Ansonia vs Shelton

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

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

Shelton has the higher population (41,402 vs 18,951 in Ansonia). Shelton has the higher median household income ($114,739 vs $80,585 in Ansonia). Shelton has the higher median home value ($435,700 vs $269,300 in Ansonia).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Shelton
Population	18,951	41,402
Median age	39.9 yrs	43.9 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$114,739
Median home value	$269,300	$435,700
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,661
Housing units	8,389	16,578
Homeownership rate	58.6%	75.9%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	43.5%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Shelton
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	41,141 → 41,402 (+0.6%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$97,131 → $114,739 (+18.1%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$349,300 → $435,700 (+24.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$1,466 → $1,661 (+13.3%)

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

Shelton

Population

41,14141,402

Median household income

$97,131$114,739

Median home value

$349,300$435,700

Median gross rent

$1,466$1,661

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Shelton
Under 5	5.7%	6.0%
5 to 17	12.9%	12.9%
18 to 24	8.4%	6.5%
25 to 34	15.5%	12.8%
35 to 44	14.0%	13.1%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.5%
55 to 64	15.4%	16.1%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.6%
75 and over	8.7%	10.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Shelton
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	69.4%
Black or African American	16.5%	5.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.1%
Asian	3.1%	8.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	11.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Shelton
No high school diploma	10.6%	6.0%
High school graduate	37.9%	24.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	25.6%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	24.7%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	18.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Shelton
Drove alone	70.1%	76.2%
Carpooled	13.8%	7.7%
Public transit	2.4%	1.3%
Walked	1.0%	0.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	13.8%
Other means	2.9%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Shelton
1-unit, detached	47.2%	64.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	12.4%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	8.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	4.4%
20 or more units	2.5%	8.8%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	1.5%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Shelton
Poverty rate	8.6%	5.6%
Average household size	2.54	2.60
Mean commute (minutes)	26	29
Median year structure built	1954	1977