Naugatuck vs Waterbury

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

Naugatuck 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 31,634 in Naugatuck). Naugatuck has the higher median household income ($92,184 vs $51,642 in Waterbury). Naugatuck has the higher median home value ($241,600 vs $185,400 in Waterbury).

Population, income & housing

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
Population	31,634	114,356
Median age	39.7 yrs	37.8 yrs
Median household income	$92,184	$51,642
Median home value	$241,600	$185,400
Median gross rent	$1,309	$1,180
Housing units	13,135	50,577
Homeownership rate	68.3%	45.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	32.4%	17.0%
Unemployment rate	6.3%	9.3%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
Population	31,347 → 31,634 (+0.9%)	108,276 → 114,356 (+5.6%)
Median household income	$74,944 → $92,184 (+23.0%)	$42,401 → $51,642 (+21.8%)
Median home value	$183,400 → $241,600 (+31.7%)	$130,700 → $185,400 (+41.9%)
Median gross rent	$1,069 → $1,309 (+22.5%)	$969 → $1,180 (+21.8%)

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

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)

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
Under 5	5.0%	6.2%
5 to 17	15.2%	16.3%
18 to 24	9.3%	10.2%
25 to 34	14.1%	14.0%
35 to 44	14.7%	11.6%
45 to 54	11.8%	12.9%
55 to 64	15.3%	13.2%
65 to 74	8.1%	9.2%
75 and over	6.6%	6.4%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
White (non-Hispanic)	60.6%	30.5%
Black or African American	11.3%	23.7%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	4.4%	2.5%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	1.2%
Two or more races	6.1%	4.5%
Hispanic or Latino	17.2%	37.5%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
No high school diploma	9.5%	19.6%
High school graduate	31.2%	36.9%
Some college or associate's	26.9%	26.5%
Bachelor's degree	16.1%	9.8%
Graduate or professional degree	16.3%	7.2%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
Drove alone	75.7%	72.1%
Carpooled	7.2%	12.4%
Public transit	2.1%	3.8%
Walked	0.7%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.1%
Worked from home	12.3%	6.7%
Other means	2.0%	2.5%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
1-unit, detached	56.3%	40.4%
1-unit, attached	9.1%	4.4%
2 to 4 units	15.4%	31.6%
5 to 19 units	15.7%	14.0%
20 or more units	0.8%	9.5%
Mobile home & other	2.6%	0.2%

Poverty & households

	Naugatuck	Waterbury
Poverty rate	6.1%	23.9%
Average household size	2.50	2.45
Mean commute (minutes)	34	28
Median year structure built	1971	1959