Putnam vs South Woodstock

A side-by-side comparison of Putnam and South Woodstock: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Putnam has the higher population (7,120 vs 1,294 in South Woodstock). South Woodstock has the higher median household income ($88,182 vs $63,209 in Putnam). South Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,500 vs $236,000 in Putnam).

Population, income & housing

	Putnam	South Woodstock
Population	7,120	1,294
Median age	42.9 yrs	31.9 yrs
Median household income	$63,209	$88,182
Median home value	$236,000	$248,500
Median gross rent	$1,124	$1,179
Housing units	3,396	661
Homeownership rate	50.0%	45.6%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	55.1%
Unemployment rate	5.4%	6.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Putnam	South Woodstock
Population	6,615 → 7,120 (+7.6%)	1,408 → 1,294 (-8.1%)
Median household income	$56,492 → $63,209 (+11.9%)	$78,750 → $88,182 (+12.0%)
Median home value	$177,100 → $236,000 (+33.3%)	$235,100 → $248,500 (+5.7%)
Median gross rent	$873 → $1,124 (+28.8%)	$1,121 → $1,179 (+5.2%)

Putnam

Population

6,6157,120

Median household income

$56,492$63,209

Median home value

$177,100$236,000

Median gross rent

$873$1,124

South Woodstock

Population

1,4081,294

Median household income

$78,750$88,182

Median home value

$235,100$248,500

Median gross rent

$1,121$1,179

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Putnam	South Woodstock
Under 5	4.7%	4.3%
5 to 17	14.2%	14.0%
18 to 24	8.7%	20.7%
25 to 34	14.1%	13.2%
35 to 44	11.9%	7.0%
45 to 54	15.6%	12.0%
55 to 64	13.5%	15.9%
65 to 74	8.6%	9.2%
75 and over	8.6%	3.6%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Putnam	South Woodstock
White (non-Hispanic)	83.5%	94.3%
Black or African American	2.4%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.2%	0.0%
Asian	0.8%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.4%	0.0%
Two or more races	4.3%	5.7%
Hispanic or Latino	8.5%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Putnam	South Woodstock
No high school diploma	17.8%	2.9%
High school graduate	34.3%	18.5%
Some college or associate's	30.0%	23.4%
Bachelor's degree	10.6%	28.3%
Graduate or professional degree	7.3%	26.9%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Putnam	South Woodstock
Drove alone	83.0%	81.4%
Carpooled	9.2%	6.9%
Public transit	0.3%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.5%
Bicycle	0.9%	1.7%
Worked from home	6.3%	8.5%
Other means	0.2%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Putnam	South Woodstock
1-unit, detached	37.2%	38.4%
1-unit, attached	7.4%	10.0%
2 to 4 units	40.3%	22.2%
5 to 19 units	12.4%	29.3%
20 or more units	2.6%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Putnam	South Woodstock
Poverty rate	11.9%	2.9%
Average household size	2.18	2.22
Mean commute (minutes)	26	27
Median year structure built	1954	1983