Terryville vs Watertown

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

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

Terryville has the higher population (5,112 vs 4,215 in Watertown). Watertown has the higher median household income ($98,003 vs $73,438 in Terryville). Watertown has the higher median home value ($278,500 vs $221,000 in Terryville).

Population, income & housing

	Terryville	Watertown
Population	5,112	4,215
Median age	42.3 yrs	42.5 yrs
Median household income	$73,438	$98,003
Median home value	$221,000	$278,500
Median gross rent	$1,130	$1,115
Housing units	2,464	1,709
Homeownership rate	69.0%	75.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	20.3%	40.4%
Unemployment rate	5.2%	6.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Terryville	Watertown
Population	5,030 → 5,112 (+1.6%)	3,350 → 4,215 (+25.8%)
Median household income	$69,114 → $73,438 (+6.3%)	$64,886 → $98,003 (+51.0%)
Median home value	$184,500 → $221,000 (+19.8%)	$220,400 → $278,500 (+26.4%)
Median gross rent	$973 → $1,130 (+16.1%)	$952 → $1,115 (+17.1%)

Terryville

Population

5,0305,112

Median household income

$69,114$73,438

Median home value

$184,500$221,000

Median gross rent

$973$1,130

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)

	Terryville	Watertown
Under 5	4.5%	3.1%
5 to 17	15.9%	19.9%
18 to 24	9.7%	4.9%
25 to 34	11.8%	9.5%
35 to 44	12.5%	15.0%
45 to 54	14.4%	18.7%
55 to 64	14.1%	12.4%
65 to 74	10.5%	8.9%
75 and over	6.7%	7.5%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Terryville	Watertown
White (non-Hispanic)	87.8%	78.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	2.1%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	8.3%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	1.4%
Two or more races	2.5%	2.8%
Hispanic or Latino	9.7%	7.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Terryville	Watertown
No high school diploma	9.4%	6.4%
High school graduate	42.8%	29.2%
Some college or associate's	27.5%	24.0%
Bachelor's degree	15.2%	19.1%
Graduate or professional degree	5.2%	21.3%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Terryville	Watertown
Drove alone	75.9%	72.8%
Carpooled	10.8%	10.5%
Public transit	0.0%	0.8%
Walked	4.1%	5.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.9%	9.9%
Other means	0.2%	0.6%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Terryville	Watertown
1-unit, detached	63.2%	61.8%
1-unit, attached	0.3%	14.0%
2 to 4 units	24.3%	20.3%
5 to 19 units	9.3%	3.9%
20 or more units	1.9%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	1.1%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Terryville	Watertown
Poverty rate	10.0%	13.8%
Average household size	2.37	2.62
Mean commute (minutes)	29	22
Median year structure built	1956	1958