Oakville vs Watertown

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

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

Oakville has the higher population (9,233 vs 4,215 in Watertown). Watertown has the higher median household income ($98,003 vs $89,330 in Oakville). Watertown has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $253,500 in Oakville).

Population, income & housing

	Oakville	Watertown
Population	9,233	4,215
Median age	46.1 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$89,330	$98,003
Median home value	$253,500	$278,500
Median gross rent	$1,378	$1,115
Housing units	4,058	1,709
Homeownership rate	73.2%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	30.1%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	2.5%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Oakville	Watertown
Population	8,799 → 9,233 (+4.9%)	3,350 → 4,215 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$71,630 → $89,330 (+24.7%)	$64,886 → $98,003 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$199,200 → $253,500 (+27.3%)	$220,400 → $278,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,115 → $1,378 (+23.6%)	$952 → $1,115 (+17.1%)

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

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)

	Oakville	Watertown
Under 5	3.4%	3.1%
5 to 17	13.1%	19.9%
18 to 24	7.2%	4.9%
25 to 34	14.4%	9.5%
35 to 44	10.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	12.7%	18.7%
55 to 64	17.6%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.4%	8.9%
75 and over	10.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Oakville	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	79.3%	78.1%
Black or African American	2.5%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.2%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	1.8%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	16.3%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Oakville	Watertown
No high school diploma	10.9%	6.4%
High school graduate	30.9%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	28.1%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	19.3%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Oakville	Watertown
Drove alone	82.3%	72.8%
Carpooled	7.0%	10.5%
Public transit	0.1%	0.8%
Walked	4.5%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	5.3%	9.9%
Other means	0.7%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Oakville	Watertown
1-unit, detached	72.9%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	3.0%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	17.2%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	3.7%	3.9%
20 or more units	3.2%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Oakville	Watertown
Poverty rate	2.5%	13.8%
Average household size	2.43	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	25	22
Median year structure built	1963	1958