Bantam vs Lakeville

A side-by-side comparison of Bantam and Lakeville: population, income, housing, and more.

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

Bantam has the higher population (762 vs 641 in Lakeville). Lakeville has the higher median household income ($95,156 vs $51,406 in Bantam). Lakeville has the higher median home value ($822,200 vs $292,000 in Bantam).

Population, income & housing

	Bantam	Lakeville
Population	762	641
Median age	49.8 yrs	56.3 yrs
Median household income	$51,406	$95,156
Median home value	$292,000	$822,200
Median gross rent	$666	—
Housing units	468	348
Homeownership rate	45.5%	73.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	22.7%	74.7%
Unemployment rate	5.5%	0.0%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Bantam	Lakeville
Population	660 → 762 (+15.5%)	1,040 → 641 (-38.4%)
Median household income	$43,194 → $51,406 (+19.0%)	$72,875 → $95,156 (+30.6%)
Median home value	$173,800 → $292,000 (+68.0%)	$337,100 → $822,200 (+143.9%)
Median gross rent	$625 → $666 (+6.6%)	$1,114 → $1,173 (+5.3%)

Bantam

Population

660762

Median household income

$43,194$51,406

Median home value

$173,800$292,000

Median gross rent

$625$666

Lakeville

Population

1,040641

Median household income

$72,875$95,156

Median home value

$337,100$822,200

Median gross rent

$1,114$1,173

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Bantam	Lakeville
Under 5	7.2%	2.3%
5 to 17	10.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	7.2%	7.3%
25 to 34	15.7%	5.6%
35 to 44	5.6%	7.8%
45 to 54	8.1%	13.6%
55 to 64	15.7%	26.5%
65 to 74	16.1%	17.5%
75 and over	13.3%	7.8%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Bantam	Lakeville
White (non-Hispanic)	96.7%	99.1%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.9%
Asian	0.1%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.3%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	2.9%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Bantam	Lakeville
No high school diploma	7.9%	0.0%
High school graduate	33.4%	11.1%
Some college or associate's	36.0%	14.3%
Bachelor's degree	12.0%	34.1%
Graduate or professional degree	10.7%	40.6%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Bantam	Lakeville
Drove alone	84.8%	51.0%
Carpooled	1.2%	4.7%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	1.2%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	12.9%	44.4%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Bantam	Lakeville
1-unit, detached	48.3%	78.7%
1-unit, attached	0.9%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	17.5%	3.4%
5 to 19 units	20.3%	17.8%
20 or more units	13.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	0.0%

Poverty & households

	Bantam	Lakeville
Poverty rate	12.7%	15.4%
Average household size	1.86	2.30
Mean commute (minutes)	30	29
Median year structure built	1950	1951