Higganum vs Old Saybrook Center

A side-by-side comparison of Higganum and Old Saybrook Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Old Saybrook Center has the higher population (2,063 vs 1,549 in Higganum). Higganum has the higher median household income ($134,750 vs $85,466 in Old Saybrook Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $361,600 in Higganum).

Population, income & housing

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,549	2,063
Median age	45.0 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$134,750	$85,466
Median home value	$361,600	$400,600
Median gross rent	$1,568	$1,665
Housing units	764	1,210
Homeownership rate	89.0%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)

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

Old Saybrook Center

Population

2,2962,063

Median household income

$59,487$85,466

Median home value

$398,200$400,600

Median gross rent

$1,381$1,665

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
Under 5	1.5%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	4.9%
18 to 24	0.0%	5.3%
25 to 34	13.6%	11.7%
35 to 44	16.1%	7.4%
45 to 54	14.1%	10.3%
55 to 64	18.1%	22.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	9.0%
75 and over	3.6%	23.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	2.7%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.8%
High school graduate	18.2%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
Drove alone	72.4%	59.6%
Carpooled	10.0%	2.6%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
1-unit, detached	94.8%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	16.0%
20 or more units	0.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Higganum	Old Saybrook Center
Poverty rate	1.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.24	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	33	27
Median year structure built	1960	1981