Heritage Village vs Thomaston

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

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

Heritage Village has the higher population (4,517 vs 2,073 in Thomaston). Thomaston has the higher median household income ($81,667 vs $53,266 in Heritage Village). Thomaston has the higher median home value ($236,900 vs $221,600 in Heritage Village).

Population, income & housing

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
Population	4,517	2,073
Median age	73.1 yrs	51.4 yrs
Median household income	$53,266	$81,667
Median home value	$221,600	$236,900
Median gross rent	$2,014	$957
Housing units	3,101	1,202
Homeownership rate	77.4%	58.3%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	28.8%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	4.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
Population	4,156 → 4,517 (+8.7%)	1,580 → 2,073 (+31.2%)
Median household income	$55,112 → $53,266 (-3.3%)	$46,250 → $81,667 (+76.6%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $221,600 (+42.3%)	$195,300 → $236,900 (+21.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $2,014 (+29.8%)	$836 → $957 (+14.5%)

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

Thomaston

Population

1,5802,073

Median household income

$46,250$81,667

Median home value

$195,300$236,900

Median gross rent

$836$957

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
Under 5	0.3%	4.9%
5 to 17	1.0%	13.4%
18 to 24	2.1%	7.3%
25 to 34	2.1%	8.3%
35 to 44	0.9%	9.1%
45 to 54	1.8%	13.0%
55 to 64	19.6%	19.8%
65 to 74	28.2%	16.5%
75 and over	44.1%	7.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	75.3%
Black or African American	3.8%	6.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	1.8%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.1%	13.7%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	3.2%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.0%
High school graduate	24.1%	43.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	22.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	9.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
Drove alone	56.2%	81.0%
Carpooled	7.2%	0.0%
Public transit	0.0%	1.8%
Walked	1.1%	4.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	12.2%
Other means	1.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
1-unit, detached	4.0%	46.9%
1-unit, attached	47.1%	5.2%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	23.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	22.5%
20 or more units	2.9%	2.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heritage Village	Thomaston
Poverty rate	4.4%	4.2%
Average household size	1.50	1.99
Mean commute (minutes)	35	18
Median year structure built	1973	1938