Dayville vs Quasset Lake

A side-by-side comparison of Dayville and Quasset Lake: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Dayville has the higher population (379 vs 233 in Quasset Lake). Quasset Lake has the higher median household income ($96,641 vs $66,000 in Dayville). Quasset Lake has the higher median home value ($369,600 vs $244,500 in Dayville).

Population, income & housing

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
Population	379	233
Median age	36.5 yrs	27.9 yrs
Median household income	$66,000	$96,641
Median home value	$244,500	$369,600
Housing units	271	110
Homeownership rate	80.9%	86.1%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.2%	60.7%
Unemployment rate	16.0%	11.7%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
Population	440 → 379 (-13.9%)	207 → 233 (+12.6%)
Median household income	$42,543 → $66,000 (+55.1%)	—
Median home value	$213,100 → $244,500 (+14.7%)	$537,500 → $369,600 (-31.2%)
Median gross rent	$1,142 → $1,653 (+44.7%)	—

Dayville

Population

440379

Median household income

$42,543$66,000

Median home value

$213,100$244,500

Median gross rent

$1,142$1,653

Quasset Lake

Population

207233

Median home value

$537,500$369,600

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
Under 5	1.6%	20.6%
5 to 17	24.0%	15.5%
18 to 24	3.7%	3.9%
25 to 34	9.8%	18.5%
35 to 44	29.0%	0.0%
45 to 54	15.0%	21.5%
55 to 64	16.9%	8.2%
65 to 74	0.0%	12.0%
75 and over	0.0%	0.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
White (non-Hispanic)	88.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	11.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
No high school diploma	0.0%	21.4%
High school graduate	57.8%	10.7%
Some college or associate's	25.0%	7.1%
Bachelor's degree	5.2%	47.9%
Graduate or professional degree	11.9%	12.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
Drove alone	91.5%	55.8%
Carpooled	0.0%	8.0%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.4%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.1%	36.3%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
1-unit, detached	66.4%	100.0%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	16.2%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	17.3%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Dayville	Quasset Lake
Poverty rate	0.3%	0.0%
Average household size	1.84	2.95
Mean commute (minutes)	34	47
Median year structure built	1973	1959