Moosup vs Wauregan

A side-by-side comparison of Moosup and Wauregan: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Moosup has the higher population (3,218 vs 1,209 in Wauregan). Wauregan has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $75,469 in Moosup). Moosup has the higher median home value ($269,000 vs $240,400 in Wauregan).

Population, income & housing

	Moosup	Wauregan
Population	3,218	1,209
Median age	32.4 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$75,469	$90,625
Median home value	$269,000	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,215	$1,175
Housing units	1,336	484
Homeownership rate	62.7%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	16.8%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Moosup	Wauregan
Population	4,173 → 3,218 (-22.9%)	1,458 → 1,209 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$57,200 → $75,469 (+31.9%)	$80,119 → $90,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$164,600 → $269,000 (+63.4%)	$160,900 → $240,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,003 → $1,215 (+21.1%)	$1,129 → $1,175 (+4.1%)

Moosup

Population

4,1733,218

Median household income

$57,200$75,469

Median home value

$164,600$269,000

Median gross rent

$1,003$1,215

Wauregan

Population

1,4581,209

Median household income

$80,119$90,625

Median home value

$160,900$240,400

Median gross rent

$1,129$1,175

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Moosup	Wauregan
Under 5	5.9%	10.5%
5 to 17	13.6%	17.8%
18 to 24	7.4%	5.6%
25 to 34	27.8%	16.0%
35 to 44	14.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	7.4%	19.4%
55 to 64	13.0%	10.8%
65 to 74	4.2%	6.4%
75 and over	6.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Moosup	Wauregan
White (non-Hispanic)	83.1%	67.5%
Black or African American	2.4%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	8.1%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.0%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	1.4%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Moosup	Wauregan
No high school diploma	3.3%	10.4%
High school graduate	55.2%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	24.8%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.6%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	4.2%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Moosup	Wauregan
Drove alone	86.0%	85.2%
Carpooled	2.7%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	10.7%	4.1%
Other means	0.6%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Moosup	Wauregan
1-unit, detached	60.8%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	8.8%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	15.1%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	15.3%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Moosup	Wauregan
Poverty rate	8.2%	8.5%
Average household size	2.40	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1969	1958