Derby vs Oakville

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

Derby and Oakville 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 9,233 in Oakville). Oakville has the higher median household income ($89,330 vs $76,263 in Derby). Oakville has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $242,300 in Derby).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Oakville
Population	12,359	9,233
Median age	46.3 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$89,330
Median home value	$242,300	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,378
Housing units	6,127	4,058
Homeownership rate	62.2%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Oakville
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)

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

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)

	Derby	Oakville
Under 5	3.7%	3.4%
5 to 17	12.3%	13.1%
18 to 24	5.2%	7.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.4%
35 to 44	10.8%	10.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.7%
55 to 64	19.5%	17.6%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.4%
75 and over	5.9%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	79.3%
Black or African American	11.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Oakville
No high school diploma	11.0%	10.9%
High school graduate	32.8%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Oakville
Drove alone	70.1%	82.3%
Carpooled	12.2%	7.0%
Public transit	0.3%	0.1%
Walked	1.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	5.3%
Other means	0.5%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Oakville
1-unit, detached	40.4%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	3.7%
20 or more units	7.9%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Oakville
Poverty rate	9.3%	2.5%
Average household size	2.13	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	27	25
Median year structure built	1965	1963