Ansonia vs Naugatuck

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

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

Naugatuck has the higher population (31,634 vs 18,951 in Ansonia). Naugatuck has the higher median household income ($92,184 vs $80,585 in Ansonia). Ansonia has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $241,600 in Naugatuck).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
Population	18,951	31,634
Median age	39.9 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$92,184
Median home value	$269,300	$241,600
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,309
Housing units	8,389	13,135
Homeownership rate	58.6%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)

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

Naugatuck

Population

31,34731,634

Median household income

$74,944$92,184

Median home value

$183,400$241,600

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,309

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
Under 5	5.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	15.2%
18 to 24	8.4%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.0%	14.7%
45 to 54	9.9%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.4%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.5%	8.1%
75 and over	8.7%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	60.6%
Black or African American	16.5%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
No high school diploma	10.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	37.9%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
Drove alone	70.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	13.8%	7.2%
Public transit	2.4%	2.1%
Walked	1.0%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.3%
Other means	2.9%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
1-unit, detached	47.2%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	15.7%
20 or more units	2.5%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Naugatuck
Poverty rate	8.6%	6.1%
Average household size	2.54	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	26	34
Median year structure built	1954	1971