Quinebaug vs Wauregan

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

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

Wauregan has the higher population (1,209 vs 1,163 in Quinebaug). Wauregan has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $81,458 in Quinebaug). Quinebaug has the higher median home value ($241,400 vs $240,400 in Wauregan).

Population, income & housing

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
Population	1,163	1,209
Median age	56.8 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$81,458	$90,625
Median home value	$241,400	$240,400
Median gross rent	—	$1,175
Housing units	634	484
Homeownership rate	90.9%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	13.7%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	12.6%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
Population	1,484 → 1,163 (-21.6%)	1,458 → 1,209 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$74,450 → $81,458 (+9.4%)	$80,119 → $90,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$198,900 → $241,400 (+21.4%)	$160,900 → $240,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,129 → $1,175 (+4.1%)

Quinebaug

Population

1,4841,163

Median household income

$74,450$81,458

Median home value

$198,900$241,400

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)

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
Under 5	1.5%	10.5%
5 to 17	2.8%	17.8%
18 to 24	1.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	1.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	16.3%	19.4%
55 to 64	23.6%	10.8%
65 to 74	31.1%	6.4%
75 and over	8.7%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.4%	67.5%
Black or African American	0.0%	5.5%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.7%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	5.6%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
No high school diploma	14.6%	10.4%
High school graduate	55.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	16.1%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.4%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	1.4%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
Drove alone	51.5%	85.2%
Carpooled	14.3%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	34.2%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
1-unit, detached	79.5%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	3.6%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	16.9%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Quinebaug	Wauregan
Poverty rate	1.3%	8.5%
Average household size	1.83	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	25	31
Median year structure built	1968	1958