Bristol vs Oakville

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

Bristol and Oakville 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 9,233 in Oakville). Oakville has the higher median household income ($89,330 vs $83,458 in Bristol). Oakville has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $252,300 in Bristol).

Population, income & housing

	Bristol	Oakville
Population	61,129	9,233
Median age	38.2 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$83,458	$89,330
Median home value	$252,300	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,305	$1,378
Housing units	26,744	4,058
Homeownership rate	64.7%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.5%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bristol	Oakville
Population	60,218 → 61,129 (+1.5%)	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$67,507 → $83,458 (+23.6%)	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$197,800 → $252,300 (+27.6%)	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,027 → $1,305 (+27.1%)	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)

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

Oakville

Population

8,7999,233

Median household income

$71,630$89,330

Median home value

$199,200$253,500

Median gross rent

$1,115$1,378

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bristol	Oakville
Under 5	4.6%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.1%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.4%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.3%	10.5%
45 to 54	13.2%	12.7%
55 to 64	12.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	9.3%	10.4%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bristol	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	64.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	6.6%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.1%	0.0%
Asian	4.6%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.2%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	18.6%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bristol	Oakville
No high school diploma	6.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	30.7%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	32.2%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.7%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	11.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bristol	Oakville
Drove alone	77.4%	82.3%
Carpooled	9.8%	7.0%
Public transit	0.5%	0.1%
Walked	1.8%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.2%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.8%	5.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bristol	Oakville
1-unit, detached	54.3%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	4.9%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	20.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	10.0%	3.7%
20 or more units	9.4%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	1.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bristol	Oakville
Poverty rate	8.4%	2.5%
Average household size	2.44	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	24	25
Median year structure built	1967	1963