Ansonia vs Cheshire Village

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

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

Ansonia has the higher population (18,951 vs 6,049 in Cheshire Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $80,585 in Ansonia). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $269,300 in Ansonia).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
Population	18,951	6,049
Median age	39.9 yrs	50.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$114,923
Median home value	$269,300	$393,200
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,090
Housing units	8,389	2,731
Homeownership rate	58.6%	73.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	61.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	3.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)

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

Cheshire Village

Population

6,0826,049

Median household income

$91,528$114,923

Median home value

$319,500$393,200

Median gross rent

$960$1,090

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
Under 5	5.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.9%	13.8%
18 to 24	8.4%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	8.6%
35 to 44	14.0%	8.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	16.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.5%
75 and over	8.7%	12.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	75.8%
Black or African American	16.5%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	11.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.1%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	8.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
No high school diploma	10.6%	5.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	14.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	18.1%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	33.0%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	28.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
Drove alone	70.1%	81.9%
Carpooled	13.8%	3.7%
Public transit	2.4%	0.8%
Walked	1.0%	4.2%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	9.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
1-unit, detached	47.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	6.4%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	14.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	5.3%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Cheshire Village
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.8%
Average household size	2.54	2.27
Mean commute (minutes)	26	25
Median year structure built	1954	1963