Derby vs Terryville

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

Derby and Terryville 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 5,112 in Terryville). Derby has the higher median household income ($76,263 vs $73,438 in Terryville). Derby has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $221,000 in Terryville).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Terryville
Population	12,359	5,112
Median age	46.3 yrs	42.3 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$73,438
Median home value	$242,300	$221,000
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,130
Housing units	6,127	2,464
Homeownership rate	62.2%	69.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	20.3%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	5.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Terryville
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	5,030 → 5,112 (+1.6%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$69,114 → $73,438 (+6.3%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$184,500 → $221,000 (+19.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$973 → $1,130 (+16.1%)

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

Terryville

Population

5,0305,112

Median household income

$69,114$73,438

Median home value

$184,500$221,000

Median gross rent

$973$1,130

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Terryville
Under 5	3.7%	4.5%
5 to 17	12.3%	15.9%
18 to 24	5.2%	9.7%
25 to 34	15.8%	11.8%
35 to 44	10.8%	12.5%
45 to 54	12.1%	14.4%
55 to 64	19.5%	14.1%
65 to 74	14.7%	10.5%
75 and over	5.9%	6.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Terryville
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	87.8%
Black or African American	11.3%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.2%	2.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	9.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Terryville
No high school diploma	11.0%	9.4%
High school graduate	32.8%	42.8%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	27.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	15.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	5.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Terryville
Drove alone	70.1%	75.9%
Carpooled	12.2%	10.8%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	1.7%	4.1%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	15.3%	8.9%
Other means	0.5%	0.2%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Terryville
1-unit, detached	40.4%	63.2%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	0.3%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	24.3%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	9.3%
20 or more units	7.9%	1.9%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	1.1%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Terryville
Poverty rate	9.3%	10.0%
Average household size	2.13	2.37
Mean commute (minutes)	27	29
Median year structure built	1965	1956