Heritage Village vs Watertown

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

Heritage Village and Watertown 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 4,215 in Watertown). Watertown has the higher median household income ($98,003 vs $53,266 in Heritage Village). Watertown has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $221,600 in Heritage Village).

Population, income & housing

	Heritage Village	Watertown
Population	4,517	4,215
Median age	73.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$53,266	$98,003
Median home value	$221,600	$278,500
Median gross rent	$2,014	$1,115
Housing units	3,101	1,709
Homeownership rate	77.4%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	42.6%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Heritage Village	Watertown
Population	4,156 → 4,517 (+8.7%)	3,350 → 4,215 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$55,112 → $53,266 (-3.3%)	$64,886 → $98,003 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$155,700 → $221,600 (+42.3%)	$220,400 → $278,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,552 → $2,014 (+29.8%)	$952 → $1,115 (+17.1%)

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

Watertown

Population

3,3504,215

Median household income

$64,886$98,003

Median home value

$220,400$278,500

Median gross rent

$952$1,115

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Heritage Village	Watertown
Under 5	0.3%	3.1%
5 to 17	1.0%	19.9%
18 to 24	2.1%	4.9%
25 to 34	2.1%	9.5%
35 to 44	0.9%	15.0%
45 to 54	1.8%	18.7%
55 to 64	19.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	28.2%	8.9%
75 and over	44.1%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Heritage Village	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	93.4%	78.1%
Black or African American	3.8%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.1%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	0.1%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	1.5%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Heritage Village	Watertown
No high school diploma	6.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	24.1%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	26.4%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	18.6%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	24.0%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Heritage Village	Watertown
Drove alone	56.2%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.2%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	1.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	9.9%
Other means	1.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Heritage Village	Watertown
1-unit, detached	4.0%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	47.1%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	32.6%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	13.4%	3.9%
20 or more units	2.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Heritage Village	Watertown
Poverty rate	4.4%	13.8%
Average household size	1.50	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	35	22
Median year structure built	1973	1958