Higganum vs Saybrook Manor

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

Higganum and Saybrook Manor 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 1,404 in Saybrook Manor). Higganum has the higher median household income ($134,750 vs $120,208 in Saybrook Manor). Saybrook Manor has the higher median home value ($528,100 vs $361,600 in Higganum).

Population, income & housing

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
Population	1,549	1,404
Median age	45.0 yrs	47.9 yrs
Median household income	$134,750	$120,208
Median home value	$361,600	$528,100
Median gross rent	$1,568	$2,026
Housing units	764	1,147
Homeownership rate	89.0%	76.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	52.8%	48.1%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	4.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
Population	1,285 → 1,549 (+20.5%)	933 → 1,404 (+50.5%)
Median household income	$101,786 → $134,750 (+32.4%)	$97,386 → $120,208 (+23.4%)
Median home value	$310,400 → $361,600 (+16.5%)	$384,300 → $528,100 (+37.4%)
Median gross rent	$831 → $1,568 (+88.7%)	$1,849 → $2,026 (+9.6%)

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

Saybrook Manor

Population

9331,404

Median household income

$97,386$120,208

Median home value

$384,300$528,100

Median gross rent

$1,849$2,026

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
Under 5	1.5%	0.0%
5 to 17	18.5%	14.0%
18 to 24	0.0%	8.1%
25 to 34	13.6%	10.6%
35 to 44	16.1%	12.0%
45 to 54	14.1%	18.2%
55 to 64	18.1%	23.4%
65 to 74	14.4%	7.1%
75 and over	3.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
White (non-Hispanic)	88.3%	72.4%
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%	0.2%
Hispanic or Latino	7.7%	27.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
No high school diploma	4.2%	1.6%
High school graduate	18.2%	26.9%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	22.1%	30.9%
Graduate or professional degree	30.7%	17.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
Drove alone	72.4%	85.4%
Carpooled	10.0%	0.9%
Public transit	4.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	13.7%	13.7%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
1-unit, detached	94.8%	85.6%
1-unit, attached	0.7%	2.4%
2 to 4 units	3.7%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	6.3%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.0%

Poverty & households

	Higganum	Saybrook Manor
Poverty rate	1.7%	0.2%
Average household size	2.24	2.53
Mean commute (minutes)	33	36
Median year structure built	1960	1962