Durham vs Westbrook Center

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

Durham and Westbrook Center 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 2,529 in Westbrook Center). Durham has the higher median household income ($126,406 vs $71,132 in Westbrook Center). Westbrook Center has the higher median home value ($459,500 vs $378,900 in Durham).

Population, income & housing

	Durham	Westbrook Center
Population	3,508	2,529
Median age	46.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$126,406	$71,132
Median home value	$378,900	$459,500
Median gross rent	$1,684	$1,331
Housing units	1,439	1,859
Homeownership rate	87.8%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	45.2%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	4.5%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Durham	Westbrook Center
Population	2,752 → 3,508 (+27.5%)	2,237 → 2,529 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$108,333 → $126,406 (+16.7%)	$69,327 → $71,132 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$275,800 → $378,900 (+37.4%)	$379,800 → $459,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,492 → $1,684 (+12.9%)	$1,181 → $1,331 (+12.7%)

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

Westbrook Center

Population

2,2372,529

Median household income

$69,327$71,132

Median home value

$379,800$459,500

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Durham	Westbrook Center
Under 5	2.9%	0.6%
5 to 17	14.3%	8.9%
18 to 24	4.7%	4.0%
25 to 34	16.6%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.3%	15.5%
45 to 54	15.1%	5.6%
55 to 64	18.0%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.2%	22.7%
75 and over	9.8%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Durham	Westbrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	86.3%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
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%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.6%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	5.2%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Durham	Westbrook Center
No high school diploma	6.4%	14.2%
High school graduate	28.6%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	19.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	27.2%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	18.0%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Durham	Westbrook Center
Drove alone	71.8%	72.5%
Carpooled	6.3%	8.6%
Public transit	3.5%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	18.4%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Durham	Westbrook Center
1-unit, detached	94.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	2.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	3.8%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Durham	Westbrook Center
Poverty rate	7.6%	6.4%
Average household size	2.43	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	24	22
Median year structure built	1976	1970