Fenwick vs Higganum

A side-by-side comparison of Fenwick and Higganum: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Higganum has the higher population (1,549 vs 42 in Fenwick). Fenwick has the higher median household income ($166,750 vs $134,750 in Higganum). Fenwick has the higher median home value ($2,000,001 vs $361,600 in Higganum).

Population, income & housing

	Fenwick	Higganum
Population	42	1,549
Median age	68.5 yrs	45.0 yrs
Median household income	$166,750	$134,750
Median home value	$2,000,001	$361,600
Median gross rent	—	$1,568
Housing units	108	764
Homeownership rate	95.7%	89.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	83.3%	52.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Fenwick	Higganum
Population	64 → 42 (-34.4%)	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)
Median household income	$161,250 → $166,750 (+3.4%)	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)
Median home value	$2,000,001 → $2,000,001 (+0.0%)	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)
Median gross rent	—	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)

Fenwick

Population

6442

Median household income

$161,250$166,750

Median home value

$2,000,001$2,000,001

Higganum

Population

1,2851,549

Median household income

$101,786$134,750

Median home value

$310,400$361,600

Median gross rent

$831$1,568

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Fenwick	Higganum
Under 5	0.0%	1.5%
5 to 17	0.0%	18.5%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	0.0%	13.6%
35 to 44	2.4%	16.1%
45 to 54	2.4%	14.1%
55 to 64	31.0%	18.1%
65 to 74	35.7%	14.4%
75 and over	28.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Fenwick	Higganum
White (non-Hispanic)	100.0%	88.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	2.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	7.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Fenwick	Higganum
No high school diploma	2.4%	4.2%
High school graduate	4.8%	18.2%
Some college or associate's	9.5%	24.8%
Bachelor's degree	54.8%	22.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.6%	30.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Fenwick	Higganum
Drove alone	41.7%	72.4%
Carpooled	0.0%	10.0%
Public transit	0.0%	4.0%
Walked	12.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	45.8%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Fenwick	Higganum
1-unit, detached	98.1%	94.8%
1-unit, attached	1.9%	0.7%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	3.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Fenwick	Higganum
Poverty rate	0.0%	1.7%
Average household size	1.83	2.24
Mean commute (minutes)	40	33
Median year structure built	1938	1960