Old Saybrook Center vs Westbrook Center

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

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

Westbrook Center has the higher population (2,529 vs 2,063 in Old Saybrook Center). Old Saybrook Center has the higher median household income ($85,466 vs $71,132 in Westbrook Center). Westbrook Center has the higher median home value ($459,500 vs $400,600 in Old Saybrook Center).

Population, income & housing

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
Population	2,063	2,529
Median age	59.6 yrs	52.3 yrs
Median household income	$85,466	$71,132
Median home value	$400,600	$459,500
Median gross rent	$1,665	$1,331
Housing units	1,210	1,859
Homeownership rate	77.1%	53.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	56.3%	37.4%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
Population	2,296 → 2,063 (-10.1%)	2,237 → 2,529 (+13.1%)
Median household income	$59,487 → $85,466 (+43.7%)	$69,327 → $71,132 (+2.6%)
Median home value	$398,200 → $400,600 (+0.6%)	$379,800 → $459,500 (+21.0%)
Median gross rent	$1,381 → $1,665 (+20.6%)	$1,181 → $1,331 (+12.7%)

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

Westbrook Center

Population

2,2372,529

Median household income

$69,327$71,132

Median home value

$379,800$459,500

Median gross rent

$1,181$1,331

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
Under 5	5.0%	0.6%
5 to 17	4.9%	8.9%
18 to 24	5.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	11.7%	18.3%
35 to 44	7.4%	15.5%
45 to 54	10.3%	5.6%
55 to 64	22.4%	11.1%
65 to 74	9.0%	22.7%
75 and over	23.9%	13.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
White (non-Hispanic)	95.2%	72.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	1.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.5%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.7%	8.7%
Hispanic or Latino	3.6%	15.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
No high school diploma	1.8%	14.2%
High school graduate	20.1%	22.5%
Some college or associate's	21.8%	25.8%
Bachelor's degree	28.6%	22.5%
Graduate or professional degree	27.6%	15.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
Drove alone	59.6%	72.5%
Carpooled	2.6%	8.6%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	13.2%	1.4%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	24.6%	13.8%
Other means	0.0%	3.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
1-unit, detached	62.2%	64.9%
1-unit, attached	8.4%	2.6%
2 to 4 units	10.4%	14.7%
5 to 19 units	16.0%	11.6%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	5.6%

Poverty & households

	Old Saybrook Center	Westbrook Center
Poverty rate	4.5%	6.4%
Average household size	1.91	1.75
Mean commute (minutes)	27	22
Median year structure built	1981	1970