Cheshire Village vs Derby

A side-by-side comparison of Cheshire Village and Derby: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Derby has the higher population (12,359 vs 6,049 in Cheshire Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $76,263 in Derby). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $242,300 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire Village	Derby
Population	6,049	12,359
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.3 yrs
Median household income	$114,923	$76,263
Median home value	$393,200	$242,300
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,453
Housing units	2,731	6,127
Homeownership rate	73.0%	62.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	33.2%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	7.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire Village	Derby
Population	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)

Cheshire Village

Population

6,0826,049

Median household income

$91,528$114,923

Median home value

$319,500$393,200

Median gross rent

$960$1,090

Derby

Population

12,48512,359

Median household income

$56,357$76,263

Median home value

$206,300$242,300

Median gross rent

$1,087$1,453

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire Village	Derby
Under 5	3.4%	3.7%
5 to 17	13.8%	12.3%
18 to 24	7.3%	5.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	15.8%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.8%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.1%
55 to 64	15.3%	19.5%
65 to 74	14.5%	14.7%
75 and over	12.3%	5.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire Village	Derby
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	58.9%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.2%
Asian	11.1%	1.9%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	2.7%
Two or more races	4.5%	4.2%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	20.9%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire Village	Derby
No high school diploma	5.6%	11.0%
High school graduate	14.8%	32.8%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	23.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	18.4%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	14.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire Village	Derby
Drove alone	81.9%	70.1%
Carpooled	3.7%	12.2%
Public transit	0.8%	0.3%
Walked	4.2%	1.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	15.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire Village	Derby
1-unit, detached	64.4%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	16.4%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	26.6%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	8.8%
20 or more units	0.9%	7.9%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire Village	Derby
Poverty rate	5.8%	9.3%
Average household size	2.27	2.13
Mean commute (minutes)	25	27
Median year structure built	1963	1965