Cheshire Village vs Watertown

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

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

Cheshire Village has the higher population (6,049 vs 4,215 in Watertown). Cheshire Village has the higher median household income ($114,923 vs $98,003 in Watertown). Cheshire Village has the higher median home value ($393,200 vs $278,500 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
Population	6,049	4,215
Median age	50.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$114,923	$98,003
Median home value	$393,200	$278,500
Median gross rent	$1,090	$1,115
Housing units	2,731	1,709
Homeownership rate	73.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	61.4%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	3.3%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
Population	6,082 → 6,049 (-0.5%)	3,350 → 4,215 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$91,528 → $114,923 (+25.6%)	$64,886 → $98,003 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$319,500 → $393,200 (+23.1%)	$220,400 → $278,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$960 → $1,090 (+13.5%)	$952 → $1,115 (+17.1%)

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

Watertown

Population

3,3504,215

Median household income

$64,886$98,003

Median home value

$220,400$278,500

Median gross rent

$952$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.8%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.9%
25 to 34	8.6%	9.5%
35 to 44	8.7%	15.0%
45 to 54	16.1%	18.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	12.4%
65 to 74	14.5%	8.9%
75 and over	12.3%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	75.8%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	11.1%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.1%	1.4%
Two or more races	4.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	8.4%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
No high school diploma	5.6%	6.4%
High school graduate	14.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	18.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	33.0%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	28.3%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
Drove alone	81.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	3.7%	10.5%
Public transit	0.8%	0.8%
Walked	4.2%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.0%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
1-unit, detached	64.4%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	6.4%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	8.6%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	14.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	0.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	5.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Cheshire Village	Watertown
Poverty rate	5.8%	13.8%
Average household size	2.27	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1963	1958