Deep River Center vs Essex Village

A side-by-side comparison of Deep River Center and Essex Village: population, income, housing, and more.

Deep River Center and Essex Village are places in Connecticut. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Essex Village has the higher population (2,722 vs 2,636 in Deep River Center). Essex Village has the higher median household income ($110,469 vs $74,000 in Deep River Center). Essex Village has the higher median home value ($744,100 vs $317,700 in Deep River Center).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
Population	2,636	2,722
Median age	49.2 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$74,000	$110,469
Median home value	$317,700	$744,100
Median gross rent	$1,193	$2,071
Housing units	1,406	1,376
Homeownership rate	58.0%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
Population	2,354 → 2,636 (+12.0%)	2,480 → 2,722 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$73,789 → $74,000 (+0.3%)	$83,750 → $110,469 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$272,500 → $317,700 (+16.6%)	$447,200 → $744,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,193 (-7.5%)	$1,545 → $2,071 (+34.0%)

Deep River Center

Population

2,3542,636

Median household income

$73,789$74,000

Median home value

$272,500$317,700

Median gross rent

$1,290$1,193

Essex Village

Population

2,4802,722

Median household income

$83,750$110,469

Median home value

$447,200$744,100

Median gross rent

$1,545$2,071

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
Under 5	3.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	11.8%	9.8%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.4%
25 to 34	10.9%	1.9%
35 to 44	12.8%	9.6%
45 to 54	18.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	10.2%	26.9%
65 to 74	18.1%	15.0%
75 and over	9.0%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	93.4%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
No high school diploma	7.0%	0.9%
High school graduate	20.3%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
Drove alone	72.4%	66.0%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	24.3%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
1-unit, detached	58.4%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deep River Center	Essex Village
Poverty rate	7.1%	3.8%
Average household size	1.94	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	18	30
Median year structure built	1947	1958