Naugatuck vs Oakville

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

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

Naugatuck has the higher population (31,634 vs 9,233 in Oakville). Naugatuck has the higher median household income ($92,184 vs $89,330 in Oakville). Oakville has the higher median home value ($253,500 vs $241,600 in Naugatuck).

Population, income & housing

	Naugatuck	Oakville
Population	31,634	9,233
Median age	39.7 yrs	46.1 yrs
Median household income	$92,184	$89,330
Median home value	$241,600	$253,500
Median gross rent	$1,309	$1,378
Housing units	13,135	4,058
Homeownership rate	68.3%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	30.1%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.5%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naugatuck	Oakville
Population	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)
Median household income	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)

Naugatuck

Population

31,34731,634

Median household income

$74,944$92,184

Median home value

$183,400$241,600

Median gross rent

$1,069$1,309

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)

	Naugatuck	Oakville
Under 5	5.0%	3.4%
5 to 17	15.2%	13.1%
18 to 24	9.3%	7.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.4%
35 to 44	14.7%	10.5%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.7%
55 to 64	15.3%	17.6%
65 to 74	8.1%	10.4%
75 and over	6.6%	10.7%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naugatuck	Oakville
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	79.3%
Black or African American	11.3%	2.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	0.2%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	6.1%	1.8%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	16.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naugatuck	Oakville
No high school diploma	9.5%	10.9%
High school graduate	31.2%	30.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	28.1%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	19.3%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	10.7%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naugatuck	Oakville
Drove alone	75.7%	82.3%
Carpooled	7.2%	7.0%
Public transit	2.1%	0.1%
Walked	0.7%	4.5%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.3%	5.3%
Other means	2.0%	0.7%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naugatuck	Oakville
1-unit, detached	56.3%	72.9%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	3.0%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	17.2%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	3.7%
20 or more units	0.8%	3.2%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Naugatuck	Oakville
Poverty rate	6.1%	2.5%
Average household size	2.50	2.43
Mean commute (minutes)	34	25
Median year structure built	1971	1963