Derby vs Heritage Village

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

Derby and Heritage Village 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 4,517 in Heritage Village). Derby has the higher median household income ($76,263 vs $53,266 in Heritage Village). Derby has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $221,600 in Heritage Village).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Heritage Village
Population	12,359	4,517
Median age	46.3 yrs	73.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$53,266
Median home value	$242,300	$221,600
Median gross rent	$1,453	$2,014
Housing units	6,127	3,101
Homeownership rate	62.2%	77.4%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	42.6%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Heritage Village
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	4,156 → 4,517 (+8.7%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$55,112 → $53,266 (-3.3%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$155,700 → $221,600 (+42.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$1,552 → $2,014 (+29.8%)

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

Heritage Village

Population

4,1564,517

Median household income

$55,112$53,266

Median home value

$155,700$221,600

Median gross rent

$1,552$2,014

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Heritage Village
Under 5	3.7%	0.3%
5 to 17	12.3%	1.0%
18 to 24	5.2%	2.1%
25 to 34	15.8%	2.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	0.9%
45 to 54	12.1%	1.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	19.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	28.2%
75 and over	5.9%	44.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Heritage Village
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	93.4%
Black or African American	11.3%	3.8%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	1.1%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	0.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	1.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Heritage Village
No high school diploma	11.0%	6.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	24.1%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.4%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	18.6%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	24.0%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Heritage Village
Drove alone	70.1%	56.2%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	1.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	34.2%
Other means	0.5%	1.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Heritage Village
1-unit, detached	40.4%	4.0%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	47.1%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	32.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	13.4%
20 or more units	7.9%	2.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Heritage Village
Poverty rate	9.3%	4.4%
Average household size	2.13	1.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	35
Median year structure built	1965	1973