Derby vs Waterbury

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

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

Waterbury has the higher population (114,356 vs 12,359 in Derby). Derby has the higher median household income ($76,263 vs $51,642 in Waterbury). Derby has the higher median home value ($242,300 vs $185,400 in Waterbury).

Population, income & housing

	Derby	Waterbury
Population	12,359	114,356
Median age	46.3 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$76,263	$51,642
Median home value	$242,300	$185,400
Median gross rent	$1,453	$1,180
Housing units	6,127	50,577
Homeownership rate	62.2%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	33.2%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	7.0%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Derby	Waterbury
Population	12,485 → 12,359 (-1.0%)	108,276 → 114,356 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$56,357 → $76,263 (+35.3%)	$42,401 → $51,642 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$206,300 → $242,300 (+17.5%)	$130,700 → $185,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,087 → $1,453 (+33.7%)	$969 → $1,180 (+21.8%)

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

Waterbury

Population

108,276114,356

Median household income

$42,401$51,642

Median home value

$130,700$185,400

Median gross rent

$969$1,180

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Derby	Waterbury
Under 5	3.7%	6.2%
5 to 17	12.3%	16.3%
18 to 24	5.2%	10.2%
25 to 34	15.8%	14.0%
35 to 44	10.8%	11.6%
45 to 54	12.1%	12.9%
55 to 64	19.5%	13.2%
65 to 74	14.7%	9.2%
75 and over	5.9%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Derby	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	58.9%	30.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	1.9%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	2.7%	1.2%
Two or more races	4.2%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	20.9%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Derby	Waterbury
No high school diploma	11.0%	19.6%
High school graduate	32.8%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	23.0%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	18.4%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Derby	Waterbury
Drove alone	70.1%	72.1%
Carpooled	12.2%	12.4%
Public transit	0.3%	3.8%
Walked	1.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	15.3%	6.7%
Other means	0.5%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Derby	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	40.4%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	16.4%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	26.6%	31.6%
5 to 19 units	8.8%	14.0%
20 or more units	7.9%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Derby	Waterbury
Poverty rate	9.3%	23.9%
Average household size	2.13	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	27	28
Median year structure built	1965	1959