Ansonia vs Waterbury

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

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

Waterbury has the higher population (114,356 vs 18,951 in Ansonia). Ansonia has the higher median household income ($80,585 vs $51,642 in Waterbury). Ansonia has the higher median home value ($269,300 vs $185,400 in Waterbury).

Population, income & housing

	Ansonia	Waterbury
Population	18,951	114,356
Median age	39.9 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$80,585	$51,642
Median home value	$269,300	$185,400
Median gross rent	$1,405	$1,180
Housing units	8,389	50,577
Homeownership rate	58.6%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Ansonia	Waterbury
Population	18,802 → 18,951 (+0.8%)	108,276 → 114,356 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$54,901 → $80,585 (+46.8%)	$42,401 → $51,642 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$214,200 → $269,300 (+25.7%)	$130,700 → $185,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,101 → $1,405 (+27.6%)	$969 → $1,180 (+21.8%)

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

Waterbury

Population

108,276114,356

Median household income

$42,401$51,642

Median home value

$130,700$185,400

Median gross rent

$969$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Ansonia	Waterbury
Under 5	5.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.9%	16.3%
18 to 24	8.4%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.5%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.6%
45 to 54	9.9%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.4%	13.2%
65 to 74	9.5%	9.2%
75 and over	8.7%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Ansonia	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	50.6%	30.5%
Black or African American	16.5%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	3.1%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.5%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	25.1%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Ansonia	Waterbury
No high school diploma	10.6%	19.6%
High school graduate	37.9%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	28.8%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	14.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	8.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Ansonia	Waterbury
Drove alone	70.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	13.8%	12.4%
Public transit	2.4%	3.8%
Walked	1.0%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	9.8%	6.7%
Other means	2.9%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Ansonia	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	47.2%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	6.2%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	37.3%	31.6%
5 to 19 units	6.6%	14.0%
20 or more units	2.5%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.2%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Ansonia	Waterbury
Poverty rate	8.6%	23.9%
Average household size	2.54	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	26	28
Median year structure built	1954	1959