Ansonia vs Derby

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

Ansonia and Derby 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 12,359 in Derby). Ansonia has the higher median household income ($80,585 vs $76,263 in Derby). Ansonia has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $242,300 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Derby
Population	18,951	12,359
Median age	39.9 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$76,263
Median home value	$269,300	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,453
Housing units	8,389	6,127
Homeownership rate	58.6%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Derby
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)

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

Derby

Population

12,48512,359

Median household income

$56,357$76,263

Median home value

$206,300$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Derby
Under 5	5.7%	3.7%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	5.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	15.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	10.8%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.4%	19.5%
65 to 74	9.5%	14.7%
75 and over	8.7%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Derby
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	58.9%
Black or African American	16.5%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.2%
Asian	3.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Derby
No high school diploma	10.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Derby
Drove alone	70.1%	70.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.2%
Public transit	2.4%	0.3%
Walked	1.0%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	15.3%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Derby
1-unit, detached	47.2%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	26.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	8.8%
20 or more units	2.5%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Derby
Poverty rate	8.6%	9.3%
Average household size	2.54	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1954	1965