Bristol vs Naugatuck

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

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

Bristol has the higher population (61,129 vs 31,634 in Naugatuck). Naugatuck has the higher median household income ($92,184 vs $83,458 in Bristol). Bristol has the higher median home value ($252,300 vs $241,600 in Naugatuck).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Naugatuck
Population	61,129	31,634
Median age	38.2 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$83,458	$92,184
Median home value	$252,300	$241,600
Median gross rent	$1,305	$1,309
Housing units	26,744	13,135
Homeownership rate	64.7%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Naugatuck
Population	60,218 → 61,129 (+1.5%)	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$67,507 → $83,458 (+23.6%)	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $252,300 (+27.6%)	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,305 (+27.1%)	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)

Bristol

Population

60,21861,129

Median household income

$67,507$83,458

Median home value

$197,800$252,300

Median gross rent

$1,027$1,305

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)

	Bristol	Naugatuck
Under 5	4.6%	5.0%
5 to 17	15.1%	15.2%
18 to 24	9.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.1%
35 to 44	14.3%	14.7%
45 to 54	13.2%	11.8%
55 to 64	12.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	9.3%	8.1%
75 and over	6.6%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Naugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	60.6%
Black or African American	6.6%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.4%
Two or more races	5.0%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Naugatuck
No high school diploma	6.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	30.7%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Naugatuck
Drove alone	77.4%	75.7%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.2%
Public transit	0.5%	2.1%
Walked	1.8%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	12.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Naugatuck
1-unit, detached	54.3%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	15.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Naugatuck
Poverty rate	8.4%	6.1%
Average household size	2.44	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	24	34
Median year structure built	1967	1971