Durham vs Essex Village

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

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

Durham has the higher population (3,508 vs 2,722 in Essex Village). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $110,469 in Essex Village). Essex Village has the higher median home value ($744,100 vs $378,900 in Durham).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Essex Village
Population	3,508	2,722
Median age	46.6 yrs	58.2 yrs
Median household income	$126,406	$110,469
Median home value	$378,900	$744,100
Median gross rent	$1,684	$2,071
Housing units	1,439	1,376
Homeownership rate	87.8%	90.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	70.3%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	0.6%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Essex Village
Population	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)	2,480 → 2,722 (+9.8%)
Median household income	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)	$83,750 → $110,469 (+31.9%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)	$447,200 → $744,100 (+66.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)	$1,545 → $2,071 (+34.0%)

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

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)

	Durham	Essex Village
Under 5	2.9%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.3%	9.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.4%
25 to 34	16.6%	1.9%
35 to 44	9.3%	9.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	11.7%
55 to 64	18.0%	26.9%
65 to 74	9.2%	15.0%
75 and over	9.8%	15.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Essex Village
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	93.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.6%	3.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	2.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Essex Village
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.9%
High school graduate	28.6%	11.4%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	17.5%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	40.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	29.4%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Essex Village
Drove alone	71.8%	66.0%
Carpooled	6.3%	2.7%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	6.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	24.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Essex Village
1-unit, detached	94.0%	76.0%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	6.3%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	7.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Essex Village
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.12
Mean commute (minutes)	24	30
Median year structure built	1976	1958