216 → $1,408 (+15.8%)	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)

Clinton

Population

3,3883,547

Median household income

$69,087$83,333

Median home value

$269,900$344,200

Median gross rent

$1,216$1,408

Durham

Population

2,7523,508

Median household income

$108,333$126,406

Median home value

$275,800$378,900

Median gross rent

$1,492$1,684

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Clinton	Durham
Under 5	3.3%	2.9%
5 to 17	10.0%	14.3%
18 to 24	6.7%	4.7%
25 to 34	12.5%	16.6%
35 to 44	11.1%	9.3%
45 to 54	11.3%	15.1%
55 to 64	17.2%	18.0%
65 to 74	16.5%	9.2%
75 and over	11.4%	9.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Clinton	Durham
White (non-Hispanic)	84.0%	86.3%
Black or African American	1.2%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.1%	3.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.4%	4.6%
Hispanic or Latino	9.9%	5.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Clinton	Durham
No high school diploma	4.0%	6.4%
High school graduate	34.4%	28.6%
Some college or associate's	21.7%	19.8%
Bachelor's degree	24.6%	27.2%
Graduate or professional degree	15.4%	18.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Clinton	Durham
Drove alone	76.9%	71.8%
Carpooled	11.1%	6.3%
Public transit	0.9%	3.5%
Walked	2.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	18.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Clinton	Durham
1-unit, detached	59.3%	94.0%
1-unit, attached	3.2%	2.3%
2 to 4 units	20.2%	3.8%
5 to 19 units	10.5%	0.0%
20 or more units	2.8%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	4.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Clinton	Durham
Poverty rate	12.5%	7.6%
Average household size	2.20	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	24
Median year structure built	1962	1976