Higganum vs Moodus

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

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

Moodus has the higher population (1,815 vs 1,549 in Higganum). Higganum has the higher median household income ($134,750 vs $88,482 in Moodus). Higganum has the higher median home value ($361,600 vs $259,000 in Moodus).

Population, income & housing

	Higganum	Moodus
Population	1,549	1,815
Median age	45.0 yrs	49.2 yrs
Median household income	$134,750	$88,482
Median home value	$361,600	$259,000
Median gross rent	$1,568	$1,151
Housing units	764	961
Homeownership rate	89.0%	58.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	26.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higganum	Moodus
Population	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)	1,391 → 1,815 (+30.5%)
Median household income	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)	$83,636 → $88,482 (+5.8%)
Median home value	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)	$263,900 → $259,000 (-1.9%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)	$1,023 → $1,151 (+12.5%)

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

Moodus

Population

1,3911,815

Median household income

$83,636$88,482

Median home value

$263,900$259,000

Median gross rent

$1,023$1,151

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higganum	Moodus
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	18.8%
18 to 24	0.0%	1.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.2%
35 to 44	16.1%	15.5%
45 to 54	14.1%	13.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	23.0%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.6%
75 and over	3.6%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higganum	Moodus
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	91.8%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	2.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higganum	Moodus
No high school diploma	4.2%	5.4%
High school graduate	18.2%	27.8%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	40.0%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	7.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higganum	Moodus
Drove alone	72.4%	86.8%
Carpooled	10.0%	4.6%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	8.0%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higganum	Moodus
1-unit, detached	94.8%	64.0%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	3.3%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	24.7%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	1.4%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Higganum	Moodus
Poverty rate	1.7%	3.7%
Average household size	2.24	2.18
Mean commute (minutes)	33	31
Median year structure built	1960	1962