Moodus vs Old Saybrook Center

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

Moodus 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 1,815 in Moodus). Moodus has the higher median household income ($88,482 vs $85,466 in Old Saybrook Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median home value ($400,600 vs $259,000 in Moodus).

Population, income & housing

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,815	2,063
Median age	49.2 yrs	59.6 yrs
Median household income	$88,482	$85,466
Median home value	$259,000	$400,600
Median gross rent	$1,151	$1,665
Housing units	961	1,210
Homeownership rate	58.4%	77.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	26.8%	56.3%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
Population	1,391 → 1,815 (+30.5%)	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)
Median household income	$83,636 → $88,482 (+5.8%)	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)
Median home value	$263,900 → $259,000 (-1.9%)	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,023 → $1,151 (+12.5%)	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)

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

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)

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
Under 5	0.0%	5.0%
5 to 17	18.8%	4.9%
18 to 24	1.1%	5.3%
25 to 34	11.2%	11.7%
35 to 44	15.5%	7.4%
45 to 54	13.2%	10.3%
55 to 64	23.0%	22.4%
65 to 74	9.6%	9.0%
75 and over	7.5%	23.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	91.8%	95.2%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	0.7%
Hispanic or Latino	2.0%	3.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
No high school diploma	5.4%	1.8%
High school graduate	27.8%	20.1%
Some college or associate's	40.0%	21.8%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	28.6%
Graduate or professional degree	7.5%	27.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
Drove alone	86.8%	59.6%
Carpooled	4.6%	2.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.5%	13.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.0%	24.6%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
1-unit, detached	64.0%	62.2%
1-unit, attached	3.3%	8.4%
2 to 4 units	24.7%	10.4%
5 to 19 units	6.7%	16.0%
20 or more units	1.4%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moodus	Old Saybrook Center
Poverty rate	3.7%	4.5%
Average household size	2.18	1.91
Mean commute (minutes)	31	27
Median year structure built	1962	1981