Thomaston vs Woodbury Center

A side-by-side comparison of Thomaston and Woodbury Center: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Thomaston has the higher population (2,073 vs 1,491 in Woodbury Center). Woodbury Center has the higher median household income ($130,180 vs $81,667 in Thomaston). Woodbury Center has the higher median home value ($410,300 vs $236,900 in Thomaston).

Population, income & housing

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
Population	2,073	1,491
Median age	51.4 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$81,667	$130,180
Median home value	$236,900	$410,300
Median gross rent	$957	$1,707
Housing units	1,202	829
Homeownership rate	58.3%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	28.8%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	4.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
Population	1,580 → 2,073 (+31.2%)	1,194 → 1,491 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$46,250 → $81,667 (+76.6%)	$66,774 → $130,180 (+95.0%)
Median home value	$195,300 → $236,900 (+21.3%)	$350,600 → $410,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$836 → $957 (+14.5%)	$1,125 → $1,707 (+51.7%)

Thomaston

Population

1,5802,073

Median household income

$46,250$81,667

Median home value

$195,300$236,900

Median gross rent

$836$957

Woodbury Center

Population

1,1941,491

Median household income

$66,774$130,180

Median home value

$350,600$410,300

Median gross rent

$1,125$1,707

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
Under 5	4.9%	0.7%
5 to 17	13.4%	10.7%
18 to 24	7.3%	4.0%
25 to 34	8.3%	14.4%
35 to 44	9.1%	15.6%
45 to 54	13.0%	6.5%
55 to 64	19.8%	16.6%
65 to 74	16.5%	29.4%
75 and over	7.7%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	75.3%	79.5%
Black or African American	6.0%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	1.8%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	13.7%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	3.2%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
No high school diploma	6.0%	0.8%
High school graduate	43.2%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	22.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	9.8%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
Drove alone	81.0%	51.1%
Carpooled	0.0%	5.7%
Public transit	1.8%	0.0%
Walked	4.9%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.2%	39.5%
Other means	0.0%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
1-unit, detached	46.9%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	5.2%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	23.3%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	22.5%	10.0%
20 or more units	2.1%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Thomaston	Woodbury Center
Poverty rate	4.2%	15.2%
Average household size	1.99	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	18	26
Median year structure built	1938	1961