South Woodstock vs Wauregan

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

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

South Woodstock has the higher population (1,294 vs 1,209 in Wauregan). Wauregan has the higher median household income ($90,625 vs $88,182 in South Woodstock). South Woodstock has the higher median home value ($248,500 vs $240,400 in Wauregan).

Population, income & housing

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
Population	1,294	1,209
Median age	31.9 yrs	36.0 yrs
Median household income	$88,182	$90,625
Median home value	$248,500	$240,400
Median gross rent	$1,179	$1,175
Housing units	661	484
Homeownership rate	45.6%	69.5%
Bachelor's degree or higher	55.1%	14.8%
Unemployment rate	6.4%	2.4%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
Population	1,408 → 1,294 (-8.1%)	1,458 → 1,209 (-17.1%)
Median household income	$78,750 → $88,182 (+12.0%)	$80,119 → $90,625 (+13.1%)
Median home value	$235,100 → $248,500 (+5.7%)	$160,900 → $240,400 (+49.4%)
Median gross rent	$1,121 → $1,179 (+5.2%)	$1,129 → $1,175 (+4.1%)

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

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)

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
Under 5	4.3%	10.5%
5 to 17	14.0%	17.8%
18 to 24	20.7%	5.6%
25 to 34	13.2%	16.0%
35 to 44	7.0%	11.1%
45 to 54	12.0%	19.4%
55 to 64	15.9%	10.8%
65 to 74	9.2%	6.4%
75 and over	3.6%	2.3%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
White (non-Hispanic)	94.3%	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	5.7%	14.9%
Hispanic or Latino	0.0%	11.4%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
No high school diploma	2.9%	10.4%
High school graduate	18.5%	39.5%
Some college or associate's	23.4%	35.3%
Bachelor's degree	28.3%	12.6%
Graduate or professional degree	26.9%	2.1%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
Drove alone	81.4%	85.2%
Carpooled	6.9%	10.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.5%	0.0%
Bicycle	1.7%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.5%	4.1%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
1-unit, detached	38.4%	66.1%
1-unit, attached	10.0%	5.4%
2 to 4 units	22.2%	21.5%
5 to 19 units	29.3%	7.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	South Woodstock	Wauregan
Poverty rate	2.9%	8.5%
Average household size	2.22	2.85
Mean commute (minutes)	27	31
Median year structure built	1983	1958