Cheshire Village vs Naugatuck

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

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

Naugatuck has the higher population (31,634 vs 6,049 in Cheshire Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $92,184 in Naugatuck). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $241,600 in Naugatuck).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
Population	6,049	31,634
Median age	50.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$114,923	$92,184
Median home value	$393,200	$241,600
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,309
Housing units	2,731	13,135
Homeownership rate	73.0%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
Population	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
Under 5	3.4%	5.0%
5 to 17	13.8%	15.2%
18 to 24	7.3%	9.3%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.1%
35 to 44	8.7%	14.7%
45 to 54	16.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	15.3%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.1%
75 and over	12.3%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	60.6%
Black or African American	0.0%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
No high school diploma	5.6%	9.5%
High school graduate	14.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
Drove alone	81.9%	75.7%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.2%
Public transit	0.8%	2.1%
Walked	4.2%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.0%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
1-unit, detached	64.4%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	15.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire Village	Naugatuck
Poverty rate	5.8%	6.1%
Average household size	2.27	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	25	34
Median year structure built	1963	1971