Deep River Center vs Old Saybrook Center

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

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

Deep River Center has the higher population (2,636 vs 2,063 in Old Saybrook Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median household income ($85,466 vs $74,000 in Deep River Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $317,700 in Deep River Center).

Population, income & housing

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	2,636	2,063
Median age	49.2 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$74,000	$85,466
Median home value	$317,700	$400,600
Median gross rent	$1,193	$1,665
Housing units	1,406	1,210
Homeownership rate	58.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	46.9%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	1.6%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
Population	2,354 → 2,636 (+12.0%)	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$73,789 → $74,000 (+0.3%)	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$272,500 → $317,700 (+16.6%)	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,290 → $1,193 (-7.5%)	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)

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

Old Saybrook Center

Population

2,2962,063

Median household income

$59,487$85,466

Median home value

$398,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
Under 5	3.9%	5.0%
5 to 17	11.8%	4.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	5.3%
25 to 34	10.9%	11.7%
35 to 44	12.8%	7.4%
45 to 54	18.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	10.2%	22.4%
65 to 74	18.1%	9.0%
75 and over	9.0%	23.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	80.2%	95.2%
Black or African American	4.7%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.3%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.5%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
No high school diploma	7.0%	1.8%
High school graduate	20.3%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	25.9%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	30.8%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	16.0%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
Drove alone	72.4%	59.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.2%	24.6%
Other means	1.1%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
1-unit, detached	58.4%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	19.3%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	10.9%	16.0%
20 or more units	11.5%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Deep River Center	Old Saybrook Center
Poverty rate	7.1%	4.5%
Average household size	1.94	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	18	27
Median year structure built	1947	1981