Watertown vs Woodbury Center

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

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

Watertown has the higher population (4,215 vs 1,491 in Woodbury Center). Woodbury Center has the higher median household income ($130,180 vs $98,003 in Watertown). Woodbury Center has the higher median home value ($410,300 vs $278,500 in Watertown).

Population, income & housing

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
Population	4,215	1,491
Median age	42.5 yrs	48.5 yrs
Median household income	$98,003	$130,180
Median home value	$278,500	$410,300
Median gross rent	$1,115	$1,707
Housing units	1,709	829
Homeownership rate	75.0%	52.0%
Bachelor's degree or higher	40.4%	57.6%
Unemployment rate	6.0%	11.1%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
Population	3,350 → 4,215 (+25.8%)	1,194 → 1,491 (+24.9%)
Median household income	$64,886 → $98,003 (+51.0%)	$66,774 → $130,180 (+95.0%)
Median home value	$220,400 → $278,500 (+26.4%)	$350,600 → $410,300 (+17.0%)
Median gross rent	$952 → $1,115 (+17.1%)	$1,125 → $1,707 (+51.7%)

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

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)

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
Under 5	3.1%	0.7%
5 to 17	19.9%	10.7%
18 to 24	4.9%	4.0%
25 to 34	9.5%	14.4%
35 to 44	15.0%	15.6%
45 to 54	18.7%	6.5%
55 to 64	12.4%	16.6%
65 to 74	8.9%	29.4%
75 and over	7.5%	2.1%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
White (non-Hispanic)	78.1%	79.5%
Black or African American	2.1%	11.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.3%	1.6%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	1.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	2.8%	4.0%
Hispanic or Latino	7.3%	3.3%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
No high school diploma	6.4%	0.8%
High school graduate	29.2%	10.3%
Some college or associate's	24.0%	31.3%
Bachelor's degree	19.1%	27.5%
Graduate or professional degree	21.3%	30.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
Drove alone	72.8%	51.1%
Carpooled	10.5%	5.7%
Public transit	0.8%	0.0%
Walked	5.3%	2.3%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	9.9%	39.5%
Other means	0.6%	1.4%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
1-unit, detached	61.8%	58.5%
1-unit, attached	14.0%	15.8%
2 to 4 units	20.3%	12.5%
5 to 19 units	3.9%	10.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	3.1%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Watertown	Woodbury Center
Poverty rate	13.8%	15.2%
Average household size	2.62	1.88
Mean commute (minutes)	22	26
Median year structure built	1958	1961