Essex Village vs Westbrook Center

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

Essex Village and Westbrook Center 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 2,529 in Westbrook Center). Essex Village has the higher median household income ($110,469 vs $71,132 in Westbrook Center). Essex Village has the higher median home value ($744,100 vs $459,500 in Westbrook Center).

Population, income & housing

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
Population	2,722	2,529
Median age	58.2 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$110,469	$71,132
Median home value	$744,100	$459,500
Median gross rent	$2,071	$1,331
Housing units	1,376	1,859
Homeownership rate	90.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	70.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	0.6%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
Population	2,480 → 2,722 (+9.8%)	2,237 → 2,529 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$83,750 → $110,469 (+31.9%)	$69,327 → $71,132 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$447,200 → $744,100 (+66.4%)	$379,800 → $459,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,545 → $2,071 (+34.0%)	$1,181 → $1,331 (+12.7%)

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

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)

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
Under 5	4.3%	0.6%
5 to 17	9.8%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.4%	4.0%
25 to 34	1.9%	18.3%
35 to 44	9.6%	15.5%
45 to 54	11.7%	5.6%
55 to 64	26.9%	11.1%
65 to 74	15.0%	22.7%
75 and over	15.5%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	3.9%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.8%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
No high school diploma	0.9%	14.2%
High school graduate	11.4%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	17.5%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	40.8%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	29.4%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
Drove alone	66.0%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.7%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	6.9%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.3%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
1-unit, detached	76.0%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	6.3%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	7.8%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Essex Village	Westbrook Center
Poverty rate	3.8%	6.4%
Average household size	2.12	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	30	22
Median year structure built	1958	1970