Durham vs Lake Pocotopaug

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

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

Lake Pocotopaug has the higher population (4,715 vs 3,508 in Durham). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $108,430 in Lake Pocotopaug). Durham has the higher median home value ($378,900 vs $304,700 in Lake Pocotopaug).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
Population	3,508	4,715
Median age	46.6 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$126,406	$108,430
Median home value	$378,900	$304,700
Median gross rent	$1,684	$1,403
Housing units	1,439	2,181
Homeownership rate	87.8%	84.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	39.7%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	3.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
Population	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)	3,117 → 4,715 (+51.3%)
Median household income	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)	$74,269 → $108,430 (+46.0%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)	$268,600 → $304,700 (+13.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)	$1,240 → $1,403 (+13.1%)

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

Lake Pocotopaug

Population

3,1174,715

Median household income

$74,269$108,430

Median home value

$268,600$304,700

Median gross rent

$1,240$1,403

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
Under 5	2.9%	7.7%
5 to 17	14.3%	14.8%
18 to 24	4.7%	5.2%
25 to 34	16.6%	10.2%
35 to 44	9.3%	11.6%
45 to 54	15.1%	15.2%
55 to 64	18.0%	12.7%
65 to 74	9.2%	14.0%
75 and over	9.8%	8.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	88.7%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	3.4%	5.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.3%
Two or more races	4.6%	0.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	4.8%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
No high school diploma	6.4%	6.0%
High school graduate	28.6%	26.6%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	27.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	21.8%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	17.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
Drove alone	71.8%	77.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	5.5%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	2.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	14.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
1-unit, detached	94.0%	68.6%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	13.8%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.7%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.1%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Lake Pocotopaug
Poverty rate	7.6%	3.6%
Average household size	2.43	2.41
Mean commute (minutes)	24	29
Median year structure built	1976	1976