Ansonia vs Bristol

A side-by-side comparison of Ansonia and Bristol: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bristol has the higher population (61,129 vs 18,951 in Ansonia). Bristol has the higher median household income ($83,458 vs $80,585 in Ansonia). Ansonia has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $252,300 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Bristol
Population	18,951	61,129
Median age	39.9 yrs	38.2 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$83,458
Median home value	$269,300	$252,300
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,305
Housing units	8,389	26,744
Homeownership rate	58.6%	64.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	30.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Bristol
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	60,218 → 61,129 (+1.5%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$67,507 → $83,458 (+23.6%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$197,800 → $252,300 (+27.6%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$1,027 → $1,305 (+27.1%)

Ansonia

Population

18,80218,951

Median household income

$54,901$80,585

Median home value

$214,200$269,300

Median gross rent

$1,101$1,405

Bristol

Population

60,21861,129

Median household income

$67,507$83,458

Median home value

$197,800$252,300

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,305

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Bristol
Under 5	5.7%	4.6%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.1%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.4%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.3%
45 to 54	9.9%	13.2%
55 to 64	15.4%	12.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.3%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Bristol
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	64.9%
Black or African American	16.5%	6.6%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	4.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	5.0%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	18.6%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Bristol
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	30.7%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	32.2%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	18.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	11.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Bristol
Drove alone	70.1%	77.4%
Carpooled	13.8%	9.8%
Public transit	2.4%	0.5%
Walked	1.0%	1.8%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.2%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Bristol
1-unit, detached	47.2%	54.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.9%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	20.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.4%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.0%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Bristol
Poverty rate	8.6%	8.4%
Average household size	2.54	2.44
Mean commute (minutes)	26	24
Median year structure built	1954	1967