Cheshire Village vs Oakville

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

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

Oakville has the higher population (9,233 vs 6,049 in Cheshire Village). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $89,330 in Oakville). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $253,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
Population	6,049	9,233
Median age	50.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$114,923	$89,330
Median home value	$393,200	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,378
Housing units	2,731	4,058
Homeownership rate	73.0%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
Population	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)

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

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)

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
Under 5	3.4%	3.4%
5 to 17	13.8%	13.1%
18 to 24	7.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	8.6%	14.4%
35 to 44	8.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	16.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	14.5%	10.4%
75 and over	12.3%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	79.3%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.5%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
No high school diploma	5.6%	10.9%
High school graduate	14.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
Drove alone	81.9%	82.3%
Carpooled	3.7%	7.0%
Public transit	0.8%	0.1%
Walked	4.2%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	5.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
1-unit, detached	64.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire Village	Oakville
Poverty rate	5.8%	2.5%
Average household size	2.27	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	25	25
Median year structure built	1963	1963