Derby vs Naugatuck

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

Derby 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 12,359 in Derby). Naugatuck has the higher median household income ($92,184 vs $76,263 in Derby). Derby has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $241,600 in Naugatuck).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Naugatuck
Population	12,359	31,634
Median age	46.3 yrs	39.7 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$92,184
Median home value	$242,300	$241,600
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,309
Housing units	6,127	13,135
Homeownership rate	62.2%	68.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	32.4%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	6.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Naugatuck
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)

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

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)

	Derby	Naugatuck
Under 5	3.7%	5.0%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.2%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.3%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.1%
35 to 44	10.8%	14.7%
45 to 54	12.1%	11.8%
55 to 64	19.5%	15.3%
65 to 74	14.7%	8.1%
75 and over	5.9%	6.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Naugatuck
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	60.6%
Black or African American	11.3%	11.3%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	4.4%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.4%
Two or more races	4.2%	6.1%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	17.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Naugatuck
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.5%
High school graduate	32.8%	31.2%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.9%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	16.1%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	16.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Naugatuck
Drove alone	70.1%	75.7%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.2%
Public transit	0.3%	2.1%
Walked	1.7%	0.7%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	12.3%
Other means	0.5%	2.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Naugatuck
1-unit, detached	40.4%	56.3%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	9.1%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	15.4%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	15.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	0.8%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	2.6%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Naugatuck
Poverty rate	9.3%	6.1%
Average household size	2.13	2.50
Mean commute (minutes)	27	34
Median year structure built	1965	1971